Cinema: Flix Tix Stash Cash

Flix Tix Stash Cash Judging by box-office appeal, Variety last week picked Hollywood’s most successful movies since the industry first flickered into life. The top ten* films and their take (in millions) to date in the U.S. and Canada:

1) Gone With the Wind (1939) $33-51 2) The Robe (1953) 17.5; 3) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) 12.8; 4) From Here to Eternity (1953) 12.5; 5) This Is Cinerama (1952) 12.5; 6) White Christmas (1954) 12.0; 7) Duel in the Sun (1947) 11.3; 8) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 11.3; 9) Quo Vadis (1951) 10.5; 10) Cinerama Holiday (1955) 10.0.

* No accurate financial records were kept on Birth oj a Nation (1915).