1938 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1938 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:

Highest-grossing films of 1938

Rank	Title	Studio	Box office gross rental
1	Alexander's Ragtime Band	20th Century Fox	$3,500,000[1]
2	Boys Town	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$2,828,000[2]
3	In Old Chicago	20th Century Fox	$2,500,000[3]
4	Test Pilot	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$2,431,000[2]
5	You Can't Take It with You	Columbia Pictures	$2,137,575[4]
6	Sweethearts	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$2,017,000[5]
7	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Warner Bros.	$1,928,000[6]
8	Marie Antoinette If I Were King	20th Century Fox Paramount Pictures	$1,800,000[7]
9	The Adventures of Marco Polo	United Artists/Samuel Goldwyn Productions	$1,700,000[7]
10	Love Finds Andy Hardy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$1,637,000[2]

1) Alexander's Ragtime Band

Alexander's Ragtime Band
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by	Irving Berlin Richard Sherman
Screenplay by	Kathryn Scola Lamar Trotti
Starring	Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Jack Haley Ethel Merman
Music by	Irving Berlin Alfred Newman
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 5, 1938
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,200,000–$2,275,000[1]
Box office	$3.5 million (domestic rentals)[2]

2) Boys Town

Boys Town
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Produced by	John W. Considine Jr.
Written by	Dore Schary Eleanore Griffin John Meehan
Starring	Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney
Music by	Edward Ward
Cinematography	Sidney Wagner
Edited by	Elmo Veron
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	September 9, 1938
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$772,000[1]
Box office	$4,058,000[1]

3) In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck Kenneth Macgowan
Written by	Story: Niven Busch
Screenplay by	Sonya Levien Lamar Trotti
Starring	Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Alice Brady
Music by	Sidney Clare Lew Pollack
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Production company	Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	January 6, 1938
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.5 million (rentals)[1]

4) Test Pilot

Test Pilot
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Produced by	Louis D. Lighton
Written by	Frank Wead
Screenplay by	Waldemar Young Vincent Lawrence Howard Hawks John Lee Mahin
Starring	Clark Gable Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Tom Held
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 15, 1938 (New York and Los Angeles)[1] April 22, 1938 (US)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,701,000[2]
Box office	$3,903,000[2]

5) You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Capra
Produced by	Frank Capra
Screenplay by	Robert Riskin
Based on	You Can't Take It with You 1936 play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart
Starring	Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	August 23, 1938 (int'l press preview)[1] September 1, 1938 (New York City)[2]
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$1,644,736 (est.)
Box office	US$2,137,575 (US rentals) [3] US$5,295,526 (Int'l rentals)

6) Sweethearts

Sweethearts
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Written by	book: Fred de Gresac Harry B. Smith Robert B. Smith
Screenplay by	Alan Campbell Dorothy Parker Laura Perelman S.J. Perelman
Based on	Sweethearts (1913) by Fred de Gresac Harry B. Smith Robert Bache Smith[1][2][3]
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan
Music by	Victor Herbert Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh Allen M. Davey
Edited by	Robert Kern
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release date	December 22, 1938
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,966,000[4]
Box office	$2,017,000 (Domestic earnings)[4] $1,230,000 (Foreign earnings)[4]

7) The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz William Keighley
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis Henry Blanke
Screenplay by	Norman Reilly Raine Seton I. Miller Rowland Leigh
Starring	Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Una O'Connor
Music by	Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio Sol Polito W. Howard Greene (Technicolor photo) Natalie Kalmus (Technicolor dir)
Edited by	Ralph Dawson
Production company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	May 14, 1938 (US)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,033,000[1][2]
Box office	$3,981,000[1][2]

8) Marie Antoinette
If I Were King

Marie Antoinette
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	W. S. Van Dyke
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Screenplay by	Donald Ogden Stewart Ernest Vajda Claudine West F. Scott Fitzgerald (uncredited) Talbot Jennings (uncredited dialogue)
Based on	Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman 1932 biography by Stefan Zweig
Starring	Norma Shearer Tyrone Power John Barrymore Robert Morley Anita Louise Joseph Schildkraut Gladys George Henry Stephenson
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Robert Kern
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release date	July 8, 1938
Running time	150 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.9 million[1]

If I Were King
1938 US theatrical poster
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Produced by	Frank Lloyd
Written by	Preston Sturges
Based on	the 1901 novel and play, both titled If I Were King by Justin Huntly McCarthy
Starring	Ronald Colman Basil Rathbone Frances Dee
Music by	Richard Hageman Milan Roder (uncredited)
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Hugh Bennett
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 11, 1938
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

9) The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo
Theatrical release poster by Norman Rockwell
Directed by	Archie Mayo John Ford (uncredited)
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn George Haight
Written by	N.A. Pogson Robert E. Sherwood
Starring	Gary Cooper Sigrid Gurie Basil Rathbone
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté Archie Stout
Edited by	Fred Allen
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	April 7, 1938 (New York City)[1]
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[2]

10) Love Finds Andy Hardy

Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938 theatrical poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Produced by	Lou L. Ostrow Carey Wilson
Written by	Vivien R. Bretherton William Ludwig Aurania Rouverol
Starring	Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Judy Garland Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Lana Turner
Music by	David Snell
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Ben Lewis
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	July 22, 1938
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$212,000[1][2]
Box office	$2,247,000[1][2]

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