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Overview of the events of 1951 in film
Overview of the events of 1951 in film
The year 1951 in film involved some significant events.
Top-grossing films
United States
The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:
Highest-grossing films of 1951
Rank
Title
Distributor
Domestic rentals
1
Quo Vadis
MGM
$11,143,000
[1]
2
Show Boat
$5,293,000
[1]
3
David and Bathsheba
20th Century Fox
$4,720,000
[2]
4
The Great Caruso
MGM
$4,309,000
[1]
5
A Streetcar Named Desire
Warner Bros.
$4,250,000
[3]
6
The African Queen
United Artists
$4,100,000
[3]
7
That's My Boy
Paramount
$3,800,000
[4]
8
An American in Paris
MGM
$3,750,000
[1]
9
A Place in the Sun
Paramount
$3,500,000
[4]
10
At War with the Army
$3,300,000
[5]
International
The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America.
Country
Title
Studio
Gross
Ref
France
Samson and Delilah
Paramount Pictures
7,116,442 admissions
[6]
India
Awaara
R. K. Films
$4,830,000
[n 2]
Italy
Anna
Lux Film
8,965,624 admissions
[9]
Japan
The Tale of Genji
Daiei Kyoto
¥141,050,000
[10]
Soviet Union
In Peaceful Time
Dovzhenko Film Studios
$1,470,000
[n 4]
United Kingdom
The Great Caruso
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
12,400,000 admissions
[14]
Worldwide gross
The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases.
Events
Awards
Top ten money making stars
The
Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll was published by
Quigley Publishing Company based on a poll of U.S.
movie theater owners who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars.
[22]
They also published a Western stars poll which Roy Rogers topped for the ninth year running.
[22]
Notable films released in 1951
United States release unless stated
#
A
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man , starring
Bud Abbott and
Lou Costello
Ace in the Hole (a.k.a. The Big Carnival ), directed by
Billy Wilder , starring
Kirk Douglas and
Jan Sterling
Across the Wide Missouri , starring
Clark Gable
The African Queen , directed by
John Huston , starring
Humphrey Bogart (Oscar for best actor) and
Katharine Hepburn – (
GB /
US )
Air Cadet , starring
Gail Russell and
Stephen McNally
Alice in Wonderland , an animated film by
Walt Disney
Along the Great Divide , starring
Kirk Douglas
An American in Paris , directed by
Vincente Minnelli , starring
Gene Kelly and
Leslie Caron (Oscar for best picture)
Angels in the Outfield , starring
Paul Douglas and
Janet Leigh
Anna , starring
Silvana Mangano ,
Raf Vallone and
Vittorio Gassman – (
Italy )
Another Man's Poison , directed by
Irving Rapper , starring
Bette Davis ,
Gary Merrill ,
Emlyn Williams and
Anthony Steel – (
GB )
Apache Drums , starring
Stephen McNally and
Coleen Gray
Appointment with Danger , starring
Alan Ladd , with future
Dragnet (series) co-stars
Jack Webb and
Harry Morgan
Appointment with Venus , starring
Glynis Johns and
David Niven – (U.K.)
As Young as You Feel , starring
Monty Woolley
Atoll K , starring
Laurel and Hardy in their final film
Awaara (Tramp ), directed by and starring
Raj Kapoor – (
India )
The Axe of Wandsbek (Das Beil von Wandsbek ) – (
East Germany )
B
Badal (Cloud) , starring
Madhubala and
Prem Nath – (
India )
Baazi (Gamble ), starring
Dev Anand – (India)
Bedtime for Bonzo , starring
Ronald Reagan (with a chimpanzee)
Bellissima , directed by
Luchino Visconti , starring
Anna Magnani – (
Italy )
Blackmailed , starring
Mai Zetterling and
Dirk Bogarde – (
GB )
The Blue Veil , starring
Jane Wyman
Bright Victory , starring
Arthur Kennedy
The Browning Version , directed by
Anthony Asquith , starring
Michael Redgrave and
Jean Kent – (
GB )
Bullfighter and the Lady , starring
Robert Stack and
Joy Page
C
Callaway Went Thataway , starring
Fred MacMurray ,
Dorothy McGuire ,
Howard Keel
Call Me Mister , starring
Betty Grable
Captain Horatio Hornblower , starring
Gregory Peck – (
GB )
Cattle Drive , starring
Joel McCrea ,
Dean Stockwell and
Chill Wills
Cause for Alarm! , starring
Loretta Young and
Barry Sullivan
China Corsair , starring
Jon Hall
Circle of Danger , starring
Ray Milland – (
GB )
The Clouded Yellow , starring
Trevor Howard and
Jean Simmons – (GB)
Come Fill the Cup , starring
James Cagney and
Gig Young
Comin' Round The Mountain , starring
Abbott and Costello
Cops and Robbers (Guardie e ladri ), directed by
Mario Monicelli – (
Italy )
Cry Danger , starring
Dick Powell and
Rhonda Fleming
Cry, the Beloved Country , directed by
Zoltan Korda , starring
Sidney Poitier – (
GB )
D
Darling, How Could You! , starring
Joan Fontaine
Daughter of Deceit (La hija del engaño ), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
David and Bathsheba , starring
Gregory Peck and
Susan Hayward
The Day the Earth Stood Still , directed by
Robert Wise , starring
Michael Rennie and
Patricia Neal
Death of a Salesman , starring
Fredric March
Deburau , directed by
Sacha Guitry – (
France )
Decision Before Dawn , starring
Richard Basehart ,
Gary Merrill and
Oskar Werner
Deedar , starring
Ashok Kumar ,
Dilip Kumar ,
Nargis – (
India )
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel , starring
James Mason
Detective Story , starring
Kirk Douglas ,
Eleanor Parker ,
William Bendix ,
Lee Grant ,
Horace McMahon , and
George Macready
Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne), directed by
Robert Bresson – (
France )
Distant Drums , directed by
Raoul Walsh , starring
Gary Cooper
Double Dynamite , starring
Jane Russell ,
Frank Sinatra and
Groucho Marx
Dream of a Cossack (Kavalier zolotoy zvezdy ), starring
Sergei Bondarchuk – (
U.S.S.R. )
Daar Doer in Die Bosveld (Far Away in the Bushveld ), starring
Jamie Uys – (
South Africa )
E
F
FBI Girl , starring
Audrey Totter and
Cesar Romero
The Family Secret , starring
John Derek and
Lee J. Cobb
Father's Little Dividend , starring
Spencer Tracy and
Elizabeth Taylor
The Fighting Seventh (a.k.a. Little Big Horn ), starring
Lloyd Bridges
Flying Leathernecks , starring
John Wayne and
Robert Ryan
Follow the Sun , starring
Glenn Ford (as
Ben Hogan )
The Forbidden Christ (Il Cristo proibito ), starring
Raf Vallone – (
Italy )
Fort Worth , starring
Randolph Scott
Four in a Jeep (Die Vier im Jeep), starring
Ralph Meeker and
Viveca Lindfors – (
Switzerland )
Fourteen Hours , starring
Paul Douglas ,
Richard Basehart ,
Jeffrey Hunter and
Grace Kelly
The Frogmen , starring
Richard Widmark and
Dana Andrews
Furrows (Surcos ) – (
Spain )
G
Go for Broke! , starring
Van Johnson
Golden Girl , starring
Mitzi Gaynor ,
Dale Robertson ,
Dennis Day
The Golden Horde , starring
Ann Blyth
Goodbye My Fancy , starring
Joan Crawford and
Robert Young
The Great Caruso , starring
Mario Lanza
The Great Missouri Raid , starring
Wendell Corey
The Groom Wore Spurs , starring
Ginger Rogers
Grounds for Marriage , starring
Kathryn Grayson and
Van Johnson
The Guy Who Came Back , starring
Paul Douglas
H
Half Angel , starring
Loretta Young
Happy Go Lovely , starring
David Niven and
Vera-Ellen – (
GB )
He Ran All the Way , starring
John Garfield and
Shelley Winters
Here Comes the Groom , directed by
Frank Capra , starring
Bing Crosby
His Kind of Woman , starring
Robert Mitchum ,
Jane Russell ,
Vincent Price and
Raymond Burr
Hollywood Story , starring
Richard Conte and
Julie Adams
The House in Montevideo (Das Haus in Montevideo) – (
West Germany )
The House on Telegraph Hill , starring
Richard Basehart
I
J
K
L
The Last Outpost , starring
Ronald Reagan
Laughter in Paradise , starring
Alastair Sim – (GB)
The Lavender Hill Mob , directed by
Charles Crichton , starring
Alec Guinness ,
Stanley Holloway ,
Sid James and
Alfie Bass , with an early appearance by
Audrey Hepburn – (
GB )
The Lemon Drop Kid , starring
Bob Hope ,
Marilyn Maxwell ,
William Frawley and
Tor Johnson
Let's Go Crazy , starring
Spike Milligan and
Peter Sellers – (
GB )
Leva på 'Hoppet' , starring
Ingrid Thulin – (
Sweden )
Lightning Strikes Twice , starring
Ruth Roman and
Mercedes McCambridge
Little Egypt , starring
Rhonda Fleming and
Mark Stevens
The Long Dark Hall , starring
Rex Harrison – (
GB )
Lost Continent , starring
Cesar Romero
Love Nest , starring
June Haver and
Marilyn Monroe
Lullaby of Broadway
M
The Magic Box , starring
Robert Donat , a
biopic of
William Friese-Greene – (GB)
The Man with a Cloak , starring
Joseph Cotten
The Magnificent Yankee , starring
Louis Calhern
Malliswari , starring
N.T. Rama Rao – (
India )
The Man in the White Suit , directed by
Alexander Mackendrick , starring
Alec Guinness ,
Joan Greenwood ,
Cecil Parker ,
Michael Gough and
Ernest Thesiger – (
GB )
The Man With the Twisted Lip (British TV movie) a Sherlock Holmes mystery directed by Richard M. Grey, starring John Longden as Sherlock Holmes and Campbell Singer as Watson
The Mating Season , starring
Gene Tierney ,
John Lund ,
Miriam Hopkins and
Thelma Ritter
The Medium , starring
Marie Powers – (Italy)
Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano ), directed by
Vittorio De Sica – (
Italy )
Miss Julie (Fröken Julie ), directed by
Alf Sjöberg – (
Sweden )
The Model and the Marriage Broker , starring
Jeanne Crain ,
Thelma Ritter ,
Scott Brady ,
Zero Mostel
Mr. Imperium , starring
Lana Turner and
Ezio Pinza
My Favorite Spy , starring
Bob Hope and
Hedy Lamarr
N
O
P
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine , starring
Virginia Mayo
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman , starring
Ava Gardner and
James Mason – (GB)
Paris Vice Squad (Identité judiciaire ) – (
France )
Payment on Demand , starring
Bette Davis and
Barry Sullivan
Penny Points to Paradise , starring
Harry Secombe ,
Peter Sellers and
Spike Milligan – (
GB )
The People Against O'Hara , starring
Spencer Tracy
People Will Talk , starring
Cary Grant ,
Jeanne Crain ,
Hume Cronyn and
Finlay Currie
A Place in the Sun , directed by
George Stevens , starring
Montgomery Clift ,
Elizabeth Taylor ,
Shelley Winters and
Raymond Burr
Pool of London , directed by
Basil Dearden , starring
Leslie Phillips ,
James Robertson Justice and
Earl Cameron – (
GB )
The Prowler , directed by
Joseph Losey , starring
Van Heflin and
Evelyn Keyes
Q
R
The Racket , starring
Robert Mitchum
The Raging Tide , starring
Richard Conte and
Shelley Winters
Rawhide , starring
Tyrone Power and
Susan Hayward
The Red Badge of Courage , directed by
John Huston , starring
Audie Murphy
Red Mountain , starring
Alan Ladd and
Lizabeth Scott
Repast (Meshi), directed by
Mikio Naruse , written by the novelist
Yasunari Kawabata – (
Japan )
El revoltoso (The Rebellious) – (
Mexico )
Rhubarb , starring
Ray Milland ,
Jan Sterling ,
William Frawley and
Leonard Nimoy
Rich, Young and Pretty , starring
Jane Powell
The River (Le Fleuve ), directed by
Jean Renoir – (
France /India/US)
Royal Wedding , starring
Fred Astaire ,
Peter Lawford and
Jane Powell
S
...Sans laisser d'adresse (No Forwarding Address ), starring
Bernard Blier and
Danièle Delorme – (
France )
Santa Fe , starring
Randolph Scott
Saturday's Hero , starring
John Derek and
Donna Reed
Scrooge (
A Christmas Carol ), starring
Alastair Sim – (
GB )
The Secret of Convict Lake , starring
Glenn Ford and
Gene Tierney
Selamat Berdjuang, Masku! , starring
Raden Sukarno and
Marlia Hardi – (Indonesia)
Sherlock Holmes (British) series of 6 made-for TV Sherlock Holmes films directed by C. A. Lajeune, all starring Alan Wheatley as Holmes and Raymond Francis as Watson
Show Boat , a remake of the hit musical, starring
Kathryn Grayson ,
Howard Keel , and
Ava Gardner , with songs by
Oscar Hammerstein II and
Jerome Kern
Silver City , starring
Edmond O'Brien and
Yvonne De Carlo
The Sinner , directed by
Willi Forst , starring
Hildegard Knef and
Gustav Fröhlich (West Germany)
Sirocco , starring
Humphrey Bogart and
Märta Torén
Slaughter Trail , starring
Gig Young and
Virginia Grey
Smuggler's Island , starring
Jeff Chandler and
Evelyn Keyes
Spring Season (Bahar ), first Hindi film of
Vyjayanthimala and the producer
A. V. Meiyappan – (
India )
Starlift , starring
Janice Rule and
Ruth Roman
The Steel Helmet , directed by
Samuel Fuller
Storm Warning , starring
Ginger Rogers ,
Ronald Reagan and
Doris Day
The Strange Door , starring
Charles Laughton and
Boris Karloff
Strangers on a Train , directed by
Alfred Hitchcock , starring
Farley Granger and
Robert Walker
A Streetcar Named Desire , directed by
Elia Kazan , starring
Vivien Leigh (Oscar for best actress),
Marlon Brando ,
Kim Hunter and
Karl Malden
Strictly Dishonorable , starring
Ezio Pinza and
Janet Leigh
The Strip , starring
Mickey Rooney and
Sally Forrest
Sugarfoot , starring
Randolph Scott
Summer Interlude (Sommarlek ), directed by
Ingmar Bergman – (
Sweden )
Superman and the Mole Men , starring
George Reeves
Susana (a.k.a. The Devil and the Flesh ), directed by
Luis Buñuel – (
Mexico )
The Sword of Monte Cristo , starring
George Montgomery
T
Take Care of My Little Girl , directed by
Jean Negulesco , starring
Jeanne Crain and
Mitzi Gaynor
A Tale of Five Cities (Passaporto per l'oriente ) – (
Italy /
GB )
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari ) – (
Japan )
The Tales of Hoffmann , a cinematic opera directed by
Powell and Pressburger and starring
Moira Shearer – (
GB )
The Tall Target , starring
Dick Powell ,
Adolphe Menjou ,
Marshall Thompson and
Ruby Dee
Tarana , starring
Madhubala and
Dilip Kumar – (
India )
Tetsu no tsume , directed by Nobuo Adachi for Daiei Films
[23]
That Happy Couple (Esa pareja feliz ), directed by
Juan Antonio Bardem and
Luis García Berlanga – (
Spain )
That's My Boy , starring
Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis
The Thing from Another World , produced by
Howard Hawks , starring
Kenneth Tobey and
James Arness as the title creature
Three Guys Named Mike , starring
Jane Wyman
Thunder on the Hill , directed by
Douglas Sirk , starring
Claudette Colbert and
Ann Blyth
Tom Brown's Schooldays , starring
John Howard Davies and
Robert Newton – (
GB )
Tomahawk , starring
Van Heflin and
Yvonne De Carlo
Two of a Kind , starring
Edmond O'Brien and
Lizabeth Scott
Two Tickets to Broadway , starring
Janet Leigh ,
Tony Martin ,
Gloria DeHaven
V
W
Warpath , starring
Edmond O'Brien ,
Forrest Tucker ,
Polly Bergen
Warsaw Premiere , directed by
Jan Rybkowski (Poland)
The Well , starring
Harry Morgan
Westward the Women , starring
Robert Taylor
When Worlds Collide , starring
Richard Derr ,
Barbara Rush ,
Larry Keating ,
John Hoyt and
Hayden Rorke
Where No Vultures Fly , directed by
Harry Watt , starring
Anthony Steel ,
Dinah Sheridan ,
Harold Warrender and
Meredith Edwards – (
U.K. )
Y
Serials
Short film series
Births
January 1 -
Nana Patekar , Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director
January 8 –
John McTiernan , American director
January 12 –
Kirstie Alley , American actress (died 2022)
January 15
Charo , Spanish American actress, singer and comedian
Basil Wallace , Jamaican-born American actor
January 22 -
Steve J. Spears , Australian actor, writer and singer (died 2007)
January 23 -
David Patrick Kelly , American actor and musician
January 29 -
Maria Klenskaja , Estonian actress (died 2022)
January 30
February 4 -
Patrick Bergin , Irish actor and singer
February 5 -
Robin Sachs , English actor (died 2013)
February 13 –
David Naughton , American actor & singer
February 15
February 16 –
William Katt , American actor
February 20 -
Eva Rueber-Staier , Austrian actress, television host and model
February 22 –
Ellen Greene , American singer and actress
February 24 –
Helen Shaver , Canadian actress and film and television director
March 17 –
Kurt Russell , American actor
April 6 –
Rita Raave , Estonian actress
April 11
April 12 –
Tom Noonan , American actor
April 13
April 17 –
Olivia Hussey , Argentine-born English actress
April 21 –
Tony Danza , American actor and boxer
April 22 -
Robin Bartlett , American actress
May 4 -
Gérard Jugnot , French actor, director, screenwriter and producer
May 8 -
Cooper Huckabee , American actor
May 19 -
Robert Harper , American actor (died 2020)
May 29 -
Michael O'Neill , American actor
May 30 –
Stephen Tobolowsky , American actor
June 1 -
Lena Farugia , American-born South African actress, screenwriter, director and producer (died 2019)
June 2 -
Frank C. Turner , Canadian actor
June 5 -
Mark Harelik , American actor and playwright
June 9 –
James Newton Howard , American film composer
June 13 -
Stellan Skarsgård , Swedish actor
June 16 -
John Salthouse , British actor and producer
June 20 -
Tress MacNeille , American voice actress, and singer
June 23 -
Jim Metzler , retired American actor
June 26 –
Robert Davi , American actor, singer, writer and director
June 27 -
Julia Duffy , American actress
June 28
July 1 -
Trevor Eve , English actor
July 4 –
Vincent Marzello , American-born actor (died 2020)
July 6 –
Geoffrey Rush , Australian actor
July 7 -
Roz Ryan , American actress, singer, voice actress and comedian
July 8 –
Anjelica Huston , American actress
July 9 –
Chris Cooper , American actor
July 10 –
Phyllis Smith , American actress
July 12 –
Cheryl Ladd , American actress
July 13 -
Didi Conn , American actress
July 15 -
Jesse Ventura , American actor and pro wrestler
July 18 -
Margo Martindale , American character actress
July 20 -
Jeff Rawle , English actor
July 21
July 24
July 29
August 2 -
Marcel Iureș , Romanian actor
August 6 –
Catherine Hicks , American actress
August 8 -
Martin Brest , American director, screenwriter and producer
August 14 –
Carl Lumbly , American actor
August 18 -
Teri McMinn , American actress and model
August 21 -
Randy Thom , American sound designer
August 22 -
Gordon Liu , Chinese martial arts actor
August 30 –
Timothy Bottoms , American actor
September 2
September 4 -
Judith Ivey , American actress
September 5 –
Michael Keaton , American actor
September 9 -
Tom Wopat , American actor and singer
September 10 -
Harry Groener , German-born American actor
September 12 –
Joe Pantoliano , American actor
September 13 -
Jean Smart , American actress
September 17 –
Cassandra Peterson , American actress
September 22 –
Amanda Mackey , American casting director (died 2022)
September 25 –
Mark Hamill , American actor
October 4 - James Rankin, Canadian actor and voice actor
October 5 -
Karen Allen , American actress
October 14 - John Sumner, English character actor
October 16
October 22 -
Marshall Napier , New Zealand character actor (died 2022)
October 24 -
Antoñito Ruiz , Spanish former child actor and stuntman
October 28 -
Renato Cecchetto , Italian actor and voice actor (died 2022)
October 30 –
Harry Hamlin , American actor
November 6 -
Nigel Havers , English actor and presenter
November 9 –
Lou Ferrigno , American actor
November 11 -
Bill Moseley , American actor and musician
November 15 –
Beverly D'Angelo , American actress
November 16 -
Miguel Sandoval , American actor
November 17
November 20 –
Rodger Bumpass , American actor & voice actor
November 27 –
Kathryn Bigelow , American director
December 1
December 14 -
Celia Weston , American character actress
December 16
December 22 -
Dan Martin , American actor
December 26 -
Steve Bisley , Australian writer and actor
Deaths
The Oscar winner Warner Baxter publicity photo.
January 11 –
Charles W. Goddard , American playwright, screenwriter (born 1879),
The Exploits of Elaine
January 18 –
Jack Holt , American actor (born 1888),
Flight ,
San Francisco
March 6 –
Ivor Novello , Welsh actor, singer, composer (born 1893),
The Lodger ,
I Lived with You
March 14 –
Val Lewton , Russian-American director (born 1904),
Cat People ,
The Body Snatcher
March 25 –
Oscar Micheaux , American director, author (born 1884),
The Girl From Chicago
April 4 –
Al Christie , Canadian-born director, producer (born 1881),
Charley's Aunt
April 22 –
Stanley Ridges , British actor (born 1890),
To Be or Not to Be ,
Sergeant York
May 2 –
Edwin L. Marin , American director (born 1899),
Fort Worth ,
Maisie
May 2 –
Paul L. Stein , Austrian director (born 1892),
Red Wagon ,
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
May 7 –
Warner Baxter , American actor (born 1882),
42nd Street ,
Crime Doctor
May 17 –
S. Sylvan Simon , American director (born 1910),
The Fuller Brush Man ,
I Love Trouble
May 29 –
Fanny Brice , American entertainer and actress,
My Man ,
Everybody Sing
June 2 –
Ernst Pittschau , German actor (born 1883),
The Picture of Dorian Gray
June 6 –
Olive Tell , American actress (born 1894),
The Trap
June 9 –
Mayo Methot , American actress (born 1904),
Marked Woman
July 23 –
Robert J. Flaherty , American documentary filmmaker (born 1884),
Nanook of the North
August 16 –
Louis Jouvet , French actor (born 1887),
Hôtel du Nord
August 28 –
Robert Walker , American actor (born 1918),
Strangers on a Train ,
The Clock
August 30 –
Konstantin Märska , Estonian cinematographer (born 1896)
September 7 –
Maria Montez , Dominican-born actress (born 1912),
Arabian Nights ,
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
October 12 –
Leon Errol , Australian-born actor (born 1881),
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break ,
Joe Palooka
October 22 –
Phil Rosen , Polish-American director (born 1876),
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat ,
Roar of the Press
November 3 –
Richard Wallace , American director (born 1894),
Tycoon ,
Framed
Film Debuts
Notes
^ 4.7619
Indian rupees per
US dollar from 1950 to 1965
[8]
^
a
b ₹23 million
[7] ($4.83 million)
[n 1]
^
a
b 4
Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960
[13]
^ 5.875 million
Rbls (23.5 million Soviet tickets sold,
[11] average ticket price of 25
kopecks ),
[12] 4 SUR per USD
[n 3]
^ 35 million re-run admissions up until 1964-1966,
[16] average Soviet ticket price of 25
kopecks
[12]
^ 0.9 SUR per US$ from 1961 to 1971
[13]
^ Awaara :
India – $4.83 million
[n 2]
Soviet Union – 37.75 million
руб ($16.97 million )
Initial run – 29 million руб
[15] ($7.25 million )
[n 3]
Re-runs – 8.75 million руб
[n 5] ($9.72 million)
[n 6]
China – CN¥14.8 million ($8.86 million)
Initial release – CN¥2.8 million
[17] ($1.14 million)
[18]
Re-release – CN¥12 million
[19]
[20] ($7.72 ) million
[18]
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