Domestic Release Schedule for 1953

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1953.

See also: Top 1953 Worldwide - Most Popular 1953

Current Release Schedule 1954 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1953
January 21 Niagara (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,500,000  
February, 1953
February 1 The Naked Spur (Limited) MGM    
 
February 5 Peter Pan (Wide) RKO Radio Pictures $87,400,000  
 
February 11 Angel Face (Limited)    
 
February 28 I Confess (Limited)    
March, 1953
March 20 I Love Melvin (Limited) MGM    
 
March 27 The Girl Who Had Everything (Limited)    
April, 1953
April 1 Fear and Desire (Limited)    
 
April 4 The History of Flight: We Saw It Happen (Limited)    
 
April 10 House of Wax (Wide) $23,800,000  
 
April 24 Shane (Wide) $20,000,000  
May, 1953
May 13 Law and Order (Limited) Universal    
 
May 15 Phantom From Space (Limited)    
 
May 20 Thunder Bay (1953) (Wide) Universal    
 
May 21 Young Bess (Limited)    
 
May 27 Pickup on South Street (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
Sangaree (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
May 29 The Slasher (Limited) Self Distributed    
June, 1953
June 5 It Came from Outer Space (Wide)    
 
June 6 Stalag 17 (Limited)    
 
June 10 Robot Monster (Limited)    
 
June 13 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (Wide) Warner Bros. $5,000,000  
 
June 25 All I Desire (Limited) Universal    
July, 1953
July 1 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Limited)    
 
July 3 Dangerous When Wet (Limited)    
 
July 15 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Limited) $12,000,000  
 
July 26 The Maze (Limited) Allied Artists    
August, 1953
August 5 From Here to Eternity (Wide) $30,500,000  
 
August 13 The War of the Worlds (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
August 26 Wings of the Hawk (Limited) Universal    
 
August 27 Roman Holiday (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
September, 1953
September 3 Cat-Women of the Moon (Limited)    
 
September 11 99 River Street (Limited)    
 
September 16 The Robe (Wide) $36,000,000  
October, 1953
October 6 Little Fugitive (Limited) $29,505  
 
October 14 The Big Heat (Limited)    
 
October 16 Those Redheads from Seattle (Limited)    
November, 1953
November 4 Calamity Jane (Limited)    
 
November 5 How to Marry a Millionaire (Wide) 20th Century Fox $7,300,000  
 
November 24 Cease Fire! (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 26 Kiss Me Kate (Limited)    
 
November 27 Hondo (Wide) $8,200,000  
December, 1953
December 4 Escape from Fort Bravo (Limited) MGM    
 
December 19 White Mane (Wide) Janus Films