The reference book, Cobbett S. Steinberg, FILM FACTS (New York: Facts on File, 1980), has yearly grosses AND he provides a good explanation of the different ways that grosses have been calculated. He does not include weekly grosses, but it's still a good resource for financial data up until 1980. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> On Dec 9, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Paloma Gil <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a graduate student from Paris, writing a thesis on the distribution of >> concert films in the US. I am seeking advice on completing my data set. >> >> I'm finding that the majority of the figures I need (however unreliable) >> can be found in the archives of Variety Weekly. I just returned from a few >> weeks in New York, consulting the microfilm archives at the New York Public >> Library, but had to return to Paris before I could complete my data >> collection. >> >> As a graduate student, I do not have the resources to pay the $600 >> subscription fee the Variety requires for access to its archives (on >> varietyultimate.com). I have written to Variety to consider limited access >> either *pro bono* or at a reduced rate and I am waiting to hear back. >> >> In the meantime, I was wondering if anyone knew of any other ways to >> procure the data set. Specifically, I need to consult many Weekly Variety >> editions for their chart of the Top Fifty Grossing Films of the Week (from >> 1960 to the 1990's). I haven't been able to find these charts collated into >> a single volume and wanted to see anyone knew if such a collection existed. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Paloma -- Jeremy Butler TVStyleBook.com <http://tvstylebook.com/> ScreenLex.org <http://screenlex.org/> ScreenSite.org <http://screensite.org/> TVCrit.com <http://tvcrit.com/> ShotLogger.org <http://shotlogger.org/> AllThingsAcoustic.org <http://allthingsacoustic.org/> Professor - TCF Dept. - U Alabama ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html