Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1951
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1951 | |||
| January 1 | The Great Caruso (Wide) | $4,500,000 | |
| January 2 | Gasoline Alley (Limited) | ||
| January 31 | Call Me Mister (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 |
| February 1951 | |||
| February 2 | Cause for Alarm! (Limited) | ||
| February 3 | Payment on Demand (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| February 14 | Vengeance Valley (Limited) | ||
| February 22 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| February 23 | Quo Vadis? (Wide) | $30,000,000 | |
| February 24 | Law of the Badlands (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| March 1951 | |||
| March 8 | Royal Wedding (Limited) | ||
| March 14 | Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man (Limited) | Universal | |
| March 25 | Rawhide (Limited) | ||
| March 26 | Lullaby of Broadway (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| March 31 | The Man in the White Suit (Limited) | $3,874 | |
| April 1951 | |||
| April 2 | The Lemon Drop Kid (Limited) | ||
| April 5 | Teresa (Limited) | MGM | |
| April 6 | The Thing From Another World (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| April 12 | Lightning Strikes Twice (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 20 | On the Riviera (Wide) | $2,500,000 | |
| Saddle Legion (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| April 27 | Fathers Little Dividend (Limited) | ||
| May 1951 | |||
| May 4 | Lassie: The Painted Hills (Limited) | ||
| May 5 | Apache Drums (Limited) | ||
| I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| May 18 | Home Town Story (Limited) | ||
| May 20 | Goodbye, My Fancy (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May 27 | Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| June 1951 | |||
| June 2 | Along the Great Divide (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| June 15 | No Questions Asked (Limited) | MGM | |
| June 16 | Native Son (Limited) | Classic Pictures | |
| July 1951 | |||
| July 3 | Strangers on a Train (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $7,000,000 |
| July 4 | Ace in the Hole (Limited) | ||
| July 9 | Rich Young and Pretty (Wide) | MGM | |
| July 14 | Fort Worth (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| July 17 | Show Boat (Limited) | $11,000,000 | |
| July 26 | On Moonlight Bay (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| July 27 | Pistol Harvest (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| July 28 | Alice in Wonderland (Wide) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| July 30 | Roadblock (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| August 1951 | |||
| August 1 | Cattle Drive (Limited) | Universal | |
| August 10 | David and Bathsheba (Wide) | $14,000,000 | |
| August 14 | A Place in the Sun (Limited) | ||
| August 17 | The Tall Target (Limited) | MGM | |
| August 24 | Jim Thorpe – All-American (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| August 25 | His Kind of Woman (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| August 28 | Flying Leathernecks (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| September 1951 | |||
| September 10 | The River (Limited) | ||
| September 13 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (Limited) | Warner Bros. | $6,000,000 |
| September 18 | A Streetcar Named Desire (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $8,000,000 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (Limited) | $3,700,000 | ||
| September 21 | No Highway in the Sky (Limited) | ||
| September 22 | Tomorrow is Another Day (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| October 1951 | |||
| October 4 | An American in Paris (Limited) | MGM | $4,500,000 |
| October 12 | Across the Wide Missouri (Limited) | MGM | $5,500,000 |
| October 15 | The Lavender Hill Mob (Limited) | Universal | $16,361 |
| October 25 | The Racket (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| November 1951 | |||
| November 11 | Flight to Mars (Limited) | Monogram Pictures | |
| November 15 | Callaway Went Thataway (Limited) | ||
| November 28 | A Christmas Carol (Limited) | United Artists | |
| November TBD | Cave Of Outlaws (Limited) | Universal | |
| Red Mountain (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| December 1951 | |||
| December 6 | Fixed Bayonets! (Limited) | ||
| I’ll See You in My Dreams (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| December 8 | The Strange Door (Limited) | Universal | |
| December 15 | Overland Telegraph (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| December 17 | On Dangerous Ground (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| December 25 | My Favorite Spy (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | |
| December 26 | The African Queen (Limited) | United Artists | $10,750,000 |
| Rashomon (Limited) | Janus Films | $96,568 | |
| December 31 | Westward the Women (Limited) | ||