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Year In Film 1965
- Number of Releases: 452
- CinemaScope releases: 11
- Number of theatres: 14,000 (4,150 are drive ins)
- Average weekly attendance: 44,000,000
- Average ticket price: $1.01
- Box office receipts: $927,000,000
Top box office stars- Sean Connery, John Wayne, Doris Day, Julie Andrew’s, Jack Lemmon, Elvis Presley, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
Top grossing films- Mary Poppins $28.5m, The Sound Of Music $20m, Goldfinger $19.7m, My Fair Lady $19m, What’s New Pussycat $7.2m
- Palme d’Or- The Knack
- Academy Award- The Sound of Music
- Golden Globes- Doctor Zhivago & The Sound of Music
- NY Film Critics- Darling
Year In Film 1942
- Number of Releases: 533
- Number of theatres: 20,380 (99 are drive ins)
- Average weekly attendance: 85,000,000
- Average ticket price: $0.27
- Box office receipts: $1,022,000,000
Top box office stars- Abbott & Costello, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Mickey Rooney, Bob Hope, James Cagney, Gene Autry, Betty Grable, Greer Garson, Spencer’s Tracy
Top grossing films- Bambi $77.8m, Mrs. Miniver $13.5m, Yankee Doodle Dandy $11.8m, Woman of the Year $6m, Once Upon a Honeymoon $5.2m
- Palme d’Or- Does not exist
- Academy Award- Mrs. Miniver
- NY Film Critics- In Which We Serve
