Editing 1951 in film (section)

===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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|+ 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>
|}