1951 in film
Rank Title Film Studio Gross rental
1 Quo Vadis Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $ 11,902,000
2 Alice in Wonderland * Walt Disney Productions $ 7,196,000
3 Show Boat Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $ 5,533,000
4 A Streetcar Named Desire Warner Bros $ 4,800,000
5 David and Bathsheba 20th Century Fox $ 4,720,000
6 An American in Paris Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $ 4,531,000
7 The African Queen United Artists $ 4,300,000
8 A Place in the Sun Paramount Pictures $ 4,213,000
9 Strangers on a Train Warner Bros $ 3,800,000
10 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $ 3,500,000
Top-grossing films -- United States
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