1940 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Box-office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boom Town | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $3,664,000[1] |
| 2 | Rebecca | United Artists/Selznick International Pictures | $3,000,000[2] |
| 3 | The Great Dictator | United Artists | $2,750,000[3] |
| 4 | The Grapes of Wrath | 20th Century Fox | $2,500,000[4] |
| 5 | The Philadelphia Story | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $2,374,000[1] |
| 6 | Strike Up the Band | $2,265,000[1] | |
| 7 | Northwest Passage | $2,169,000[1] | |
| 8 | Down Argentine Way The Mark of Zorro Tin Pan Alley | 20th Century Fox | $2,000,000[5] |
| 9 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $1,945,000[1] |
| 10 | North West Mounted Police | Paramount Pictures | $1,900,000[6] |
1) Boom Town
| Boom Town | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Produced by | Sam Zimbalist |
| Written by | John Lee Mahin |
| Based on | A Lady Comes to Burkburnett in Cosmopolitan magazine (August 1939) by James Edward Grant |
| Starring | Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert Hedy Lamarr |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson Elwood Bredell (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell Paul Landres (uncredited) |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Incorporated |
Release date
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Running time
| 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.6 million[2] |
| Box office | $5 million[2] |
2) Rebecca
| Rebecca | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Produced by | David O. Selznick |
| Screenplay by | Robert E. Sherwood Joan Harrison Adaptation: Philip MacDonald Michael Hogan |
| Based on | Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier |
| Starring | Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
|
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Running time
| 130 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.28 million[1] ($23 million in 2019 dollars) |
| Box office | $6 million[1] ($109 million in 2019 dollars) |
3) The Great Dictator
| The Great Dictator | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard Jack Oakie Henry Daniell Reginald Gardiner Billy Gilbert Maurice Moscovich |
| Music by | Charlie Chaplin Meredith Willson |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Willard Nico Harold Rice |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 124 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million (US$36,760,766 in 2019 dollars[2]) |
| Box office | $5 million (US$91,247,031 in 2019 dollars[2])[3] |
4) The Grapes of Wrath
| The Grapes of Wrath | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | John Ford |
| Produced by | |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000[1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million (rentals)[2] |
5) The Philadelphia Story
| The Philadelphia Story | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical poster
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Screenplay by | Donald Ogden Stewart Waldo Salt (uncredited) |
| Based on | The Philadelphia Story 1939 play by Philip Barry |
| Starring | Cary Grant Katharine Hepburn James Stewart Ruth Hussey |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $914,000[1] |
| Box office | $3.3 million[1] |
6) Strike Up the Band
| Strike Up the Band | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Screenplay by | John Monks Jr. and Fred Finklehoffe |
| Starring | Mickey Rooney Judy Garland |
| Music by | Roger Edens |
| Cinematography | Ray June, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
Release date
| September 29, 1940 |
Running time
| 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $854,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,494,000[1] |
7) Northwest Passage
| Northwest Passage | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | King Vidor |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Screenplay by | Laurence Stallings Talbot Jennings |
| Based on | Northwest Passage 1937 novel by Kenneth Roberts |
| Starring | Spencer Tracy Robert Young |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | William V. Skall Sidney Wagner |
| Edited by | Conrad A. Nervig |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,687,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $3,150,000[1] |
8) Down Argentine Way
The Mark of Zorro
Tin Pan Alley
| Down Argentine Way | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Written by | Rian James Ralph Spence Karl Tunberg Darrell Ware |
| Starring | Betty Grable Don Ameche Carmen Miranda |
| Music by | Harry Warren (music) Mack Gordon (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
| October 11, 1940 |
Running time
| 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million |
| The Mark of Zorro | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by | John Taintor Foote |
| Story by | Garrett Fort Bess Meredyth |
| Based on | The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Linda Darnell Basil Rathbone |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $1 million[1] |
| Box office | $2 million (rentals)[2] |
| Tin Pan Alley | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Walter Lang |
| Produced by | Kenneth Macgowan |
| Written by | Pamela Harris (story) Robert Ellis Helen Logan |
| Starring | Alice Faye Betty Grable Jack Oakie John Payne |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Walter A. Thompson |
| Distributed by | 20th-Century Fox |
Release date
|
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Running time
| 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (rentals)[1] |
9) Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
| Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | George B. Seitz |
| Produced by | J.J. Cohn |
| Written by | Aurania Rouverol Tom Seller Annalee Whitmore |
| Starring | Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Judy Garland |
| Music by | Alex Hyde David Snell |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. Sidney Wagner |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date
| July 5, 1940 |
Running time
| 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $436,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,623,000[1] |
10) North West Mounted Police
| Northwest Mounted Police | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
|
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Running time
| 125 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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