1951 in film  The year 1951 in film involved some significant events. The top ten 1951 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows:  The highest-grossing 1951 films in countries outside of North America. The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1951. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1951. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll was published by Quigley Publishing Company based on a poll of U.S. movie theater owners who were asked to name who they felt were the previous year's top 10 moneymaking stars. They also published a Western stars poll which Roy Rogers topped for the ninth year running. United States release unless stated