Editing The Third Man (section)

===Box office===
''The Third Man'' was the most popular film at the British box office in 1949.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49700937 |title=TOPS AT HOME. |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |location=Brisbane |date=31 December 1949 |access-date=24 April 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

According to ''[[Kinematograph Weekly]]'', the 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1949 Britain was ''The Third Man'', with "runners up" being ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]'', ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]'', ''[[The Paleface (1948 film)|The Paleface]]'', ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'', ''[[The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]'', ''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]'', ''[[Easter Parade (film)|Easter Parade]]'', ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]],'' and ''[[I Was a Male War Bride]]''.<ref>{{cite book|page=232|title=Blackout : reinventing women for wartime British cinema|last=Lant|first= Antonia|year=1991 |publisher=Princeton University Press }}</ref>