Pat Boone established himself as a box office force to be reckoned with with his first film, Bernadine. Made for $1.23 million it went on to earn $3.75 million in the US It was followed that year by the equally popular April Love, which made $4 mill (cost of $1.425 million). His popularity dipped slightly the following year with the still respectable Mardi Gras ($ 2.5million cost $1.69 million).
He was put into a supporting actor in order to ensure a teen audience for the $3.44 million Journey to the Centre of the Earth and the decision seems to have been the right one, the film earning a cool $5 million.
He did not make a film for two more years, the poor All hands on Deck which nonetheless returned $1.5 million on a $1.115 million budget. He was one of several names in a $4.4 million remake of State Fair, which returned only $3.5 million.
He did not make a film for two more years, the poor All hands on Deck which nonetheless returned $1.5 million on a $1.115 million budget. He was one of several names in a $4.4 million remake of State Fair, which returned only $3.5 million.
The Main Attraction and The Yellow Canary received a lukewarm welcome, but Goodbye Charlie (1964) earned $3.7 million on its $3.5 million cost. That was Boone's last real box office splash, though he continued as a lead for a while longer.
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