Editing 1951 in film (section)

==Top-grossing films==
===United States===
{{see also|List of 1951 box office number-one films in the United States}}
The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1951
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
| rowspan="2"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $11,143,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
|''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]''
| $5,293,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
| ''[[David and Bathsheba (film)|David and Bathsheba]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $4,720,000<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|date=October 15, 1990|title=All Time Film Rental Champs|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|issn=0042-2738|page=M-152|first=Lawrence|last=Cohn}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| ''[[The Great Caruso]]''
| MGM
| $4,309,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| [[Warner Bros.]]
| $4,250,000<ref name=1954AllTime>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety193-1954-01#page/n301/mode/2up|title=All-Time Top Grossers|page=10|magazine=Variety|date=January 13, 1954|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| ''[[The African Queen (film)|The African Queen]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $4,100,000<ref name=1954AllTime/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| ''[[That's My Boy (1951 film)|That's My Boy]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $3,800,000<ref name=1951TopBoxOfficeHits>{{cite magazine|title=The Top Box Office Hits of 1951|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 2, 1952|url=https://archive.org/details/variety185-1952-01/page/n69/mode/2up|page=70|access-date=May 12, 2020|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
| ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]''
| MGM
| $3,750,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
| ''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]''
| rowspan="2"|Paramount
| $3,500,000<ref name=1951TopBoxOfficeHits/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
| ''[[At War with the Army]]''
| $3,300,000<ref name="1950DomesticRevenue">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615023703/http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1950.shtml |archive-date=2008-06-15 |url=http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1950.shtml |title=Top 20 Films of 1950 by Domestic Revenue |website=boxofficereport.com}}</ref>
|}

===International===
The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America.

{| class="wikitable"
! Country || Title || Studio || Gross || {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in France|France]]
| ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
| 7,116,442 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel France – 1951 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanfr.php?year=1951 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in India|India]]
| ''[[Awaara]]''
| [[R. K. Films]]
| $4,830,000
| {{#tag:ref|{{INR|23}} million<ref name="boi51">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922022110/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2012|title=Boxofficeindia.com|date=22 September 2012|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref> ($4.83 million){{#tag:ref|4.7619 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] from 1950 to 1965<ref name="sauder">{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=[[UBC Sauder School of Business]]|publisher=[[University of British Columbia]]|page=3|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>|group=n|name=RupeeUSD}}
|group=n|name=Awaara}}
|-
| [[Cinema of Italy|Italy]]
| ''[[Anna (1951 film)|Anna]]''
| [[Lux Film]]
| 8,965,624 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Bilan Annuel Italie – 1951 |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/bilanitalie.php?year=1951 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Cinema of Japan|Japan]]
| ''[[The Tale of Genji (1951 film)|The Tale of Genji]]''
| [[:ja:大映京都撮影所|Daiei Kyoto]]
| {{JPY|141050000}}
|<ref>{{Cite book |date=May 2012|title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924–2011|journal=[[Kinema Junpo]]|publisher=Kinema Junposha|isbn=978-4873767550|page=88}}</ref>
|-
| [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet Union]]
| ''[[In Peaceful Time]]''
| [[Dovzhenko Film Studios]]
| $1,470,000
| {{#tag:ref|5.875 million&nbsp;[[Soviet rouble|Rbls]] (23.5 million Soviet tickets sold,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html |title=Prokat2 |publisher=Kinokultura.com |access-date=2012-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510033800/http://www.kinokultura.com/plus/prokat2.html |archive-date=2012-05-10 }}</ref> average ticket price of 25 [[kopeck]]s),<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref> 4 SUR per USD{{#tag:ref|4 [[Soviet rouble|Rbl]]s per US dollar from 1950 to 1960<ref name="SUR-USD">{{cite web |title=Archive |url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229074625/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2009 |website=[[Central Bank of Russia]] |access-date=29 December 2009}}</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD}}|group=n}}
|-
| [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
| ''[[The Great Caruso]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| 12,400,000 admissions
| <ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Caruso|date=28 November 2004|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=35|access-date=24 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005912/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/details.php?ranking=35|archive-date=3 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}