ClassicMovieRankings

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Thanks for sharing the link. Glad I finally got to your favorite silent movie star.

Hey mr6666....I found box office grosses on all the movies you listed. Tons of stats on most of her movies.

Thanks for sharing my link GregoryPeckFan. Not sure how many Lillian Gish fans are out there. Saw Deadpool this afternoon....and during the credits...I read an interesting tidbit. The producers wanted to thank 20th Century for the use of the movie poster The Gunfighter. I did not see the poster while watching the movie...but I will be keeping an eye open for that movie poster the next time I watch that movie. So Gregory Peck in a small way is in Deadpool...a movie breaking box office records in 2016. Needless to say when I saw that....I thought of you.

Hey TawfikZone….when you finish your podcast....include the link here and I will include it on my 1952 movie page.

Hey Eugenia H. Glad you found one of my latest movie pages. Kate Winslet was a request...and I figure she has a great chance to win her 2nd Oscar later this month. So far I have 326 movie pages.....with about 1/3 of them being on classic performers. Lots and lots of stats....and if you see somebody missing....we do requests.

Hey Sepiatone…..I think it depends on the era you grew up in. My dad (born 1936), my uncle (born 1947) and my grandparents (both sides) loved The Greatest Show On Earth. The train scene was something that amazed them when they saw it theaters. When I saw the scene…I was like it is a huge toy train set….and was not impressed. However Raiders of the Lost Ark blew me away as a teenager. When I show that movie to my kids….the say the special effects are weak and the movie is slow paced. For them the Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings movies are their “Greatest Show On Earth” and “Raiders”. I can see their kids (oh my gosh my grandchildren) complaining that all they do is walk around in the Lord of the Rings movies. That being said….no matter how bad GSOE is….it is still one of the biggest box office hits of all-time…..in my movie ranking formula….I give critic reviews and audience 47% of the equation, box office grosses 31% of the equation and award recognition 22%…..so in my ranking system for a movie to do well it has to do well in ALL 3 categories….of the 26,000 movies rated so far…The Godfather, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler’s List and Casablanca make up the Top 5…..as they all did very very well in those 3 categories. Appreciate your feedback….as you phrase your thoughts very well.

My Top 3. And Then There None...Barry Fitzgerald version.....Murder on the Orient Express....what a cast what a cast and Death on the Nile.

Hey GGGGerald…..glad a stats guy like myself was able to check out this page. I agree with you 100% that helps understand what people enjoyed and supported oh so many years ago. Thanks for visit and the comment….both are greatly appreciated.

I know A Streetcar Named Desire is a classic....but having seen the movie three times now...I can safely say....I couldn't get into it all. On the modern day side....everybody I know loves The Big Lebowski....despite repeat viewings....I still don't get what are the fuss is about when it comes to that movie.

Parts of my massive database are back online....that spit out 14 more 1952 movies....so the title is now....1952 Box Office Hits - 162 Movies Listed. http://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/top-grossing-movies-of-1952/

Hey Arturo.....I appreciate all of your suggestions....I actually woke up this morning and added more co-stars for each movie. Thanks for all the information on how they filled out their Quigley surveys. Google rankings are in....and my page is ranked 3rd (search name was 1952 Box Office Grosses)......yeah....I like that....only behind Wiki and Stats-A-Mania....ok done patting myself on the back.

Hey Down Goes Frazier…..most of the movies come from my year end Variety issues….most notably January 7th, 1953, January 13th 1954 and February 24th 1992. I also have collected box office information from the RKO, MGM, 20th Century and Warner Brothers film ledgers and finally my movie website has taken a look at over 100 classic actors and actresses….and I must have tracked downed, read and found box office information in about 500 or 600 books. End result….is 148 movies and counting….actually I feel when my database is back up and running that the finally number will end up near 160.

Hey Sepiatone. The quick answer would be any movie that reaches $100 million in adjusted gross….in this table…that would mean 37 movies would be hits. The long answer would be it depends on lots of things. Budget to return being a big one. Yes The Greatest Show On Earth was a monster hit….but Cecil B. DeMille put a lot of money into the movie….I bet (sorry I do not know the answer) that Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair had a better profit margin percentage than Greatest Show. Ultimately it is up to the individual. In current times the Transformers movies make a boatload of money….but they are a waste of time….some of the worst movies being made today. In my world a hit is a movie that makes money, gets good reviews by critics AND audiences and at the end of the day picks up some awards….a movie does all of that….then the movie is a hit. That actually describes how I rank all the movies on my website. Hope that answers your question.

Last night's comment...Hey Arturo….it would be a lot easier just to use Variety’s Top Grossers list….at a first I was…..but on my other yearly pages I have included lots more information…including Oscar nominations and Oscar wins. I quickly found out that I needed to go by IMDb’s year so I could include the Oscars and the grosses on the same page. So I went with the way BoxOfficeMojo,Hollywood Reporter and others group their movies together. This morning's comment. Hey Arturo..... I agree with you on this. The results are very skewed. And in the end….the bigger the names on the list…the better it will be received. Probably why someone like John Wayne (and I love him) made the list for so many years. They probably said….”did The Duke make a movie this year….yes he did ….well he is on the list…we need 9 more”.

Hey Tom. Pretty sure they did not really look at box office grosses….first of all the information was not readily available. Talked with my father-in-law about this subject many years ago. His dad ran the Auburn movie theater for years…and he grew up playing in that theater. He compared that survey to the current way coaches vote for the best teams in the country in certain sports….most got votes based on what were their name was versus actually how good the team really was. That still happens today…George Clooney made the top 10 in a year in which is one movie did not even gross $30 million. Even giving him credit for the previous year his box office totals were not in the Top 50 much less the Top 10. Even with today’s information out there…their Top 10 do not really make sense. Here is the best example of how it makes no sense. In 2011 Quigley said Streep was the 9th biggest star. She made no movies in 2010. She made one movie in 2011…The Iron Lady…it grossed a little over $30.00 million….which was the 100th biggest hit of 2011. So with one movie that earned $30 million she got 9th…meanwhile Seth Rogen’s movies grossed almost half a billion and did not make the Top 10. I think if you look at every Quigley Top 10 it will never make sense when you actually look at the box office grosses. It is still a fun list. But the fact that they do not really explain their rules shows that they leave lots of wiggle room to come up with their list. Just my thoughts.

Hey Arturo....this list is all the movies made in 1952 according to IMDb. When going through all my box office records...I took out the 1951 movies that made the 1952 box office hit list....movies like...Quo Vadis (2nd biggest hit in 1952...but released at the end of 1951) and then I went to my 1953 box office hits and pulled out all of the movies released in late 1952 that made a ton of money in 1953....like Hans Christian Andersen (7th in 1953 but made in 1952). So far I have done 9 years like this....and using the IMDb year is the best way to make sure I do not forget a movie. The greatest example is Gone With The Wind.....it is listed as the biggest box office hit of 1939....but the reality it made almost no money in 1939. It was 1st in 1940, 2nd in 1941 and 56th in 1942....but it always gets put with the rest of the 1939 movies.....that is the same rule I use when doing these pages.

Hey Arturo. Thanks for the compliment, visit and the feedback….they are all greatly appreciated. You are 100% correct about the stars….or lack of stars in the star column. Normally I include two stars for each movie. Not sure who would have been not been included between Gardner and Hayward when looking at Snows of Kilimanjaro. Sadly my database is under construction….so I had to manually type all of this information in…versus….running a report and having all the information pulled and moved to the page. So in other words….I got lazy when it came to the star column. When my database comes back online…I will be including the second stars…as well as Oscar nominations, Oscar wins, Critic Reviews and other stats from the movie. Your classic movie knowledge is very impressive. I replaced Tab Hunter with Linda Darnell on the Island of Desire line. Great comment.

Hey Dargo…..I am not much of a musical fan….but I really like Singin’ In The Rain. One of the highlights on my website was when Michael Kelly (Gene’s grandson) commented on my Gene Kelly Movie Page….granted it was to fuzz at me a little…but it was still a good comment to get. I got a kick out of watching The Artist…and knowing that it borrowed heavily from Singin’ In The Rain.

Hey KingRat….Snows of Kilmanjaro was the 4th biggest hit of 1952….and when looking at the biggest hits of the 1950s…it was ranked 55th. Gregory Peck along with Marlon Brando ruled the box office in the 1950s.

Hey Tom…The Greatest Show On Earth is still ranked 60th on the all-time adjusted box office list…after 64 years that is pretty impressive. Five Fingers was the 86th biggest hit in 1952….one of the many James Mason movies that year. Five Fingers is generally loved by critics and audiences. I have James Mason page that looks at 73 of movies….Five Fingers got the 5th best reviews of his entire career. That is cool that Danielle Darieux is still with us…as she closes in on 100….right there with Kirk Douglas and Olivia de Havilland who will be 100 this year. Thanks for checking out my latest movie page….it is greatly appreciated. Hey Gregory Peck Fan….between your comment and Tom’s Five Fingers has moved up my list of movies to watch…I will have to track it down now. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hey GregoryPeckFan….well you can not underestimate the box office power of Gregory Peck in 1952…everything he touched was box office gold during this time period…plus you throw in Ava Gardner and Susan Hayward and they were printing money….and lots of it. The ending was the perfect Hollywood ending…..can end it on a depressing note….lol. Hey JamesJazzGuitar....Peck might not have gotten the girl in Roman Holiday….but he got her heart….forever! So you could not kill him off in Snows.

Hey Calvin. Not thinking that the Best Picture Oscar winner is also the top movie maker too often. In recent memory you might have to go all the way back to Lord of the Rings for the last time it happened….and that was 13 years ago. I imagine The Quiet Man and Singin In The Rain are easily creating more revenue than The Greatest Show On Earth currently is right. My dad really liked The Greatest Show On Earth…he was a teenager when it came out…and the trainwreck scene really fascinating him. Yes Rose had it tough….lol. Thanks for checking out my latest page.

Decided to release all of my information (years and years of research) on box office grosses for the year 1952. Not sure if anybody in the world is interested in this information....but felt this was probably a good place to post my link. http://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/top-grossing-movies-of-1952/

Well first experience on TCM's message board has been fun. Love all the comments on Grant and his movies. Thanks for sharing so many thoughts on Grant and his movies. My link that started this page...is my 13th most popular on my website....that might not sound very high....but we have done movie breakdowns of over 300 subjects. Thanks again.