Variety (and some other trade journals) have been digitised here but it is behind a paywall so you may need to gain institutional access. I know they gave our library a free trial. Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/eima.shtml best wishes On Dec 13, 2013 9:06 AM, "paloma gil" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thank you Joe. I've used Box Office Mojo, The Numbers and IMDb and I still have a lot of missing figures in my database. I know that some of them are only in Variety. > Best, > Paloma > > > On Dec 12, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Joe Medjuck <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > The Website Box Office Mojo will give it to you from 1982 till now. > >> 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 > >> > >> ---- > >> To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > >> in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > > > ---- > > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html