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The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.

Top-grossing films

United States

The top ten 1954 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1954
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 White Christmas Paramount $12,000,000[1]
2 The Caine Mutiny Columbia $8,700,000[1]
3 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Buena Vista $8,000,000[1]
4 The Glenn Miller Story Universal $7,600,000[1]
5 The Country Girl Paramount $6,500,000[1]
6 The High and the Mighty
A Star Is Born 		Warner Bros. $6,100,000[1]
7 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers MGM $5,526,000[2]
8 Rear Window Paramount $5,300,000[1]
9 Magnificent Obsession Universal $5,200,000[1]
10 There's No Business Like Show Business 20th Century Fox $5,103,555[3]

International

International market Film Studio Revenue Admissions Production country
France Royal Affairs in Versailles Cocinor — 6,986,788[4] France
West Germany From Here to Eternity Columbia Pictures — 13,000,000[5] United States
India Nagin Filmistan $6,090,000[6][7] — India
Italy Ulysses Lux Film — 13,170,322[8] Italy
Japan What Is Your Name? Part 3 Shochiku ¥330,150,000[9] — Japan
Soviet Union Awaara R. K. Films $16,970,000[d] 100,000,000[12] India
Spain Quo Vadis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — 3,721,532[14] United States
United Kingdom Doctor in the House Rank Organisation — 12,200,000[15] United Kingdom

Events

Awards

Category/Organization 12th Golden Globe Awards
February 24, 1955		 27th Academy Awards
March 30, 1955
Drama Comedy or Musical
Best Film On the Waterfront Carmen Jones On the Waterfront
Best Director Elia Kazan
On the Waterfront
Best Actor Marlon Brando
On the Waterfront		 James Mason
A Star Is Born		 Marlon Brando
On the Waterfront
Best Actress Grace Kelly
The Country Girl		 Judy Garland
A Star Is Born		 Grace Kelly
The Country Girl
Best Supporting Actor Edmond O'Brien
The Barefoot Contessa
Best Supporting Actress Jan Sterling
The High and the Mighty		 Eva Marie Saint
On the Waterfront
Best Screenplay, Adapted Ernest Lehman
Sabrina		 George Seaton
The Country Girl
Best Screenplay, Original Budd Schulberg
On the Waterfront
Best Foreign Language Film Genevieve
The Lady of the Camellias
No Way Back
Twenty-Four Eyes		 Gate of Hell

Top ten money-making stars

Exhibitors selected the following as the Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year in Quigley Publishing Company's annual poll. John Wayne became the first actor to regain the number one spot after losing that position.[17]

Rank Actor/Actress
1. John Wayne
2. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
3. Gary Cooper
4. James Stewart
5. Marilyn Monroe
6. Alan Ladd
7. William Holden
8. Bing Crosby
9. Jane Wyman
10. Marlon Brando

Top Western stars

The poll also revealed the top Western stars.

Rank Actor/Actress
1. Roy Rogers
2. Gene Autry
3. Rex Allen
4. Wild Bill Elliott
5. Gabby Hayes

Notable films released in 1954

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Serials

  • Gunfighters of the Northwest, starring Clayton Moore and Phyllis Coates
  • Man with the Steel Whip, starring Dick Simmons
  • Riding with Buffalo Bill
  • Trader Tom of the China Seas, starring Harry Lauter and Aline Towne

Short film series

Births

  • January 1
  • January 6
    • Anthony Minghella, English film director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
    • John Sparkes, Welsh actor and comedian
    • Trudie Styler, English actress, director and producer
  • January 19 - Katey Sagal, American actress and singer-songwriter
  • January 20 - Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (d. 2024)
  • January 25 - Sean Lawlor, Irish character actor and playwright (d. 2009)
  • January 28 - Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (d. 2000)
  • January 29
    • Juan de Marcos González, Cuban bandleader, musician and actor
    • Terry Kinney, American actor
    • Oprah Winfrey, American actress and television personality
  • February 2 – Christie Brinkley, American model and actress
  • February 6 – Aare Laanemets, Estonian actor (d. 2000)
  • February 8 - Alistair Browning, New Zealand actor (d. 2019)
  • February 9 - Leslie Bevis, retired American model and actress
  • February 12 - Zach Grenier, American character actor
  • February 15 – Matt Groening, American animator, writer, producer, voice actor and creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
  • February 17 – Rene Russo, American actress
  • February 18 – John Travolta, American actor
  • February 20 - Anthony Head, English actor and singer
  • February 21 - Christopher Mayer, American actor (d. 2011)
  • March 1
    • Ron Howard, American director and actor
    • Peter Spellos, American voice actor (d. 2023)
  • March 2 - Olwen Fouéré, Irish actress
  • March 4 – Catherine O'Hara, Canadian actress
  • March 8
    • James Carter Cathcart, American voice actor and voice director (d. 2025)
    • Jay Arlen Jones, American actor
  • March 9 - Martin P. Robinson, American puppeteer
  • March 13 - Robin Duke, Canadian actress and comedian
  • March 15 – Craig Wasson, American actor
  • March 17 – Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
  • March 22 - Tommy Hollis, American actor (d. 2001)
  • March 24 – Robert Carradine, American actor
  • March 29 - Dianne Kay, retired American actress
  • April 7 – Jackie Chan, Hong Kong-born actor
  • April 9 – Dennis Quaid, American actor
  • April 10
  • April 16 – Ellen Barkin, American actress
  • April 19 - Lucinda Dooling, Puerto-Rican-born American actress (d. 2015)
  • April 20 - Brett Rice, American actor
  • April 21 - James Morrison, American actor
  • April 23 - Lucinda Jenney, American actress
  • April 25 - George Spartels, Australian actor, presenter, director and musician
  • April 27 – John Cygan, American actor, voice artist and comedian (d. 2017)
  • April 29 – Jerry Seinfeld, American stand-up comedian and actor
  • May 4 - Pia Zadora, American actress and singer
  • May 7 – Amy Heckerling, American director
  • May 8
    • Stephen Furst, American actor, director and producer (d. 2017)
    • David Keith, American actor and director
    • Clive Wood, British actor
  • May 10 - Mike Hagerty, American actor (d. 2022)
  • May 18 - Patrick St. Esprit, American character actor
  • May 21 - Jean Kasem, American former actress
  • May 29 - Pankaj Kapur, Indian actor
  • June 2
  • June 5 - Haluk Bilginer, Turkish actor
  • June 6 – Merle Talvik, Estonian actress
  • June 7 - Bobby Di Cicco, American actor
  • June 14
  • June 15 – Jim Belushi, American actor
  • June 19 – Kathleen Turner, American actress
  • June 21 - Robert Pastorelli, American actor (d. 2004)
  • June 22 – Chris Lemmon, American actor and author
  • June 26 - David Steen, American playwright, actor and writer
  • June 28 – Alice Krige, South African actress
  • July 2 - Eddie Rouse, American character actor (d. 2014)
  • July 31 - Rainer Bock, German actor
  • August 10 - Rick Overton, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
  • August 12 – Sam J. Jones, American actor
  • August 13 – Tõnu Kilgas, Estonian actor and singer
  • August 15 - Sean Bury, British actor
  • August 16 – James Cameron, Canadian-born director
  • August 18 - Winnie Holzman, American screenwriter, actor and producer
  • August 20
    • Al Roker, American weather forecaster, journalist, television personality, actor and author
    • Theresa Saldana, American actress and writer (d. 2016)
  • August 22 - Jay Patterson, American actor
  • August 30 - David Paymer, American actor
  • September 4 - James Martin Kelly, American character actor
  • September 11 - Reed Birney, American actor
  • September 13 - Isiah Whitlock Jr., American actor
  • September 15
  • September 19
    • David Bamber, English actor
    • Blanche Ravalec, French actress and dubbing artist
  • September 23 - Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 2023)
  • September 29
    • Mark Mitchell, Australian actor and comedian
    • Cindy Morgan, American actress (d. 2023)
  • October 2 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress
  • October 9
    • Scott Bakula, American actor
    • John O'Hurley, American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host and television personality
  • October 10
    • David Barron, British producer
    • Rekha, Indian actress
    • Patric Zimmerman, retired American voice actor
  • October 11 - Tim Choate, American actor (d. 2004)
  • October 14 - Elizabeth Sung, Chinese-American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2018)
  • October 15 - Jere Burns, American actor
  • October 18
  • October 19 - Ken Stott, Scottish actor
  • October 23 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese director
  • October 26
  • November 3 - Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian
  • November 5 - Mike Gabriel, American animator and director
  • November 7 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, director, script-writer, producer and singer
  • November 13 - Chris Noth, American actor
  • November 19 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
  • November 20 - Richard Brooker, British actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
  • November 21 - Timothy Stack, American actor, producer and screenwriter
  • November 29 – Joel Coen, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • November 30 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian retired actress
  • December 2 - Dan Butler, American actor
  • December 4 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer (d. 2024)
  • December 7 - Pascal Renwick, French voice actor (d. 2006)
  • December 9 - Ken Cheeseman, American actor
  • December 18 – Ray Liotta, American actor (d. 2022)
  • December 20 - Michael Badalucco, American actor
  • December 26 – Tony Rosato, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 2017)
  • December 28 – Denzel Washington, American actor

Deaths

Film debuts

Notes

  1. ^ 4 Rbls per US dollar from 1950 to 1960[11]
  2. ^ 35 million re-run admissions up until 1964-1966,[12] average Soviet ticket price of 25 kopecks in the mid-1960s[13]
  3. ^ 0.9 Rbl per US$ from 1961 to 1971[11]
  4. ^ Awaara in the Soviet Union:
    • Initial run – 29 million Rbls[10] ($7.25 million)[a] in 1954
    • Re-runs – 8.75 million Rbls[b] – $9.72 million[c]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M140-M196.
  4. ^ "Bilan Annuel France – 1954". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Bilan Annuel Germany – 1954". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Box Office 1954". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Bilan Annuel Italie – 1954". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. ^ キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011. Kinema Junposha. May 2012. p. 112. ISBN 978-4873767550. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  10. ^ Rajagopalan, Sudha (2005). Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin. Indiana University Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780253220998. The purchase of Shree 420 (Mr 420/Gospodin 420) followed a letter from a Soveksportfil'm representative in Bombay to officials in Moscow in which the former wrote: We are in a delicate situation with Raj Kapoor. He feels he is not being offered enough for Mr 420 despite the fact that 'The Vagabond' raised 29 million roubles for the Soviet state.
  11. ^ a b "Archive". Central Bank of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  12. ^ a b "You Asked It - Padmaavat Is Bigger Than Mughal E Azam?". Box Office India. 8 March 2018.
  13. ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
  14. ^ "Bilan Annuel Espagne – 1954". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Doctor in the House". British Film Institute. 28 November 2004. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  16. ^ Guinness World Records (September 3, 2014). "Jennifer Lawrence, Game of Thrones, Frozen among new entertainment record holders in Guinness World Records 2015 book". Guinness World Records. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  17. ^ Weaver, William R. (January 1, 1955). "Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year Selected by Exhibitors". Motion Picture Herald. p. 12. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
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