1939 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1939 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:

Highest-grossing films of 1939

Rank	Title	Studio	Box office gross rental
1	Gone with the Wind	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Selznick International Pictures	$31,000,000[2]
2	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Columbia Pictures	$3,500,000[3]
3	Jesse James	20th Century Fox	$3,000,000[4]
4	Babes in Arms	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$2,311,000[5]
5	The Wizard of Oz		$2,048,000[5]
6	Gunga Din	RKO Radio Pictures	$1,888,000[6]
7	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$1,777,000[5]
8	Dodge City	Warner Bros.	$1,668,000[7]
9	The Rains Came	20th Century Fox	$1,650,000[3]
10	The Women	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	$1,610,000[5]

1) Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind
Theatrical pre-release poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Produced by	David O. Selznick
Screenplay by	Sidney Howard
Based on	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Starring	Clark Gable Vivien Leigh Leslie Howard Olivia de Havilland
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Ernest Haller
Edited by	Hal C. Kern James E. Newcom
Production companies	Selznick International Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.[1][nb 1]
Release date	December 15, 1939 (Atlanta premiere)
Running time	221 minutes 234–238 minutes (with overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.85 million
Box office	>$390 million

2) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Capra
Produced by	Frank Capra
Screenplay by	Sidney Buchman Myles Connolly (uncredited contributor to script construction and dialogue)[1]
Based on	"The Gentleman from Montana" (unpub. story)[1] by Lewis R. Foster[2]
Starring	Jean Arthur James Stewart
Narrated by	Colin James Mackey
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Gene Havlick Al Clark
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 17, 1939 (DC premiere)
Running time	125–126 or 130 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.5 million
Box office	$9,000,000[3]

3) Jesse James

Jesse James
Jesse James movie poster
Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson
Written by	Nunnally Johnson
Starring	Tyrone Power Henry Fonda Nancy Kelly Randolph Scott
Music by	Louis Silvers
Cinematography	George Barnes W. Howard Greene
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	January 27, 1939
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.6 million
Box office	$3 million (rentals)[1]

4) Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Busby Berkeley
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Written by	Uncredited: John Meehan Noel Langley[1] Anita Loos Florence Ryerson Annalee Whitmore Fadiman Edgar Allan Woolf
Screenplay by	Jack McGowan Kay Van Riper
Based on	Babes in Arms (1937 stage musical) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Starring	Mickey Rooney Judy Garland
Music by	Songs: Arthur Freed (lyrics) & Nacio Herb Brown (music); Richard Rodgers (music) & Lorenz Hart (lyrics); Harold Arlen (music) & E. Y. Harburg (lyrics); Roger Edens (music & lyrics) et al.
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release date	September 15, 1939 (Houston) October 13, 1939 (US) [1]
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$745,341[2][3]
Box office	$3,335,000[2][3]

5) The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Produced by	Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay by	Noel Langley Florence Ryerson Edgar Allan Woolf
Based on	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Starring	Judy Garland Frank Morgan Ray Bolger Bert Lahr Jack Haley Billie Burke Margaret Hamilton Charley Grapewin
Music by	Harold Arlen Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc[1]
Release date	August 25, 1939
Running time	101 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.8 million[3][4]
Box office	$26.1 million[4]

6) Gunga Din

Gunga Din
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Stevens
Produced by	George Stevens
Written by	Joel Sayre Fred Guiol William Faulkner (uncredited) Anthony Veiller (uncredited)
Story by	Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur
Based on	"Gunga Din" Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling
Starring	Cary Grant Victor McLaglen Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sam Jaffe Eduardo Ciannelli Joan Fontaine
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Henry Berman
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	February 17, 1939 (U.S.)
Running time	117 min.
Language	English Hindi
Budget	$1,915,000[1]
Box office	$2,807,000[1]

7) Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Wood
Produced by	Victor Saville
Screenplay by	R. C. Sherriff Claudine West Eric Maschwitz
Based on	Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1934 novel by James Hilton
Starring	Robert Donat Greer Garson
Music by	Richard Addinsell
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	Charles Frend
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.[1]
Release date	15 May 1939 (UK)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,051,000[2]
Box office	$3,252,000[2]

8) Dodge City

Dodge City
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Screenplay by	Robert Buckner
Starring	Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Ann Sheridan
Music by	Max Steiner Adolph Deutsch (uncredited)
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	George Amy
Production company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 1, 1939 (USA)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,061,000[1][2][3]
Box office	$2,532,000[1]

9) Dodge City

The Rains Came
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clarence Brown
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Screenplay by	Philip Dunne Julien Josephson
Based on	The Rains Came 1937 novel by Louis Bromfield
Starring	Myrna Loy Tyrone Power George Brent Brenda Joyce Nigel Bruce Maria Ouspenskaya
Music by	Alfred Newman
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	September 15, 1939
Running time	103-105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.5 million

10) The Women

The Women
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	George Cukor
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Screenplay by	Anita Loos Jane Murfin
Based on	The Women 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce
Starring	Norma Shearer Joan Crawford Rosalind Russell
Music by	David Snell Edward Ward
Cinematography	Joseph Ruttenberg Oliver T. Marsh
Edited by	Robert J. Kern
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	September 1, 1939 (United States)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English Italian
Budget	$1,688,000[1]
Box office	$2,270,000[1]

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