Editing This Is Cinerama (section)

==Box office==
In its opening week in New York, ''This Is Cinerama'' was shown twice per day, with an additional 5:00&nbsp;p.m. showing on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. It saw near-capacity (1,250) attendance, grossing $35,000 from 17 performances with a top price of $2.80. The initial eight-week advance sale was increased to 16 weeks after the film proved to be popular. Early matinee attendance was impacted by the [[1952 World Series]] between the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Cinerama Capacity 35G In N.Y. Debut|date=October 8, 1952|page=3|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety188-1952-10#page/n130/mode/1up|accessdate=January 18, 2021|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> After one year, the film had played in four cities (New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago) and had sold 2,225,000 tickets, grossing $4,305,000, with $2,208,000 in New York alone.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Not Incorporating Any ''Story'' Into 2d Cinerama. Gamble on Novelty Appeal|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 7, 1953|page=4|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety192-1953-10#page/n3/mode/1up|accessdate=October 12, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

At the [[Hollywood Pacific Theatre|Warner Hollywood]] in Los Angeles, the film played for 115 weeks, grossing an L.A. record of $3,845,200.<ref name=LA>{{cite news|publisher=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='80 Days' Around L.A. 100 Weeks, $2,217,000|page=22|date=November 26, 1958|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety212-1958-11#page/n249/mode/1up|via=[[Archive.org]]|accessdate=June 9, 2019}}</ref> The film played for a record 99 weeks in Chicago.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=90 Weeks in Loop|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 26, 1958|page=23|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety212-1958-11#page/n250/mode/1up|accessdate=July 7, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

By January 1954, the film had grossed $6.5 million from seven cities in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=All-Time Film Box Office Wows|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 13, 1954|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety193-1954-01#page/n292/mode/1up|page=1|last=Arneel|first=Gene|accessdate=October 8, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> A year later, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' noted that the film was estimated to gross $25 million and included it on its all-time chart with rentals of $12.5 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|title='Gone' Continues Its Epic Pace at B.O., $33,500,000 Take With '54 Reissue.
|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 5, 1955|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety197-1955-01-05#page/n4/mode/1up|page=5|accessdate=October 8, 2019|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> By 1995, ''Variety'' noted that the film had grossed $41.6 million.<ref name=realistic/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://flickeralley.com/products/99750468-this-is-cinerama-2017-authorized-restoration| title=This is Cinerama - 2017 Authorized Restoration |publisher= Flicker Alley|accessdate=6 March 2025}}</ref>