List of 1952 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1952 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

# Week ending Film Notes Ref
1 January 2, 1952 Quo Vadis [1]
2 January 9, 1952 I'll See You in My Dreams I'll See You in My Dreams reached number one in its fifth week of release. [1]
3 January 16, 1952 Quo Vadis Quo Vadis earned $255,000 from 9 key cities in its ninth week of release. [2]
4 January 23, 1952 [3]
5 January 30, 1952 Quo Vadis grossed $260,000 from the cities sampled. [4]
6 February 6, 1952 Quo Vadis grossed $200,000 from the cities sampled. [5]
7 February 13, 1952 Sailor Beware [6]
8 February 20, 1952 Quo Vadis Quo Vadis returned to number one in its 14th week of release. [7]
9 February 27, 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth The Greatest Show on Earth grossed $390,000 from 9 key cities. [8]
10 March 5, 1952 [9]
11 March 12, 1952 [10]
12 March 19, 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth grossed $502,000 from the cities sampled. [11]
13 March 26, 1952 [12]
14 April 2, 1952 The Greatest Show on Earth grossed $230,000 from the cities sampled. [13]
15 April 9, 1952 The Battle at Apache Pass [14]
16 April 16, 1952 Singin' in the Rain [15]
17 April 23, 1952 Singin' in the Rain
With a Song in My Heart		 Both Singin' in the Rain and With a Song in My Heart tied for first place. [16]
18 April 30, 1952 Singin' in the Rain Singin' in the Rain grossed $240,000 from the cities sampled. [17]
19 May 7, 1952 The African Queen The African Queen reached number one in its 11th week of release. [18]
20 May 14, 1952 Belles on Their Toes Belles on Their Toes reached number one in its second week of release. [19]
21 May 21, 1952 Red Ball Express [20]
22 May 28, 1952 Skirts Ahoy! [21]
23 June 4, 1952 [22]
24 June 11, 1952 [23]
25 June 18, 1952 About Face About Face reached number one in its 16th week of release. [24]
26 June 25, 1952 Pat and Mike Pat and Mike reached number one in its second week of release. [25]
27 July 2, 1952 Scaramouche [26]
28 July 9, 1952 The Story of Robin Hood The Story of Robin Hood reached number one in its second week of release. [27]
29 July 16, 1952 Lovely to Look At Lovely to Look At reached number one in its second week of release. [28]
30 July 23, 1952 Jumping Jacks Jumping Jacks reached number one in its sixth week of release. [29]
31 July 30, 1952 [30]
32 August 6, 1952 [31]
33 August 13, 1952 High Noon High Noon reached number one in its third week of release. [32]
34 August 20, 1952 Affair in Trinidad Affair in Trinidad reached number one in its third week of release. [33]
35 August 27, 1952 The World in His Arms [34]
36 September 3, 1952 What Price Glory What Price Glory reached number one in its sixth week of release. [35]
37 September 10, 1952 Son of Paleface Son of Paleface reached number one in its eighth week of release. [36]
38 September 17, 1952 The Merry Widow The Merry Widow reached number one in its second week of release. [37]
39 September 24, 1952 The Quiet Man The Quiet Man reached number one in its fifth week of release. [38]
40 October 1, 1952 Ivanhoe Ivanhoe reached number one in its ninth week of release. [39]
41 October 8, 1952 [40]
42 October 15, 1952 Ivanhoe grossed $460,000 from the cities sampled. [41]
43 October 22, 1952 Ivanhoe grossed $429,000 from the cities sampled. [42]
44 October 29, 1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro [43]
45 November 5, 1952 [44]
46 November 12, 1952 [45]
47 November 19, 1952 [46]
48 November 26, 1952 [47]
49 December 3, 1952 The Iron Mistress The Iron Mistress reached number one in its second week of release. [48]
50 December 10, 1952 Because of You [49]
51 December 17, 1952 The Thief The Thief reached number one in its tenth week of release. [50]
52 December 24, 1952 Because of You Because of You returned to number one in its third week of release. [51]
53 December 31, 1952 Million Dollar Mermaid Million Dollar Mermaid reached number one in its fourth week of release. [52]

Highest-grossing films

The highest-grossing films during the calendar year based on theatrical rentals were as follows:

Rank Title Distributor Rental[53]
1 The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount Pictures $12,000,000
2 Quo Vadis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $10,500,000
3 Ivanhoe $7,000,000
4 The Snows of Kilimanjaro 20th Century Fox $6,500,000
5 Sailor Beware Paramount Pictures $4,300,000
6 The African Queen United Artists $4,000,000
7 Jumping Jacks Paramount Pictures $4,000,000
8 High Noon United Artists $3,400,000
9 Son of Paleface Paramount Pictures $3,400,000
10 Singin' in the Rain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $3,300,000

See also

References

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