100 English films of 1952 ranked by box office. #1: This Is Cinerama ($41.6 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is Cinerama | Gunther von Fritsch | $1 million | $41.6 million | 41.60x | |
| 2 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Cecil B. DeMille | $4 million | $36 million | 9.00x | |
| 3 | High Noon | Fred Zinnemann | $730,000 | $12 million | 16.44x | |
| 4 | Ivanhoe | Richard Thorpe | $3.7 million | $9.7 million | 2.61x | |
| 5 | Moulin Rouge | John Huston | $1.5 million | $9 million | 6.00x | |
| 6 | Limelight | Charlie Chaplin | $900,000 | $8 million | 8.89x | |
| 7 | Singin' in the Rain | Gene Kelly | $2.5 million | $7.2 million | 2.83x | |
| 8 | Affair in Trinidad | Vincent Sherman | $1.2 million | $7 million | 5.83x | |
| 9 | Scaramouche | George Sidney | $3 million | $6.7 million | 2.24x | |
| 10 | The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Roy Ward Baker | $3 million | $6.5 million | 2.17x | |
| 11 | Hans Christian Andersen | Charles Vidor | $4 million | $6 million | 1.50x | |
| 12 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Richard Thorpe | $1.7 million | $5.6 million | 3.29x | |
| 13 | Bwana Devil | Arch Oboler | $323,000 | $5 million | 15.48x | |
| 14 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Mervyn LeRoy | $2.6 million | $4.9 million | 1.87x | |
| 15 | Springfield Rifle | André de Toth | $4.9 million | |||
| 16 | Because You're Mine | Alexander Hall | $1.9 million | $4.6 million | 2.44x | |
| 17 | The Merry Widow | Curtis Bernhardt | $2.4 million | $4.5 million | 1.86x | |
| 18 | Sailor Beware | Hal Walker | $4.3 million | |||
| 19 | The Wild North | Andrew Marton | $1.3 million | $4 million | 3.13x | |
| 20 | Jumping Jacks | Norman Taurog | $4 million | |||
| 20 | Skirts Ahoy! | Sidney Lanfield | $2 million | $4 million | 2.00x | |
| 22 | Above and Beyond | Melvin Frank | $1.4 million | $4 million | 2.85x | |
| 23 | Lone Star | Vincent Sherman | $1.6 million | $3.9 million | 2.44x | |
| 24 | Lovely to Look At | Vincente Minnelli | $2.8 million | $3.8 million | 1.36x | |
| 24 | The Quiet Man | John Ford | $1.8 million | $3.8 million | 2.17x | |
| 26 | Come Back, Little Sheba | Daniel Mann | $3.5 million | |||
| 26 | The Stooge | Norman Taurog | $3.5 million | |||
| 28 | Son of Paleface | Frank Tashlin | $3.4 million | |||
| 29 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Vincente Minnelli | $1.6 million | $3.4 million | 2.16x | |
| 30 | With a Song in My Heart | Walter Lang | $3.2 million | |||
| 31 | The World in His Arms | Raoul Walsh | $3 million | |||
| 31 | Plymouth Adventure | Clarence Brown | $3.2 million | $3 million | 0.94x | |
| 31 | Stars and Stripes Forever | Henry Koster | $3 million | |||
| 31 | Road to Bali | Hal Walker | $3 million | |||
| 31 | Bend of the River | Anthony Mann | $3 million | |||
| 36 | The Iron Mistress | Gordon Douglas | $2.9 million | |||
| 36 | Just for You | Elliott Nugent | $2.9 million | |||
| 38 | April in Paris | David Butler | $2.8 million | |||
| 38 | Room for One More | Norman Taurog | $1.1 million | $2.8 million | 2.55x | |
| 40 | Pat and Mike | George Cukor | $1.6 million | $2.7 million | 1.67x | |
| 41 | The Story of Will Rogers | Michael Curtiz | $3 million | $2.6 million | 0.88x | |
| 42 | Big Jim McLain | Edward Ludwig | $2.6 million | |||
| 43 | Carbine Williams | Richard Thorpe | $1.1 million | $2.6 million | 2.33x | |
| 44 | The Crimson Pirate | Robert Siodmak | $1.8 million | $2.5 million | 1.43x | |
| 44 | Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair | Charles Barton | $2.5 million | |||
| 46 | She's Working Her Way Through College | H. Bruce Humberstone | $2.4 million | |||
| 47 | Somebody Loves Me | Irving Brecher | $2.2 million | |||
| 48 | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men | Ken Annakin | $2.1 million | |||
| 49 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Charles Lamont | $701,688 | $2 million | 2.85x | |
| 49 | The Battle at Apache Pass | George Sherman | $681,000 | $2 million | 2.94x | |
| 49 | Francis Goes to West Point | Arthur Lubin | $2 million | |||
| 49 | What Price Glory | John Ford | $2 million | |||
| 49 | Belles on Their Toes | Henry Levin | $1.1 million | $2 million | 1.77x | |
| 49 | Dreamboat | Claude Binyon | $2 million | |||
| 49 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Harmon Jones | $2 million | |||
| 49 | The Jazz Singer | Michael Curtiz | $2 million | |||
| 49 | Retreat, Hell! | Joseph H. Lewis | $2 million | |||
| 49 | We're Not Married! | Edmund Goulding | $2 million | |||
| 49 | Lure of the Wilderness | Jean Negulesco | $2 million | |||
| 49 | Monkey Business | Howard Hawks | $2 million | |||
| 61 | The Belle of New York | Charles Walters | $2.6 million | $2 million | 0.77x | |
| 62 | Viva Zapata! | Elia Kazan | $1.8 million | $1.9 million | 1.06x | |
| 63 | Carrie | William Wyler | $2 million | $1.8 million | 0.90x | |
| 64 | Lydia Bailey | Jean Negulesco | $1.8 million | |||
| 64 | Ruby Gentry | King Vidor | $525,000 | $1.8 million | 3.33x | |
| 66 | The Winning Team | Lewis Seiler | $1.7 million | |||
| 66 | The Marrying Kind | George Cukor | $1.7 million | |||
| 66 | Carson City | André de Toth | $1.7 million | |||
| 66 | The Pride of St. Louis | Harmon Jones | $1.7 million | |||
| 70 | Sudden Fear | David Miller | $600,000 | $1.6 million | 2.75x | |
| 70 | Pony Soldier | Joseph M. Newman | $1.6 million | |||
| 70 | The Big Sky | Howard Hawks | $2 million | $1.6 million | 0.83x | |
| 73 | One Minute to Zero | Tay Garnett | $2.2 million | $1.6 million | 0.73x | |
| 73 | Against All Flags | George Sherman | $1.6 million | |||
| 73 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Jean Yarbrough | $682,580 | $1.6 million | 2.34x | |
| 76 | The Lusty Men | Nicholas Ray | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Saturday Island | Stuart Heisler | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Don't Bother to Knock | Roy Ward Baker | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Scarlet Angel | Sidney Salkow | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Mara Maru | Gordon Douglas | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Lost in Alaska | Jean Yarbrough | $677,230 | $1.5 million | 2.21x | |
| 76 | Untamed Frontier | Hugo Fregonese | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | $1.5 million | |||
| 76 | Red Ball Express | Budd Boetticher | $1.5 million | |||
| 85 | The Devil Makes Three | Andrew Marton | $1 million | $1.5 million | 1.48x | |
| 86 | Invitation | Gottfried Reinhardt | $1 million | $1.5 million | 1.43x | |
| 87 | Way of a Gaucho | Jacques Tourneur | $2.2 million | $1.4 million | 0.63x | |
| 87 | Caribbean Gold | Edward Ludwig | $1.4 million | |||
| 87 | Diplomatic Courier | Henry Hathaway | $1.4 million | |||
| 90 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Jean Negulesco | $1.4 million | |||
| 90 | Walk East on Beacon | Alfred L. Werker | $1.4 million | |||
| 92 | The Girl in White | John Sturges | $1.1 million | $1.3 million | 1.24x | |
| 93 | 5 Fingers | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | $1.3 million | |||
| 93 | My Cousin Rachel | Henry Koster | $1.2 million | $1.3 million | 1.08x | |
| 93 | Back at the Front | George Sherman | $1.3 million | |||
| 96 | Red Skies of Montana | Joseph M. Newman | $1.2 million | |||
| 96 | Son of Ali Baba | Kurt Neumann | $1.2 million | |||
| 96 | The Duel at Silver Creek | Don Siegel | $1.2 million | |||
| 96 | Blackbeard the Pirate | Raoul Walsh | $1.2 million | |||
| 96 | Deadline – U.S.A. | Richard Brooks | $1.2 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.