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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 1988
- Number of Releases: 510
- Number of screens: 23,250 (1,550 are drive ins)
- Average weekly attendance: 2,086,154
- Average ticket price: $4.11
- Box office receipts: $4,458,400,000
Top box office stars-Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Hogan, Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Tom Selleck, Dustin Hoffman
Top grossing films-Who Framed Roger Rabbit $78m, Coming To America $65m, Good Morning, Vietnam $58.1m, Crocodile Dundee II $57.3m, Big $50.8m
- Palme d’Or- Pelle the Conqueror
- Academy Award- Rain Man
- Golden Globes- Rain Man & Working Girl
- NY Film Critics- The Accidental Tourist
Year In Film 1955
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- Number of Releases: 392
- 3-D releases: 1
- CinemaScope releases: 72
- Number of theatres: 19,2000 (4,587 are drive ins)
- Average weekly attendance: 46,000,000
- Average ticket price: $0.50
- Box office receipts: $1,326,000,000
Top box office stars- James Stewart, Grace Kelly, John Wayne, William Holden, Gary Cooper, Marlon Brando, Martin & Lewis, Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Clark Gable
Top grossing films- Cinerama Holiday $10m, Mister Roberts $8.5m, Battle Cry $8m, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea $8m, Not As A Stranger $7.1m
- Palme d’Or- Marty
- Academy Award- Marty
- Golden Globes- East of Eden/Guys and Dolls
- NY Film Critics- Marty
