Friends, Thank you to everyone for your insights. Your knowledge has been exceptional, specific, and answered my research questions. Yours, Adam Fish UCLA: Cinema/Media Quoting Robert Keser <[log in to unmask]>: > This book, I believe is "Reel Facts: The Movie Book of Records" by > Cobbett > Steinberg (Vintage paper, 1982). Among much other useful historical > information, it lists the annual top moneymaking films (without dollar > earnings), as determined by Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily > and Film Daily for the years 1930 to 1946, followed by the top twenty > earners (with dollar amounts) for 1947 to 1980 as reported by Variety. > This volume is the handiest resource I've run across for such > statistics. > > --Robert Keser > > -----Original Message----- > From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] > > Somewhere I have a book called something like Movie Facts (dark blue > cover, trade paper, circa 1980s) that had a listing of the top ten for > each year along with the dollar rentals. > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html