Box Office

Last year 107 American movies grossed $1,000,000 or more each in the U.S. and Canada, according to the trade sheet Variety. Topping the list was Cinerama Holiday, and topping the studios was Warner Bros., with six hits out of the first 15 movies, five of them done by contracting outside talent. The year's favorites and their estimated takes:

1) Cinerama Holiday (Independent), $10 million

2) Mister Roberts (Warner), $8,500,000

3) Battle Cry (Warner), $8,000,000

4) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Disney), $8,000,000

5) Not As a Stranger (Stanley Kramer; United Artists), $7,100,000

6) The Country Girl (Paramount), $6,900,000

7) The Lady and the Tramp (Disney), $6,500,000

8) Strategic Air Command (Paramount), $6,500,000

9) To Hell and Back (Universal), $6,000,000

10) The Sea Chase (Warner), $6,000,000

11) A Star Is Born (Warner), $6,000,000

12) The Blackboard Jungle (M-G-M), $5,200,000

13) East of Eden (Warner), $5,000,000

14) Pete Kelly's Blues (Warner), $5,000,000

15) The Seven Year Itch (20th Century-Fox), $5,000,000

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