Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1954

Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date
January 1954
January 1 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Wide) $5,000,000
 
January 12 Crime Wave (Limited) Warner Bros.  
 
January 15 The Command (Limited)  
Knights of the Round Table (Limited)  
 
January 20 Highway Dragnet (Limited) Allied Artists  
 
January 27 Alaska Seas (Limited)  
February 1954
February 10 The Glenn Miller Story (Limited) Universal  
Ride Clear Of Diablo (Limited)  
 
February 12 Creature From the Black Lagoon (Limited) Universal  
Jivaro (Limited) Paramount Pictures  
 
February 17 The Long, Long Trailer (Wide) MGM  
 
February 18 Taza, Son of Cochise (Limited) Universal  
 
February 21 Bitter Creek (Limited)  
 
February 28 Riot in Cell Block 11 (Limited)  
March 1954
March 11 Rhapsody (Limited)  
April 1954
April 1 Riding Shotgun (Limited) Warner Bros.  
 
April 5 Journal d'un curé de campagne (Limited) $46,979
 
April 8 Olivia (Limited) Arthur Davis Associates $9,934
 
April 9 Lucky Me (Limited) Warner Bros.  
 
April 17 Casanova's Big Night (Wide) Paramount Pictures $3,500,000
 
April 25 Arrow in the Dust (Limited) Allied Artists  
 
April 27 White Christmas (Wide) Paramount Pictures $32,800,094
 
April 30 River of No Return (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,800,000
May 1954
May 9 Executive Suite (Limited) MGM  
 
May 17 Anatahan (Limited) $7,785
 
May 21 Monster From the Ocean Floor (Limited)  
 
May 29 Dial M for Murder (1954) (Wide) Warner Bros. $6,108,790
June 1954
June 1 Them! (Wide) Warner Bros.  
 
June 3 Gone with the Wind (Wide, re-release) MGM $198,680,470
 
June 15 The Student Prince (Limited) MGM  
 
June 16 Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Wide) Janus Films $62,082
 
June 18 Demetrius and the Gladiators (Wide) $26,000,000
 
June 24 The Caine Mutiny (Wide) Sony Pictures $21,800,000
 
 
June TBD Drums Across the River (Limited)  
July 1954
July 3 The High and the Mighty (Wide) $10,400,000
 
July 9 Apache (Wide) United Artists $6,000,000
Garden of Evil (Wide) $7,000,000
 
July 16 Magnificent Obsession (Limited) Universal  
 
July 19 The Earrings of Madame De... (Wide) Janus Films $137,612
 
July 28 On the Waterfront (Wide) $9,600,000
August 1954
August 5 The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Limited) United Artists  
 
August 6 Human Desire (Limited)  
 
August 7 King Richard and the Crusaders (Wide) $2,100,000
 
August 11 Her Twelve Men (Limited) MGM  
 
August 13 Gog (Limited)  
 
August 23 Johnny Guitar (Limited)  
 
August 24 The Egyptian (Wide) $15,000,000
September 1954
September 1 Rear Window (Wide) USA Films $27,559,601
Tobor the Great (Limited)  
 
September 4 Dragnet (Limited) Warner Bros.  
 
September 7 Betrayed (Limited) MGM  
Ugetsu (Limited) $11,198
 
September 22 The Bounty Hunter (Limited) Warner Bros.  
 
September 29 A Star is Born (Wide) $4,400,000
The Barefoot Contessa (Limited)  
October 1954
October 7 Suddenly (1954) (Wide) $1,400,000
 
October 15 Sabrina (Limited)  
 
October 28 Carmen Jones (Limited)  
November 1954
November 4 Athena (Limited) MGM  
 
November 17 Desiree (Limited) $9,000,000
 
November 18 The Last Time I Saw Paris (Limited)  
December 1954
December 1 Destry (Limited) Universal  
 
December 9 Deep in My Heart (Wide) $3,500,000
 
December 10 Gate of Hell (Limited)  
 
December 12 Four Guns To The Border (Limited)  
 
December 16 There's No Business Like Show Business (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,000,000
 
December 22 The Belles of St. Trinian’s (Limited) Associated Artists Productions  
 
December 23 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Wide) Walt Disney $28,200,000
 
December 25 Vera Cruz (Wide) $9,000,000
 
December 26 Fuss Over Feathers (Limited) Associated Artists Productions  
 
 
December TBD The Bridges at Toko-Ri (Limited)