Check with your library. My university library has digital access to Weekly Variety from the 40s on through ProQuest. It's slow and a bit clumsy but workable. -----Original Message----- >From: Joe Medjuck <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Dec 12, 2013 10:50 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] accessing variety archives > >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