I can't vouch for its accuracy but Stats-a-mania (http://www.teako170.com/box50-59.html) is an online source that lists top box office films by year. There are some holes in the data (for instance, not all foreign distribution income is factored in), and there could be a number of other factors that skew the statistics, but it seems to be a good place to start, if only as a baseline. Back issues of THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER or VARIETYmight have more authoritative figures, but even then the stats can be cooked in various ways. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------- "Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize." --Diane Arbus Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 [log in to unmask] Office Phone: 507-389-2368 ________________________________ From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Adam Fish Sent: Thu 12/21/2006 4:39 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCREEN-L] 1950s Box Office Scores Friends, A simple question somebody will easily answer: Where can I find the top ten films (in terms of box office income) for each year of the 1950s? Thanks! Yours, Adam Fish UCLA ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu <http://www.tcf.ua.edu/> ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu