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1933 Top Box Office Movies

This movie page looks at 1933 Top Box Office Movies.  Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult.   For somebody looking for box office information on 1933 it is very very frustrating.  Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies.  So we figured we would show all the 1933 movies in our database.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1933.  Obviously many movies made in 1932 earned box office dollars in 1933.  On the other side many movies made in 1933 made money in 1934 and later.  This page will looks at 133 1933 Top Box Office Movies.  The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.

The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1933 that are in our database.  Since we are constantly adding new movies to our database….this page will quickly become obsolete.  We will try and update this page on a regular basis.

Our UMR Top 50 of 1933

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1933 Little Women (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 King Kong (1933)
1933 42nd Street (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 Cavalcade (1933)
AA Best Picture Win
1933 Sons of the Desert (1933)
1933 Footlight Parade (1933)
1933 She Done Him Wrong (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
1933 Dinner at Eight (1933)
1933 I'm No Angel (1933)
1933 Tugboat Annie (1933)
1933 State Fair (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 Ecstasy (1933)
1933 Queen Christina (1933)
1933 Dancing Lady (1933)
1933 The Invisible Man (1933)
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 The Bowery (1933)
1933 Roman Scandals (1933)
1933 Duck Soup (1933)
1933 Pilgrimage (1933)
1933 Lady for a Day (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1933 Flying Down to Rio (1933)
1933 Counselor At Law (1933)
1933 Eskimo (1933)
1933 Penthouse (1933)
1933 Secrets (1933)
1933 Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
1933 The Devil's Brother (1933)
1933 Pick-Up (1933)
1933 Hold Your Man (1933)
1933 The Silver Cord (1933)
1933 The Barbarian (1933)
1933 International House (1933)
1933 When Ladies Meet (1933)
1933 Only Yesterday (1933)
1933 Zoo In Budapest (1933)
1933 Bombshell (1933)
1933 The Eagle And The Hawk (1933)
1933 Design for Living (1933)
1933 The Song of Songs (1933)
1933 Topaze (1933)
1933 Man's Castle (1933)
1933 Gabriel Over The White House (1933)
1933 The White Sister (1933)
1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
1933 The Narrow Corner (1933)
1933 Gallant Lady (1933)
1933 Christopher Bean (1933)
1933 College Humor (1933)

1933 Top Box Office Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort 1933 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
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  • Sort 1933 Top Box Office Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
  • Sort 1933 Top Box Office Movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1933 Top Box Office Movies received.
  • Sort 1933 Top Box Office Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) UMR Score
R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score S
2 Little Women (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Katharine Hepburn &
Joan Bennett
4.0 216.9 321.40 13 82 03 / 01 99.0
3 King Kong (1933) Fay Wray &
Bruce Cabot
9.1 496.9 772.90 1 89 00 / 00 98.8
3 42nd Street (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Ginger Rogers &
Dick Powell
4.1 223.3 354.20 11 81 02 / 00 98.6
4 Cavalcade (1933)
AA Best Picture Win
Diana Wynyard &
Frank Lloyd
2.9 155.3 465.80 17 67 04 / 03 98.4
10 Sons of the Desert (1933) Laurel and Hardy 3.7 202.2 202.20 14 83 00 / 00 97.8
4 Footlight Parade (1933) James Cagney &
Dick Powell
4.6 248.6 375.20 7 82 00 / 00 97.6
5 She Done Him Wrong (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Cary Grant &
Mae West
6.3 341.6 341.60 5 75 01 / 00 97.5
5 Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Ginger Rogers &
Joan Blondell
6.3 341.9 501.70 4 80 01 / 00 97.3
9 Dinner at Eight (1933) John Barrymore &
Jean Harlow
4.0 217.1 334.80 12 80 00 / 00 97.1
10 I'm No Angel (1933) Cary Grant &
Mae West
6.6 357.1 357.10 3 77 00 / 00 96.4
9 Tugboat Annie (1933) Marie Dressler &
Wallace Beery
5.5 297.7 399.40 6 76 00 / 00 96.1
15 State Fair (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Will Rogers &
Janet Gaynor
3.5 187.6 254.20 15 69 02 / 00 95.3
13 Ecstasy (1933) Hedy Lamarr 4.1 225.2 225.20 10 70 00 / 00 94.7
15 Queen Christina (1933) Greta Garbo &
John Gilbert
2.8 152.3 518.30 18 85 00 / 00 94.5
14 Dancing Lady (1933) Clark Gable &
Joan Crawford
4.3 231.4 373.60 9 67 00 / 00 93.6
17 The Invisible Man (1933) Claude Rains 2.8 151.6 151.60 19 82 00 / 00 93.5
17 The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Charles Laughton &
Merle Oberon
2.4 132.0 132.00 23 79 02 / 01 93.4
16 The Bowery (1933) Wallace Beery 4.3 232.0 310.60 8 62 00 / 00 92.0
17 Roman Scandals (1933) Edward Arnold 7.0 379.3 379.30 2 62 00 / 00 91.9
21 Duck Soup (1933) Marx Brothers 2.1 115.8 115.80 32 86 00 / 00 91.0
21 Pilgrimage (1933) Henrietta Crosman 2.9 155.4 155.40 16 73 00 / 00 90.7
21 Lady for a Day (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
May Robson 1.7 93.2 93.20 49 80 04 / 00 89.5
24 Flying Down to Rio (1933) Fred Astaire &
Ginger Rogers
2.6 143.3 239.90 21 72 01 / 00 89.4
23 Counselor At Law (1933) John Barrymore &
Melvyn Douglas
2.0 111.0 111.00 34 82 00 / 00 89.0
26 Eskimo (1933) Edward Dearing 2.3 126.2 260.40 27 74 01 / 01 88.5
26 Penthouse (1933) Myrna Loy 2.3 126.4 126.40 26 75 00 / 00 88.1
27 Secrets (1933) Mary Pickford &
Leslie Howard
2.0 108.3 108.30 37 76 00 / 00 86.3
28 Jennie Gerhardt (1933) Sylvia Sidney 2.3 126.2 126.20 28 68 00 / 00 85.6
30 The Devil's Brother (1933) Laurel and Hardy 2.4 128.3 128.30 25 67 00 / 00 85.2
31 Pick-Up (1933) Sylvia Sidney 2.7 146.0 146.00 20 61 00 / 00 85.1
29 Hold Your Man (1933) Clark Gable &
Jean Harlow
1.9 101.6 166.60 40 74 00 / 00 84.8
35 The Silver Cord (1933) Irene Dunne &
Joel McCrea &
Laura Hope Crews
2.3 123.7 123.70 30 65 00 / 00 84.1
35 The Barbarian (1933) Myrna Loy 2.4 130.9 130.90 24 63 00 / 00 84.1
33 International House (1933) George Burns 1.8 98.6 98.60 42 73 00 / 00 84.0
38 When Ladies Meet (1933) Myrna Loy &
Robert Montgomery
2.5 133.9 133.90 22 61 01 / 00 83.9
34 Only Yesterday (1933) Margaret Sullavan 1.7 91.1 91.10 54 75 00 / 00 83.8
36 Zoo In Budapest (1933) 2.0 109.2 109.20 35 69 00 / 00 83.6
38 Bombshell (1933) Jean Harlow &
Frank Morgan
1.5 82.5 113.00 60 76 00 / 00 83.1
39 The Eagle And The Hawk (1933) Carole Lombard &
Cary Grant
2.1 112.6 112.60 33 67 00 / 00 83.1
39 Design for Living (1933) Gary Cooper &
Fredric March
1.9 105.4 105.40 38 69 00 / 00 83.0
41 The Song of Songs (1933) Marlene Dietrich &
Lionel Atwill
1.7 93.2 93.20 50 72 00 / 00 82.8
43 Topaze (1933) Myrna Loy &
John Barrymore
2.3 124.7 124.70 29 62 00 / 00 82.8
43 Man's Castle (1933) Spencer Tracy 1.4 73.8 73.80 67 76 00 / 00 81.8
44 Gabriel Over The White House (1933) Walter Wanger 1.8 98.6 98.60 43 67 00 / 00 81.3
47 The White Sister (1933) Clark Gable 2.1 116.5 259.60 31 61 00 / 00 80.8
45 The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) Myrna Loy &
Max Baer
1.6 85.7 185.20 58 69 01 / 00 80.6
48 The Narrow Corner (1933) Ralph Bellamy &
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
2.0 108.9 108.90 36 62 00 / 00 80.1
46 Gallant Lady (1933) 1.7 88.2 88.20 48 66 00 / 00 79.7
51 Christopher Bean (1933) Marie Dressler &
Lionel Barrymore
1.8 99.4 99.40 41 64 00 / 00 79.5
51 College Humor (1933) Bing Crosby &
Jack Oakie
1.8 95.5 95.50 47 65 00 / 00 79.3
50 Night Flight (1933) Clark Gable &
Myrna Loy
1.6 89.4 167.50 55 66 00 / 00 79.1
54 Going Hollywood (1933) Marion Davies &
Bing Crosby
1.8 96.3 149.40 46 64 00 / 00 78.9
54 Brief Moment (1933) Carole Lombard &
Gene Raymond
1.8 96.7 96.70 45 63 00 / 00 78.3
52 Alice in Wonderland (1933) Gary Cooper &
Cary Grant
1.5 80.9 80.90 61 68 00 / 00 78.2
58 The Power and the Glory (1933) Spencer Tracy 1.6 87.5 87.50 56 65 00 / 00 77.6
53 Midnight Mary (1933) 1.2 64.8 64.80 75 72 00 / 00 77.6
58 A Bedtime Story (1933) Maurice Chevalier 1.7 86.6 86.60 52 62 00 / 00 76.6
56 Morning Glory (1933) Katharine Hepburn 1.1 58.5 90.40 92 70 01 / 01 76.5
65 Hell Below (1933) Robert Montgomery &
Robert Young
1.8 98.4 215.70 44 59 00 / 00 76.3
61 The Kennel Murder Case (1933) William Powell &
Mary Astor
1.3 68.5 105.90 69 69 00 / 00 76.2
64 Too Much Harmony (1933) Bing Crosby 1.5 83.9 83.90 59 64 00 / 00 76.2
59 The Little Giant (1933) Edward G. Robinson 1.1 58.7 100.00 91 72 00 / 00 76.2
58 The Keyhole (1933) Kay Francis 0.9 46.7 82.00 124 75 00 / 00 75.9
64 Baby Face (1933) Barbara Stanwyck &
John Wayne
0.9 47.8 70.20 119 74 00 / 00 75.3
65 Mystery of the Wax Musuem (1933) Fay Wray &
Directed by Michael Curtiz
1.0 54.7 175.90 103 72 00 / 00 75.2
67 Ann Vickers (1933) Irene Dunne 1.6 86.8 104.70 57 61 00 / 00 74.8
65 The House on 56th Street (1933) Kay Francis 1.2 63.7 107.80 79 68 00 / 00 74.6
67 The Stranger's Return (1933) Miriam Hopkins &
Lionel Barrymore
1.3 68.2 68.20 70 67 00 / 00 74.5
68 Berkeley Square (1933) Leslie Howard 1.2 66.0 66.00 73 67 00 / 00 74.4
69 The Mayor of Hell (1933) James Cagney 1.0 55.9 102.00 100 70 00 / 00 73.7
72 Torch Singer (1933) Claudette Colbert 1.4 70.3 70.30 65 64 00 / 00 73.4
70 The Way To Love (1933) 1.2 62.2 62.20 72 66 00 / 00 73.3
73 Sitting Pretty (1933) Jack Oakie 1.7 87.4 87.40 51 58 00 / 00 72.8
76 Doctor Bull (1933) Will Rogers 1.5 80.9 80.90 62 61 00 / 00 72.8
74 Picture Snatcher (1933) James Cagney 1.0 52.0 80.60 109 70 00 / 00 72.6
74 One Sunday Afternoon (1933) Gary Cooper 1.2 64.4 64.40 78 66 00 / 00 72.4
76 Hoopla (1933) Clara Bow 1.4 69.6 69.60 66 63 00 / 00 72.3
78 The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. &
Loretta Young
1.1 61.9 61.90 81 65 00 / 00 71.2
76 Wild Boys of the Road (1933) Frankie Darro 0.8 42.5 58.50 134 71 00 / 00 71.0
80 Take A Chance (1933) 0.9 44.3 44.30 122 69 00 / 00 70.7
85 Supernatural (1933) Carole Lombard &
Randolph Scott
1.5 79.6 79.60 64 59 00 / 00 70.3
83 Double Harness (1933) William Powell &
Ann Harding
1.1 58.9 76.60 90 65 00 / 00 70.3
81 Lady Killer (1933) James Cagney 1.0 55.6 93.20 101 66 00 / 00 70.2
79 Diplomaniacs (1933) Bert Wheeler &
Robert Woolsey
0.9 47.7 47.70 121 69 00 / 00 70.2
85 White Woman (1933) Carole Lombard &
Charles Laughton
1.5 79.8 79.80 63 58 00 / 00 70.0
85 Employees' Entrance (1933) Loretta Young 0.8 45.5 67.70 128 69 00 / 00 69.5
87 Our Betters (1933) George Cukor 1.2 64.6 64.60 76 62 00 / 00 68.9
87 Fast Workers (1933) 0.6 30.0 43.60 164 73 00 / 00 68.5
89 The World Changes (1933) Paul Muni &
Mickey Rooney
1.1 58.4 105.70 93 64 00 / 00 68.5
89 The Masquerader (1933) Ronald Colman &
Elissa Landi
1.1 61.3 61.30 83 63 00 / 00 68.3
92 Elmer The Great (1933) Joe E. Brown 1.2 64.6 82.00 77 61 00 / 00 67.1
90 Captured! (1933) Leslie Howard 1.0 56.8 56.80 95 63 00 / 00 67.1
90 Six Hours To Live (1933) 0.8 42.9 42.90 127 67 00 / 00 67.0
98 This Day And Age (1933) Charles Bickford 1.9 102.7 102.70 39 48 00 / 00 66.7
93 Blood Money (1933) 1.0 56.3 56.30 97 63 00 / 00 66.5
94 Mr. Skitch (1933) Will Rogers &
Zasu Pitts
1.3 66.0 66.00 68 59 00 / 00 66.2
95 Bed Of Roses (1933) 1.1 54.7 54.70 94 62 00 / 00 65.5
96 Midnight Club (1933) George Raft 1.0 50.1 50.10 107 63 00 / 00 65.5
99 Made on Broadway (1933) Robert Montgomery 0.9 47.7 69.10 120 64 00 / 00 64.4
100 Heroes For Sale (1933) 0.2 10.2 10.20 185 75 00 / 00 64.3
99 Heroes For Sale (1933) Loretta Young 0.2 10.2 10.20 185 75 00 / 00 64.3
104 Broadway Bad (1933) Ginger Rogers &
Donald Crisp
1.0 53.3 53.30 106 62 00 / 00 64.1
101 Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) Directed by Lewis Milestone 0.8 41.9 41.90 136 65 00 / 00 63.9
100 The Story Of Temple Drake (1933) 0.6 33.1 33.10 155 67 00 / 00 63.8
109 Central Airport (1933) Richard Barthelmess 1.1 61.0 116.00 84 59 00 / 00 63.4
109 Voltaire (1933) George Arliss 1.1 61.0 118.80 85 59 00 / 00 63.4
105 Female (1933) Directed by Michael Curtiz 0.8 44.4 70.00 130 64 00 / 00 63.2
104 Sailor's Luck (1933) 0.9 45.7 45.70 117 63 00 / 00 63.1
106 Ladies They Talk About (1933) Barbara Stanwyck &
Lyle Talbot
0.8 42.9 58.20 132 64 00 / 00 63.1
116 Today We Live (1933) Gary Cooper &
Joan Crawford
1.7 91.6 160.70 53 49 00 / 00 62.9
112 Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933) 1.0 55.3 55.30 102 60 00 / 00 62.8
114 Convention City (1933) Dick Powell &
Joan Blondell
0.9 49.0 49.00 114 62 00 / 00 62.3
104 Friday the Thirteenth (1933) Ralph Richardson 0.2 11.0 11.00 184 74 00 / 00 62.3
111 Sweepings (1933) 0.9 45.7 45.70 116 62 00 / 00 62.2
116 Son of a Sailor (1933) Joe E. Brown 1.2 64.9 100.30 74 57 00 / 00 62.1
111 The Right To Romance (1933) 1.1 57.2 57.20 86 58 00 / 00 61.9
114 I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Warner Baxter 1.2 62.9 62.90 71 56 00 / 00 61.5
120 Mary Stevens M.D. (1933) Kay Francis &
Lyle Talbot
1.0 55.9 77.50 99 59 00 / 00 61.0
117 Parachute Jumper (1933) Bette Davis 0.7 37.0 61.20 147 65 00 / 00 60.9
116 I Was A Spy (1933) Herbert Marshall 0.1 7.9 7.90 191 74 00 / 00 60.8
122 The Working Man (1933) Bette Davis 1.1 62.3 127.60 80 56 00 / 00 60.4
119 The Woman Accused (1933) Cary Grant 0.9 47.4 47.40 112 60 00 / 00 60.0
123 Melody Cruise (1933) Charles Ruggle 0.9 49.1 75.30 113 60 00 / 00 59.9
127 Broadway to Hollywood (1933) Alice Brady 1.1 61.6 99.80 82 56 00 / 00 59.2
123 If I Were Free (1933) Irene Dunne 0.8 41.8 41.80 137 62 00 / 00 58.9
124 Peg O' My Heart (1933) 0.9 46.0 46.00 115 60 00 / 00 58.6
126 Beauty For Sale (1933) 0.7 34.2 34.20 149 63 00 / 00 58.1
126 Looking Forward (1933) Lionel Barrymore 0.5 28.9 28.90 165 65 00 / 00 57.9
129 The Mind Reader (1933) Warren William 0.6 30.6 48.80 162 65 00 / 00 57.8
129 Saturday's Millions (1933) Robert Young 0.8 40.9 40.90 140 61 00 / 00 56.7
135 Reunion in Vienna (1933) John Barrymore 1.1 58.9 99.80 89 54 01 / 00 56.7
134 The Son Of Kong (1933) Robert Armstrong 0.9 51.4 95.70 111 57 00 / 00 56.5
133 Private Detective 62 (1933) William Powell 0.8 44.9 68.50 129 59 00 / 00 56.5
131 The Women In His Life (1933) Una Merkel 0.7 35.7 53.40 150 62 00 / 00 56.4
130 The Warrior's Husband (1933) Directed by Walter Lang 0.7 38.1 38.10 141 61 00 / 00 56.0
132 Aggie Appleby Maker of Men (1933) Charles Farrell 0.7 34.2 34.20 148 62 00 / 00 55.7
136 The King's Vacation (1933) Dick Powell &
George Arliss
1.0 51.7 92.10 110 57 00 / 00 55.7
135 Out All Night (1933) 0.6 32.8 32.80 157 62 00 / 00 55.0
137 From Headquarters (1933) Margaret Lindsay 0.7 35.4 52.50 153 61 00 / 00 54.6
139 His Double Life (1933) Lillian Gish &
Roland Young
0.7 39.8 39.80 144 60 00 / 00 54.6
141 College Coach (1933) Dick Powell &
Lyle Talbot
1.0 54.3 64.10 104 55 00 / 00 54.0
140 After Tonight (1933) Constance Bennett 0.7 38.8 59.00 145 60 00 / 00 54.0
142 Hard To Handle (1933) James Cagney 1.0 56.2 79.70 98 54 00 / 00 54.0
143 Ever in My Heart (1933) Barbara Stanwyck &
Laura Hope Crews
0.8 42.4 74.80 135 58 00 / 00 53.4
139 The Good Companions (1933) John Gielgud 0.4 22.4 22.40 170 65 00 / 00 53.4
144 The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) Walter Pidgeon 0.6 33.5 33.50 159 61 00 / 00 52.8
145 My Weakness (1933) Lew Ayres 0.6 35.2 35.20 154 60 00 / 00 52.7
146 The Devil's In Love (1933) 0.8 45.7 45.70 126 57 00 / 00 52.3
148 Another Language (1933) Robert Montgomery &
Walter Wanger
0.7 40.1 72.50 142 58 00 / 00 52.1
150 Christopher Strong (1933) Katharine Hepburn 0.8 41.8 41.80 138 58 00 / 00 52.0
150 Blondie Johnson (1933) Joan Blondell 0.7 38.2 51.90 146 59 00 / 00 51.7
152 Adorable (1933) 0.8 45.9 45.90 125 56 00 / 00 51.6
150 Lucky Devils (1933) William Boyd 0.5 27.8 44.30 167 62 00 / 00 51.3
152 Tillie and Gus (1933) 0.2 10.3 10.30 188 67 00 / 00 50.1
153 For Love Or Money (1933) 0.6 31.3 31.30 161 60 00 / 00 49.4
156 Ex-Lady (1933) Bette Davis 0.7 35.4 43.90 152 58 00 / 00 49.2
156 Professional Sweetheart (1933) Ginger Rogers 0.8 41.7 41.70 131 56 00 / 00 48.8
158 A Lady's Profession (1933) 0.3 13.3 13.30 180 64 00 / 00 47.8
160 Meet The Baron (1933) Jimmy Durante 1.1 55.7 55.70 87 51 00 / 00 47.7
158 Lilly Turner (1933) 0.3 17.6 17.60 175 63 00 / 00 47.7
161 Hello Sister! (1933) James Dunn 0.2 10.2 10.20 186 65 00 / 00 46.8
162 As Husbands Go (1933) 0.9 45.3 45.30 118 53 00 / 00 45.3
161 Stage Mother (1933) 0.5 25.8 25.80 168 59 00 / 00 44.9
164 Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) Bette Davis 1.0 52.5 52.50 108 50 00 / 00 44.0
164 The Wandering Jew (1933) 0.1 7.4 7.40 192 64 00 / 00 43.2
163 Pleasure Cruise (1933) 0.3 15.0 15.00 179 61 00 / 00 42.9
165 Mr. Broadway (1933) 0.4 21.0 21.00 173 59 00 / 00 41.2
166 No Other Woman (1933) Irene Dunne 0.2 12.2 12.20 181 61 00 / 00 40.5
169 The Man from Monterey (1933) John Wayne 0.4 21.3 30.00 172 57 00 / 00 38.0
172 I Loved a Woman (1933) Kay Francis &
Edward G. Robinson
1.1 59.2 100.50 88 45 00 / 00 37.9
168 Should Ladies Behave (1933) 0.6 33.0 33.00 156 53 00 / 00 36.6
171 Her First Mate (1933) Zasu Pitts 0.8 40.2 40.20 133 50 00 / 00 36.0
173 Men Must Fight (1933) Robert Young 0.7 35.6 67.40 151 52 00 / 00 35.8
175 Arizona to Broadway (1933) Joan Bennett 0.6 34.1 34.10 158 52 00 / 00 34.2
174 The Ghoul (1933) Boris Karloff 0.6 32.8 32.80 160 52 00 / 00 34.2
176 Havana Widows (1933) Joan Blondell 0.3 15.8 15.80 178 57 00 / 00 32.7
176 What-No Beer? (1933) Buster Keaton &
Jimmy Durante
1.0 53.4 98.30 105 45 00 / 00 32.2
178 Storm at Daybreak (1933) Kay Francis 0.9 46.9 98.80 123 46 00 / 00 31.4
177 I Love That Man (1933) Nancy Carroll 0.2 9.2 9.20 189 58 00 / 00 30.6
180 The Vampire Bat (1933) Melvyn Douglas 0.6 30.2 30.20 163 51 00 / 00 29.9
181 Ann Carver's Profession (1933) 0.3 18.2 18.20 176 54 00 / 00 29.2
182 Somewhere in Sonora (1933) John Wayne 0.4 21.4 30.60 171 53 00 / 00 29.2
183 The Telegraph Trail (1933) John Wayne 0.4 23.8 32.50 169 52 00 / 00 28.0
183 The Chief (1933) Ed Wynn 0.8 41.3 48.90 139 45 00 / 00 26.1
186 From Hell To Heaven (1933) Carole Lombard &
Jack Oakie
1.0 56.7 56.70 96 40 00 / 00 24.9
184 Love Honor and Oh Baby! (1933) Slim Summerville 0.3 16.1 16.10 177 52 00 / 00 24.1
186 Don't Bet On Love (1933) 0.2 12.1 12.10 182 53 00 / 00 24.0
185 Cross Fire (1933) Thomas Keene 0.2 11.5 15.20 183 53 00 / 00 23.8
187 Gambling Ship (1933) 0.2 9.8 9.80 187 53 00 / 00 22.2
190 Private Jones (1933) 0.5 26.8 26.80 166 47 00 / 00 22.1
192 Nagana (1933) Melvyn Douglas 0.7 39.8 39.80 143 43 00 / 00 21.0
191 Hold Me Tight (1933) 0.2 9.0 9.00 190 52 00 / 00 20.7
190 The Girl In 419 (1933) James Dunn &
Gloria Stuart
0.1 3.4 3.40 193 54 00 / 00 20.4
191 In The Wake of the Bounty (1933) Errol Flynn &
Arthur Greenway
0.0 1.6 1.60 194 54 00 / 00 19.4
193 Perfect Understanding (1933) Laurence Olivier &
Gloria Swanson
0.4 19.4 19.40 174 46 00 / 00 16.1

Cary Grant and Mae West in 1933’s I’m No Angel

Top earners in 1933 for Adjusted USA Box Office:

Name Number of Movies Total Adj World Wide (mil) Total Adj USA (mil)
Edward Arnold 6 1,315.0 1,171.9
Dick Powell 6 1,436.3 968.8
Cary Grant 6 949.4 949.4
Ginger Rogers 7 1,290.3 903.0
Fay Wray 6 1,372.2 896.4
Jane Darwell 6 871.1 853.2
Wallace Beery 3 1,044.8 746.8
Joan Blondell 6 1,046.9 746.8
Mae West 2 698.7 698.7
Myrna Loy 6 868.6 691.0
Franchot Tone 7 904.7 662.9
Gloria Stuart 6 640.3 640.3
Robert Young 6 941.3 621.4
Marie Dressler 3 833.6 614.2
John Barrymore 5 837.8 601.1
Lionel Barrymore 7 777.5 581.7
Warner Baxter 6 687.0 556.1
Clark Gable 4 967.3 538.9
Jack Oakie 6 517.0 517.0
George Cukor 3 720.8 498.6
Bruce Cabot 1 772.9 496.9
Robert Armstrong 1 772.9 496.9
Frank Reicher 1 772.9 496.9
James Cagney 5 730.7 468.3
George Raft 3 506.7 428.1

My Main Sources

Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers

Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers

Source 3: William Schaefer Warner Brothers Ledgers

Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions

Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio

Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon

Source 7:  Wikipedia

Source 8:  IMDb.com

Source 9:  “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy

Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds

Adjusted 1933 Worldwide Box Office

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) $360,025,742.00
Queen Christina (1933) $297,637,264.00
Tugboat Annie (1933) $293,303,883.00
Footlight Parade (1933) $275,514,034.00
Dancing Lady (1933) $274,373,685.00
42nd Street (1933) $260,118,972.00
Dinner at Eight (1933) $245,864,342.00
Little Women (1933) $236,057,164.00
The Bowery (1933) $228,132,217.00
The White Sister (1933) $190,670,317.00
Flying Down to Rio (1933) $176,187,581.00
Mystery of the Wax Musuem (1933) $166,266,324.00
Hell Below (1933) $158,397,788.00
The Working Man (1933) $139,467,545.00
Night Flight (1933) $123,046,205.00
Hold Your Man (1933) $122,361,983.00
Today We Live (1933) $118,028,582.00
Going Hollywood (1933) $109,703,874.00
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) $106,396,797.00
Voltaire (1933) $87,238,504.00
Bombshell (1933) $82,958,705.00
The House on 56th Street (1933) $79,141,900.00
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) $77,773,401.00
The World Changes (1933) $77,659,403.00
Mayor of Hell (1933) $74,922,451.00
I Loved a Woman (1933) $73,782,102.00
Son of a Sailor (1933) $73,668,105.00
Little Giant (1933) $73,440,000.00
Reunion in Vienna (1933) $73,325,966.00
Broadway to Hollywood (1933) $73,325,966.00
Storm at Daybreak (1933) $72,527,710.00
What No Beer? (1933) $72,185,581.00
The Son Of Kong (1933) $70,246,957.00
Lady Killer (1933) $68,422,368.00
The King’s Vacation (1933) $67,624,112.00
Winner Takes All (1933) $66,027,545.00
Elmer The Great (1933) $60,211,657.00
The Keyhole (1933) $60,211,656.00
Picture Snatcher (1933) $59,185,332.00
Hard To Handle (1933) $58,501,147.00
Mary Stevens M.D. (1933) $56,904,590.00
Double Harness (1933) $56,220,358.00
Melody Cruise (1933) $55,308,059.00
Ever in My Heart (1933) $54,965,966.00
Baby Face (1933) $51,544,865.00
Female (1933) $51,430,830.00
Made on Broadway (1933) $50,746,600.00
Private Detective 62 (1933) $50,290,436.00
Employees’ Entrance (1933) $49,720,238.00
Men Must Fight (1933) $49,492,171.00
Parachute Jumper (1933) $44,930,675.00
After Tonight (1933) $43,334,190.00
Wild Boys On The Road (1933) $42,992,052.00
Ladies They Talk About (1933) $42,763,956.00
The Women In His Life (1933) $39,228,821.00
From Headquarters (1933) $38,544,626.00
Blondie Johnson (1933) $38,088,463.00
The Mind Reader (1933) $35,807,701.00
Lucky Devils (1933) $32,500,634.00
Ex Lady (1933) $32,272,565.00
Fast Workers (1933) $32,044,516.00
The Chief (1933) $28,053,162.00
The Telegraph Trail (1933) $23,833,795.00
Somewhere in Sonora (1933) $22,465,333.00
The Man from Monterey (1933) $22,009,206.00
Cross Fire (1933) $11,175,649.00
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  1. Mike says:
    July 22, 2021 at 10:54 am

    PART 10 OF 11
    Sally Bishop $3,000.00 Joan Barry Harold Huth
    Summer Lightning $3,000.00 Winifred Shotter Ralph Lynn
    Strawberry Roan $2,975.00 Ruth Hall Ken Maynard
    Gun Justice $2,900.00 Cecilia Parker Ken Maynard
    Servants Entrance/Vi Som Gar Koksvagen $2,800.00 Tutta Rolf Carl Barcklind
    The Telegraph Trail $2,775.00 Marceline Day John Wayne
    The King’s Cup $2,750.00 Chili Bouchier Harry Milton
    The Flag Lieutenant (1932) $2,750.00 Anna Neagle Henry Edwards
    Love on the Spot $2,750.00 Rosemary Ames Richard Dolman
    It’s a King (1933) $2,750.00 Joan Maude Sydney Howard
    Night of the Garter $2,750.00 Winifred Shotter Sydney Howard
    Revenge at Monte Carlo  $2,700.00 June Collyer José Crespo
    The Lone Avenger $2,700.00 Muriel Gordon Ken Maynard
    Lucky Dog $2,600.00 * Charles ‘Chic’ Sale
    Her Forgotten Past $2,600.00 Barbara Kent Monte Blue
    I Do Not Want to Know Who You Are (1932)/Ich will nicht wissen, wer du bist $2,550.00 Liane Haid Gustav Fröhlich
    Love on Wheels $2,500.00 Leonora Corbett Jack Hulbert
    Fires of Fate $2,500.00 Kathleen O’Regan Lester Matthews
    Just My Luck $2,500.00 Winifred Shotter Ralph Lynn
    Looking on the Bright Side $2,500.00 Gracie Fields Richard Dolman
    Wedding Rehearsal (1932) $2,500.00 Wendy Barrie Roland Young
    Unknown Valley $2,400.00 Cecilia Parker Buck Jones
    Ship of Wanted Men $2,250.00 Dorothy Sebastian Fred Kohler
    The Whirlwind $2,250.00 Alice Dahl Tim McCoy
    Silent Men $2,250.00 Florence Britton Tim McCoy
    Treason $2,225.00 Shirley Grey Buck Jones
    King of the Arena $2,200.00 Lucile Browne Ken Maynard
    The Fiddlin’ Buckaroo $2,100.00 Gloria Shea Ken Maynard
    A Jungle Gigolo $2,000.00 *(documentary) *
    Man of Action $1,992.00 Caryl Lincoln Tim McCoy
    Holzapfel/Holzapfel weiß alles /Holzapfel Knows Everything $1,800.00 Gretl Theimer Felix Bressart
    The Film Parade /March of the Movies $1,750.00 *(documentary) *
    The Red Head $1,750.00 Simone Aubry Harry Baur
    Yiskor $1,750.00 Dagny Servaes Maurice Schwartz
    This Thing Called Love (1929) $1,700.00 Constance Bennett Edmund Lowe
    The California Trail $1,550.00 Helen Mack Buck Jones
    Phantom Thunderbolt  $1,375.00 Frances Lee Ken Maynard
    Somewhere in Sonora $1,300.00 Shirley Palmer John Wayne
    Bezimienni bohaterowie /Unknown Heroes $1,200.00 Maria Bogda Adam Brodzisz
    A Daughter of Her People $1,200.00 Helen Blay Chaim Shneyer
    Cross Fire $1,100.00 Betty Furness Tom Keene
    War of the Range  $1,034.00 Caryl Lincoln Tom Tyler
    The Return of Nathan Becker $1,000.00 Yelena Kashnitskaya David Gutman
    Herthas Erwachen/What Men Know $1,000.00 Toni van Eyck Hans Brausewetter
    Galloping Romeo $950.00 Doris Hill Bob Steele
    Son of the Border $925.00 Julie Haydon Tom Keene
    Rusty Rides Alone/Rusty Rides Again $800.00 Barbara Weeks Tim McCoy
    Nur am Rhein/Only on the Rhine 1930 $750.00 Daisy D’Ora Igo Sym
    Breed of the Border $738.00 Marion Byron Bob Steele
    Living Corpse(1929) $700.00 Maria Jacobini Vsevolod Pudovkin

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  2. Mike says:
    July 22, 2021 at 10:53 am

    PART 9 OF 11
    Hell’s Holiday $9,000.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    The Shadow Laughs $8,550.00 Rose Hobart Hal Skelly
    This Is America $8,500.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    City Hall/Corruption $8,350.00 Evalyn Knapp Preston Foster
    Yes, Mr Brown $8,200.00 Elsie Randolph Jack Buchanan
    Picture Brides $8,175.00 Dorothy Mackaill Regis Toomey
    Eat ’em Alive $8,100.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    Marry Me  $8,000.00 Renate Müller Harry Green
    Justice Takes a Holiday $7,750.00 Patricia O’Brien H.B. Warner
    Love in Morocco (1932) $7,600.00 Rosita Garcia Felipe Montes
    The Patriots/Outskirts $7,250.00 Yelena Kuzmina Mikhail Zharov
    Hold the Press $7,017.00 Shirley Grey Tim McCoy
    The Only Girl $7,000.00 Lilian Harvey Conrad Veidt
    Scarlet River $6,750.00 Dorothy Wilson Tom Keene
    Heaven Bound/Big Time or Bust  $6,692.00 Gloria Shea Regis Toomey
    Mirages of Paris $6,600.00 Jacqueline Francell Roger Tréville
    Riot Squad  $6,400.00 Madge Bellamy Pat O’Malley
    Her Splendid Folly  $6,350.00 Lilian Bond Theodore von Eltz
    I Have Lived $6,200.00 Anita Page Alan Dinehart
    Maizie $6,200.00 Dorothy Lee Lee Moran
    Secret Sinners $6,150.00 Sue Carol Jack Mulhall
    The Midshipmaid/Midshipmaid Gob (1932) $5,750.00 Jessie Matthews A.W. Baskcomb
    Straightaway $5,600.00 Sue Carol Tim McCoy
    King of the Ritz $5,500.00 Betty Stockfeld Stanley Lupino
    Wives Beware $5,400.00 Margaret Bannerman Adolphe Menjou
    Maid of the Mountain $5,250.00 Nancy Brown Harry Welchman
    The Big Race $5,000.00 Boots Mallory John Darrow
    Prince of Wales $4,725.00 *(documentary) *
    Orders is Orders $4,550.00 Charlotte Greenwood James Gleason
    The Night Before Christmas $4,500.00 *(animated) *
    Facing the Music $4,500.00 Jose Collins Stanley Lupino
    Dance Hall Hostess $4,425.00 Helen Chandler Jason Robards Sr.
    Fargo Express $4,350.00 Helen Mack Ken Maynard
    Found Alive $4,300.00 Barbara Bedford Maurice Murphy
    Untamed Africa $4,025.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    The Fighting Code $3,900.00 Diane Sinclair Buck Jones
    The Intruder $3,850.00 Lila Lee Monte Blue
    Letting in the Sunshine $3,750.00 Renee Gadd Albert Burdon
    The Monkey’s Paw $3,525.00 Louise Carter Ivan F. Simpson
    The Dude Bandit  $3,513.00 Gloria Shea Hoot Gibson
    Ghost Train $3,500.00 Cicely Courtneidge  Jack Hulbert 
    Say It with Music (1932) $3,500.00 Evelyn Roberts Jack Payne
    Leap Year $3,500.00 Anne Grey Tom Walls
    The Woman Who Dared $3,413.00 Claudia Dell Monroe Owsley
    The Trail Drive $3,375.00 Cecilia Parker Ken Maynard
    The Fighting Parson $3,350.00 Marceline Day Hoot Gibson
    The Thrill Hunter $3,200.00 Dorothy Revier Buck Jones
    Rustler Roundup $3,200.00 Diane Sinclair Tom Mix
    The Man They Couldn’t Arrest $3,100.00 Renee Clama Hugh Wakefield
    His Grace Gives Notice $3,000.00 Viola Keats Arthur Margetson
    Soldiers of the King $3,000.00 Cicely Courtneidge Edward Everett Horton

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  3. Mike says:
    July 22, 2021 at 10:53 am

    PART 8 OF 11
    One Year Later $25,125.00 Mary Brian Russell Hopton
    Obey the Law $25,075.00 Lois Wilson  Leo Carrillo 
    Twin Husbands $25,025.00 Shirley Grey John Miljan
    Dangerous Crossroads $25,000.00 Diane Sinclair Jackie Searl
    Destination Unknown $24,225.00 Betty Compson Pat O’Brien
    There Goes the Bride /Runaway Bride $23,700.00 Jessie Matthews Owen Nares
    The Eleventh Commandment $23,700.00 Marian Marsh Theodore von Eltz
    Reform Girl  $23,350.00 Noel Francis Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
    Sensation Hunters $22,825.00 Arline Judge Preston Foster
    The Good Companions $22,800.00 Jessie Matthews Edmund Gwenn
    Terror Trail $22,200.00 Naomi Judge Tom Mix
    The Last Trail $21,925.00 Claire Trevor George O’Brien
    Savage Gold $19,975.00 * George Dyott
    Sleepless Nights (1932) $19,475.00 Polly Walker Stanley Lupino
    The Return of Casey Jones $18,175.00 Ruth Hall Charles Starrett
    Life in the Raw $18,133.00 Claire Trevor George O’Brien
    The Mysterious Rider $17,425.00 Lona Andre Kent Taylor
    Police Call $16,300.00 Merna Kennedy Nick Stuart
    The Fighting President  $15,900.00 *(documentary) *
    Mr. Bill the Conqueror /The Man Who Won $15,800.00 Heather Angel Henry Kendall
    He Couldn’t Take It $15,650.00 Virginia Cherrill Ray Walker
    Sucker Money $15,500.00 Phyllis Barrington Mischa Auer
    Rex, King of the Wild Horses $14,742.00 Dorothy Appleby William Janney
    The Outsider $14,550.00 Joan Barry Harold Huth
    Sunset Pass $13,700.00 Kathleen Burke Randolph Scott
    A Man of Sentiment $13,350.00 Marian Marsh Owen Moore
    Neighbors’ Wives $13,300.00 Dorothy Mackaill Tom Moore
    What Price Decency $12,925.00 Dorothy Burgess Alan Hale
    The Thundering Herd $12,835.00 Judith Allen Randolph Scott
    Skyway $12,700.00 Kathryn Crawford Ray Walker
    His Private Secretary $12,500.00 Evalyn Knapp John Wayne
    Bachelor Mother $12,300.00 Evalyn Knapp James Murray
    The Man from Monterey $11,400.00 Ruth Hall John Wayne
    Man Hunt $11,400.00 Charlotte Henry Junior Durkin
    Love Is Dangerous/Love Is Like That $11,050.00 Rochelle Hudson John Warburton
    Kiss of Araby $11,050.00 Maria Alba Walter Byron
    Her Resale Value $10,942.00 June Clyde George J. Lewis
    Gigolettes of Paris $10,600.00 Madge Bellamy Gilbert Roland
    Easy Millions $10,600.00 Dorothy Burgess Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
    Wandering Jew $10,500.00 Marie Ney Conrad Veidt
    Alimony Madness $10,400.00 Helen Chandler Leon Ames
    Riders of Destiny $10,275.00 Cecilia Parker John Wayne
    Night of Terror $9,917.00 Sally Blane Bela Lugosi
    The Important Witness $9,850.00 Dorothy Burgess Noel Francis
    Mr. Broadway $9,700.00 Ruth Etting Ed Sullivan
    Police Car 17 $9,650.00 Evalyn Knapp Tim McCoy
    The Big Chance $9,450.00 Merna Kennedy John Darrow
    Marriage on Approval $9,425.00 Barbara Kent Don Dillaway
    Carnival Lady $9,300.00 Boots Mallory Allen Vincent
    Under Secret Orders $9,300.00 Nina Quartero Don Dillaway

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  4. Mike says:
    July 22, 2021 at 10:52 am

    PART 7 OF 11
    Lucky Devils $50,950.00 Dorothy Wilson William Boyd
    After the Ball $49,700.00 Esther Ralston Basil Rathbone
    Deluge $49,150.00 Peggy Shannon Sidney Blackmer
    Wine, Women and Song $48,100.00 Lilyan Tashman Lew Cody
    The Wrecker  $46,900.00 Genevieve Tobin Jack Holt
    Broken Dreams $45,850.00 Martha Sleeper Randolph Scott
    This Naked Age /Back to Nature $44,700.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    Curtain at Eight $43,600.00 Dorothy Mackaill C. Aubrey Smith
    West of Singapore  $42,900.00 Betty Compson Weldon Heyburn
    The Circus Queen Murder $42,850.00 Greta Nissen Adolphe Menjou
    Before Dawn $41,375.00 Dorothy Wilson Stuart Erwin
    As the Devil Commands $41,267.00 Mae Clarke Alan Dinehart
    In the Money $41,100.00 Lois Wilson Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher
    Smoky $41,000.00 Irene Bentley Victor Jory
    Thunder Over Mexico $40,800.00 Isabel Villaseñor Martín Hernández
    Myrt and Marge $40,800.00 Myrtle Vail Ray Hedge
    Narcotic $40,500.00 Patricia Farley Harry Cording
    Shadows of Sing Sing $39,575.00 Mary Brian  Bruce Cabot 
    Man of the Forest $38,825.00 Verna Hillie Randolph Scott
    Lone Cowboy $38,051.00 Lila Lee Jackie Cooper
    Strange People  $37,900.00 Gloria Shea John Darrow
    The Rebel $37,250.00 Vilma Bánky Luis Trenker
    The Devil’s Mate / He Knew Too Much $35,250.00 Peggy Shannon Preston Foster
    Jungle Bride $35,175.00 Anita Page Charles Starrett
    Dance, Girl, Dance $35,125.00 Evalyn Knapp Alan Dinehart
    The Sin of Nora Moran $34,950.00 Zita Johann John Miljan
    East of Fifth Avenue $34,625.00 Mary Carlisle Wallace Ford
    The Road to Ruin $34,500.00 Helen Foster Glen Boles
    Fire Chief/The Chief $34,450.00 Dorothy Mackaill Ed Wynn
    Smoke Lightning $34,225.00 Nell O’Day George O’Brien
    Jack’s the Boy/Night and Day $34,200.00 Winifred Shotter Jack Hulbert
    Goodbye Love $33,734.00 Verree Teasdale Charles Ruggles
    Fury of the Jungle $33,550.00 Peggy Shannon Donald Cook
    Horse Play $33,459.00 Leila Hyams Slim Summerville
    Waltz Time/Waltz Time in Vienna $32,875.00 Evelyn Laye Fritz Schulz
    You Made Me Love You $32,150.00 Thelma Todd Stanley Lupino
    16 Fathoms Deep/Sixteen Fathoms Deep $31,725.00 Sally O’Neil Lon Chaney Jr.
    Notorious But Nice $31,313.00 Marian Marsh Don Dillaway
    Soldiers of the Storm $31,051.00 Anita Page Regis Toomey
    Black Beauty $30,700.00 Esther Ralston Alexander Kirkland
    I Have Lived $29,250.00 Anita Page Alan Dinehart
    Murder on the Campus $29,000.00 Shirley Grey Charles Starrett
    Terror Aboard $28,750.00 Shirley Grey John Halliday
    Under the Tonto Rim $28,584.00 Verna Hillie Stuart Erwin
    Blind Adventure $26,463.00 Helen Mack Robert Armstrong
    Cheating Blondes $26,000.00 Thelma Todd Ralf Harolde
    The Blarney Stone/Blarney Kiss $25,900.00 Anne Grey Tom Walls
    The Sphinx $25,725.00 Sheila Terry Lionel Atwill
    A Shriek in the Night $25,250.00 Ginger Rogers Lyle Talbot
    Forgotten $25,175.00 June Clyde Lee Kohlmar

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  5. Mike says:
    July 22, 2021 at 10:52 am

    PART 6 OF 11
    What Price Innocence? /Shall We tell Our Children? $96,650.00 Jean Parker Willard Mack
    Master Of Men $96,642.00 Fay Wray Jack Holt
    The Narrow Corner $96,300.00 Patricia Ellis Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Girl Missing $95,400.00 Glenda Farrell Ben Lyon
    Sailor Be Good $94,825.00 Vivienne Osborne Jack Oakie
    Midshipman Jack $94,292.00 Betty Furness Bruce Cabot
    Humanity $93,234.00 Boots Mallory Ralph Morgan
    The Mind Reader $92,500.00 Constance Cummings Warren William
    The Phantom Broadcast $91,450.00 Vivienne Osborne Ralph Forbes
    Rafter Romance $90,100.00 Ginger Rogers Norman Foster
    Three Little Pigs $89,918.00 *(animated) *
    F.P.1/F. P. 1 Doesn’t Answer $88,975.00 Jill Esmond Conrad Veidt
    King for a Night $88,500.00 Helen Twelvetrees Chester Morris
    Parole Girl $85,550.00 Mae Clarke Ralph Bellamy
    Above the Clouds $84,050.00 Dorothy Wilson Robert Armstrong
    The Death Kiss $81,600.00 Adrienne Ames David Manners
    When Strangers Marry $81,475.00 Lilian Bond Jack Holt
    Tomorrow at Seven $80,075.00 Vivienne Osborne Chester Morris
    Daring Daughters $79,750.00 Marian Marsh Kenneth Thomson
    The Vampire Bat $76,850.00 Fay Wray Lionel Atwill
    Damaged Lives $76,675.00 Diane Sinclair Lyman Williams
    India Speaks $75,222.00 *(DOCUMENTARY) *
    Flying Devils $75,000.00 Arline Judge Bruce Cabot
    Trick for Trick $72,775.00 Sally Blane Ralph Morgan
    Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet $72,650.00 Anna May Wong Reginald Owen
    Bitter Sweet $70,975.00 Anna Neagle Fernand Gravey
    Air Hostess $69,650.00 Evalyn Knapp James Murray
    Elysia $69,150.00 Constance Allen *
    Mussolini Speaks $68,067.00 *(documentary) *
    Oliver Twist $67,900.00 Doris Lloyd Dickie Moore
    Laughter in Hell $67,450.00 Gloria Stuart Pat O’Brien
    His Double Life $66,363.00 Lillian Gish Roland Young
    Nagana $66,325.00 Tala Birell Melvyn Douglas
    The Ghoul $64,875.00 Dorothy Hyson Boris Karloff
    The Charming Deceiver/Heads We Go $63,000.00 Constance Cummings Frank Lawton
    Supernatural $60,300.00 Carole Lombard Alan Dinehart
    Goldie Gets Along $59,030.00 Lili Damita Charles Morton
    Hell and High Water $58,789.00 Judith Allen Richard Arlen
    Emergency Call $58,600.00 Wynne Gibson William Boyd
    Infernal Machine $57,950.00 Genevieve Tobin Chester Morris
    S.O.S. Iceberg $56,850.00 Leni Riefenstahl Rod La Rocque
    Samarang $55,500.00 Sai-Yu Ahmang
    To the Last Man $55,200.00 Esther Ralston Randolph Scott
    Olsen’s Big Moment $54,625.00 Barbara Weeks El Brendel
    By Appointment Only  $53,450.00 Aileen Pringle Lew Cody
    High Gear $53,184.00 Joan Marsh James Murray
    The Silk Express $52,983.00 Sheila Terry Neil Hamilton
    The Avenger $52,775.00 Adrienne Ames Ralph Forbes
    Rainbow Over Broadway $52,375.00 Joan Marsh Frank Albertson
    Before Midnight $51,425.00 June Collyer Ralph Bellamy
    State Trooper $50,996.00 Evalyn Knapp Regis Toomey

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