1952 in film

The year 1952 in film involved some significant events.

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Top-grossing films

United States

The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1952
RankTitleDistributor(s)Domestic rentals
1 The Greatest Show on Earth Paramount $12,800,000[1]
2 This Is Cinerama Cinerama Releasing $12,500,000[1]
3 The Snows of Kilimanjaro 20th Century Fox $6,500,000[1]
4 Hans Christian Andersen RKO $6,000,000[1]
5 Ivanhoe MGM $5,810,000[2]
6 Sailor Beware Paramount $4,300,000[3]
7 Moulin Rouge United Artists $4,252,000[4]
8 Jumping Jacks Paramount $4,000,000[3]
9 The Quiet Man Republic $3,800,000[4]
10 High Noon United Artists $3,750,000[5]

International
CountryTitleDirectorStudio(s)GrossRef
France Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier Cineriz, Francinex 12,791,168 admissions [6]
India Aan Mehboob Khan Mehboob Productions $5,880,000 [lower-alpha 2]
Italy Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier Cineriz, Francinex 13,215,653 admissions [9]
Japan Himeyuri no Tō Tadashi Imai Toei Company ¥176,590,000 [10]
Soviet Union Tarzan the Ape Man W. S. Van Dyke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 42,900,000 admissions [11]
United Kingdom The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille Paramount Pictures 13,000,000 admissions [12]

Events

Awards
Category/Organization10th Golden Globe Awards
February 26, 1953		25th Academy Awards
March 19, 1953
DramaComedy or Musical
Best FilmThe Greatest Show on EarthWith a Song in My HeartThe Greatest Show on Earth
Best DirectorCecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth		John Ford
The Quiet Man
Best ActorGary Cooper
High Noon		Donald O'Connor
Singin' in the Rain		Gary Cooper
High Noon
Best ActressShirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba		Susan Hayward
With a Song in My Heart		Shirley Booth
Come Back, Little Sheba
Best Supporting ActorMillard Mitchell
My Six Convicts		Anthony Quinn
Viva Zapata!
Best Supporting ActressKaty Jurado
High Noon		Gloria Grahame
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, AdaptedMichael Wilson
5 Fingers		Charles Schnee
The Bad and the Beautiful
Best Screenplay, OriginalT. E. B. Clarke
The Lavender Hill Mob

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Film releases

January–March

April–June

July–September
  • July 21 - One Minute to Zero
  • July 23 - Untamed Frontier
  • August 21 - The Quiet Man
  • September 18 - O. Henry's Full House

October–December

Serials

Short film series

Births
  • January 1 - David Andrews, American character actor
  • January 6
  • January 11 - Bille Brown, Australian actor (died 2013)
  • January 18 - Michael Angelis, English actor (died 2020)
  • January 22 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (died 2007)
  • February 2 - Carol Ann Susi, American actress (died 2014)
  • February 4
  • February 12 – Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (died 2010)
  • February 14 - Anton Lesser, English actor
  • March 2 – Laraine Newman, American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer
  • March 4 - Ronn Moss, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
  • March 6 - John David Carson, American actor (died 2009)
  • March 11 - James Fleet, English actor
  • March 19 – Harvey Weinstein, American producer
  • March 24 - Nicholas Campbell, Canadian actor and filmmaker
  • March 27 – Kalju Orro, Estonian actor
  • April 1 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
  • April 5 - Mitch Pileggi, American actor
  • April 6 – Marilu Henner, American actress
  • April 7
    • Dennis Hayden, American actor, producer and writer
    • Clarke Peters, American-British actor, writer and director
  • April 8 - Andrew Stahl, American actor
  • April 10
    • Robert Miranda, American actor
    • Steven Seagal, American actor & martial artist
  • April 11 - Michael Thomas, British actor (died 2019)
  • April 15 – Glenn Shadix, American actor (died 2010)
  • April 16 – Billy West, American voice actor, musician, singer and songwriter
  • April 17 - Joe Alaskey, American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and impressionist (died 2016)
  • April 26 - Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress
  • April 28 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
  • May 1 - Pierre van Pletzen, South African actor, writer and director
  • May 2 – Christine Baranski, American actress
  • May 6
    • Gregg Henry, American actor & musician
    • Fred Newman, American actor and comedian
  • May 9 - Patrick Ryecart, English actor
  • May 11
  • May 14 – Robert Zemeckis, American director
  • May 15 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor
  • May 20 - Julia Deakin, English actress
  • May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, bodyguard, television personality and retired professional wrestler
  • May 28 - Denis Akiyama, Canadian actor (died 2018)
  • May 31 – Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)[16]
  • June 4 - Kerry Shale, Canadian actor and writer
  • June 5 - Connie Chiume, South African actress and filmmaker
  • June 7 – Liam Neeson, Northern Irish actor
  • June 18
  • June 19 - Virginia Hey, Australian actress
  • June 20
  • June 22 - Graham Greene, Canadian actor
  • June 26 - Peter Crombie, American actor (died 2024)
  • June 30 - Patrick Pinney, American actor
  • July 1
  • July 3 - Rick Ducommun, Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and producer (died 2015)
  • July 6 - Dean Parisot, American director
  • July 8 - Mary Ellen Trainor, American character actress (died 2015)
  • July 11
  • July 13 - Rosemary Dunsmore, Canadian actress and director
  • July 14
  • July 15
  • July 17 - David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, producer and television personality
  • July 20
  • July 21 - George Wallace, American comedian and actor
  • July 24 – Gus Van Sant, American director
  • August 10
    • Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
    • Diane Venora, American actress
  • August 12 - Ronald Guttman, Belgian actor and producer
  • August 16 – Reginald VelJohnson, American actor
  • August 18 – Patrick Swayze, American actor & dancer (died 2009)
  • August 19 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor & director
  • August 26 – Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
  • August 27 – Paul Reubens, American actor, comedian, writer and producer (died 2023)
  • September 1 - Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
  • September 4
    • Alan Blumenfeld, American character actor
    • Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (died 2020)
  • September 5 - Michael Horton, American actor
  • September 6 - Vitali Baganov, Russian actor
  • September 8 - David R. Ellis, American director and stunt performer (died 2013)
  • September 9 - Angela Cartwright, British-American actress
  • September 13 - Christine Estabrook, American actress
  • September 16 – Mickey Rourke, American actor and screenwriter
  • September 19 – Rein Aedma, Estonian actor
  • September 24 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (died 2004)
  • September 25 - Colin Friels, Scottish-born Australian actor
  • September 26 - James Keane, American actor
  • September 29 - Gábor Csupó, Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer, and graphic designer
  • September 30
    • John Finn, American character actor
    • Al Leong, American stuntman and actor
  • October 5 - Harold Faltermeyer, German musician and composer
  • October 7
    • Mary Badham, American actress
    • Tom McBride, American actor (died 1995)
  • October 13 - John Lone, Chinese-American actor
  • October 14 - Rick Aviles, American stand-up comedian and actor (died 1995)
  • October 22
  • October 27 – Roberto Benigni, Italian actor
  • October 28
  • October 30 - Emily Kuroda, American actress
  • November 3
  • November 6 - Gary Goetzman, American producer and actor
  • November 8 – Alfre Woodard, American actress
  • November 9 - John Megna, American actor and director (died 1995)
  • November 13 - Art Malik, Pakistani-born British actor
  • November 14
  • November 15 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, commentator, actor, rapper and professional baseball player (died 2011)
  • November 18 – Delroy Lindo, British actor
  • November 24 – Ulrich Seidl, Austrian director
  • November 28 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
  • November 29 - Jeff Fahey, American actor
  • November 30 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor
  • December 1 - Forry Smith, American actor
  • December 2 - Keith Szarabajka, American actor
  • December 3 - Mel Smith, English comedian, actor and director (died 2013)
  • December 8 - Greg Collins, American character actor and former professional football linebacker
  • December 9 - Michael Dorn, American actor
  • December 12 – Sarah Douglas, English actress
  • December 20 – Jenny Agutter, English actress
  • December 21 - Dennis Boutsikaris, American character actor
  • December 25 - CCH Pounder, Guayanese-born American actress
  • December 29 – Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress

Deaths
Curly Howard in Disorder in the Court.

Film Debuts

Notes
  1. 4.76 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1951 to 1965[8]
  2. ₹28 million[7] ($5.88 million)[lower-alpha 1]

References
  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952." Variety, January 7, 1953.
  4. "Top 20 Films of 1952 by Domestic Revenue". boxofficereport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
  5. Meyers, Jeffrey (1998). Gary Cooper: American Hero. ISBN 0-688-15494-8. High Noon grossed $3.75 million in America and eventually earned $18 million worldwide, and Cooper was said to have earned $600,000 from this film.
  6. "Bilan Annuel France – 1952". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. "Box Office 1952". Box Office India. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.
  8. "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1952". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  10. キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 96. ISBN 978-4873767550. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  11. Sergey Kudryavtsev (4 July 2006). "Зарубежные фильмы в советском кинопрокате".
  12. "The Greatest Show on Earth". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  13. Bosley Crowther (January 11, 1952). "De Mille Puts Greatest Show on Earth on Film for All to See". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  14. Lauren Niland (February 17, 2012). "1952: Charlie Chaplin banned from the US". The Guardian. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  15. Gomery, Douglas (1992). Shared pleasures: a history of movie presentation in the United States. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 238. ISBN 9780299132149.
  16. "Achache, Carole (1952-....)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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