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