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The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.

Top-grossing films

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United States

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The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1952
Rank Title Distributor(s) Domestic rentals
1 The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount $12,800,000[1]
2 This Is Cinerama Cinerama Releasing $12,500,000[1]
3 The Snows of Kilimanjaro 20th Century Fox $6,500,000[1]
4 Hans Christian Andersen RKO $6,000,000[1]
5 Ivanhoe MGM $5,810,000[2]
6 Sailor Beware Paramount $4,300,000[3]
7 Moulin Rouge United Artists $4,252,000[4]
8 Jumping Jacks Paramount $4,000,000[3]
9 The Quiet Man Republic $3,800,000[4]
10 High Noon United Artists $3,750,000[5]

International

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Country Title Director Studio(s) Gross Ref
France Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier Cineriz, Francinex 12,791,168 admissions [6]
India Aan Mehboob Khan Mehboob Productions $5,880,000 [b]
Italy Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier Cineriz, Francinex 13,215,653 admissions [9]
Japan Himeyuri no Tō Tadashi Imai Toei Company ¥176,590,000 [10]
Soviet Union Tarzan the Ape Man W. S. Van Dyke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 42,900,000 admissions [11]
United Kingdom The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures 13,000,000 admissions [12]

Events

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Awards

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Category/Organization 10th Golden Globe Awards
February 26, 1953
25th Academy Awards
March 19, 1953
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Film The Greatest Show on Earth With a Song in My Heart The Greatest Show on Earth
Best Director Cecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth
John Ford
The Quiet Man
Best Actor Gary Cooper
High Noon
Donald O'Connor
Singin' in the Rain
Gary Cooper
High Noon
Best Actress Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Susan Hayward
With a Song in My Heart
Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Best Supporting Actor Millard Mitchell
My Six Convicts
Anthony Quinn
Viva Zapata!
Best Supporting Actress Katy Jurado
High Noon
Gloria Grahame
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, Adapted Michael Wilson
5 Fingers
Charles Schnee
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, Original T. E. B. Clarke
The Lavender Hill Mob

Notable films released in 1952

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United States unless stated

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Film releases

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January–March

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October–December

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Serials

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Short film series

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Births

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Deaths

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Curly Howard in Disorder in the Court.

Film Debuts

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Notes

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  1. ^ 4.76 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1951 to 1965[8]
  2. ^ ₹28 million[7] ($5.88 million)[a]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ a b "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952." Variety, January 7, 1953.
  4. ^ a b "Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue". boxofficereport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
  5. ^ Meyers, Jeffrey (1998). Gary Cooper: American Hero. ISBN 0-688-15494-8. High Noon grossed $3.75 million in America and eventually earned $18 million worldwide, and Cooper was said to have earned $600,000 from this film.
  6. ^ "Bilan Annuel France – 1952". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Box Office 1952". Box Office India. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1952". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. ^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 96. ISBN 978-4873767550. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  11. ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev (4 July 2006). "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
  12. ^ "The Greatest Show on Earth". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  13. ^ Bosley Crowther (January 11, 1952). "De Mille Puts Greatest Show on Earth on Film for All to See". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  14. ^ Lauren Niland (February 17, 2012). "1952: Charlie Chaplin banned from the US". The Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  15. ^ Gomery, Douglas (1992). Shared pleasures: a history of movie presentation in the United States. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780299132149.
  16. ^ "Achache, Carole (1952–....)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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