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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1962 per Variety's weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
A list of American films released in 1962. Lawrence of Arabia won the Academy Award for Best Picture . The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance starring John Wayne and James Stewart .
Steven Spielberg has directed a record four films to end the year as the highest-grossing in the U.S. This is a listing of the highest-grossing films by year, based on their United States box-office gross.
See how Union Station has gone all-out Barbie for blockbuster movie opening. Tammy Ljungblad ... Two-dimensional Barbie costume dolls from 1964 and 1962 are on display near Union Station’s ...
The year 1962 in film involved some very significant events, with Lawrence of Arabia winning seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. Top-grossing films (U.S.) [ edit ]
Three of the four highest-grossing films, including Avatar at the top, were written and directed by James Cameron.. With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film ...
Movies like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” were hugely successful. But are a few hits enough to keep theaters in business?
In 1962, "blockbusting" – real estate profiteering – was nationally exposed by The Saturday Evening Post with the article "Confessions of a Block-Buster," which explained how realtors gained profit by frightening white Americans to sell at a loss, in order to quickly resettle to racially segregated "better neighborhoods."