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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1951
Note: We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the
box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Movie Index 1951 for an overview of all movies released in 1951.
Top Grossing Movies of 1951
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | 1951 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Quo Vadis? |
Feb 23, 1951 |
|
Drama |
$30,000,000 |
56,603,773 |
| 2 |
David and Bathsheba |
Aug 10, 1951 |
|
|
$14,000,000 |
26,415,094 |
| 3 |
Show Boat |
Jul 17, 1951 |
|
Musical |
$11,000,000 |
20,754,716 |
| 4 |
The African Queen |
Dec 26, 1951 |
United Artists |
Adventure |
$10,750,000 |
20,283,018 |
| 5 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Sep 18, 1951 |
Warner Bros. |
Drama |
$8,000,000 |
15,094,339 |
| 6 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Jul 28, 1951 |
RKO Radio Pictures |
Adventure |
$7,196,000 |
13,577,358 |
| 7 |
Strangers on a Train |
Jul 3, 1951 |
Warner Bros. |
Thriller/Suspense |
$7,000,000 |
13,207,547 |
| 8 |
Captain Horatio Hornblower … |
Sep 13, 1951 |
Warner Bros. |
Action |
$6,000,000 |
11,320,754 |
| 9 |
Across the Wide Missouri |
Oct 12, 1951 |
MGM |
Western |
$5,500,000 |
10,377,358 |
| 10 |
Call Me Mister |
Jan 31, 1951 |
20th Century Fox |
Musical |
$5,000,000 |
9,433,962 |
| 11 |
The Great Caruso |
Jan 1, 1951 |
|
Drama |
$4,500,000 |
8,490,566 |
| 12 |
An American in Paris |
Oct 4, 1951 |
MGM |
Musical |
$4,500,000 |
8,490,566 |
| 13 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Sep 18, 1951 |
|
|
$3,700,000 |
6,981,132 |
| 14 |
On the Riviera |
Apr 20, 1951 |
|
Multiple Genres |
$2,500,000 |
4,716,981 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $119,646,000 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 225,747,164 |
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
