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1938 Movies Box Office Grosses

1938 Movies Box Office Grosses – Adjusted Domestic

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CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Domestic Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
1 The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
435.20
2 Boys Town (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Spencer Tracy &
Mickey Rooney
492.30
3 You Can't Take It with You (1938)
AA Best Picture Win
Lionel Barrymore &
James Stewart
348.10
4 Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Bette Davis &
Henry Fonda
185.60
4 Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) James Cagney &
Humphrey Bogart
281.00
4 Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tyrone Power &
Don Ameche
522.20
6 Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
John Garfield &
Claude Rains
231.90
8 In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tyrone Power &
Alice Faye
435.20
10 Marie Antoinette (1938) Norma Shearer &
Tyrone Power
284.30
10 The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Robert Donat &
Rosalind Russell
171.80
12 Mad About Music (1938) Deanna Durbin 278.50
12 Three Comrades (1938) Margaret Sullavan &
Robert Taylor
207.70
13 Pygmalion (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Wendy Hiller &
Leslie Howard
151.10
14 Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Clark Gable &
Spencer Tracy
423.20
15 The Young In Heart (1938) Paulette Goddard &
Janet Gaynor
225.40
16 The Dawn Patrol (1938) Errol Flynn &
David Niven
228.60
17 Carefree (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Fred Astaire
193.70
20 Vivacious Lady (1938) Ginger Rogers &
James Stewart
181.40
19 Suez (1938) Tyrone Power 348.10
20 Crime School (1938) Humphrey Bogart 191.30
21 Sweethearts (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 351.10
22 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) Shirley Temple &
Randolph Scott
217.60
22 The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 278.00
24 Bringing Up Baby (1938) Cary Grant &
Katharine Hepburn
141.20
23 Little Miss Broadway (1938) Shirley Temple &
Jimmy Durante
304.60
24 Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Lana Turner &
Mickey Rooney
285.00
25 That Certain Age (1938) Deanna Durbin &
Melvyn Douglas
287.20
26 Kentucky (1938) Walter Brennan &
Loretta Young
304.60
28 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) Bob Hope &
Dorothy Lamour
226.30
30 Stablemates (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Wallace Beery
227.20
31 Submarine Patrol (1938) Richard Greene &
John Carradine
165.40
32 Holiday (1938) Cary Grant &
Katharine Hepburn
134.70
31 Out West with the Hardys (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ann Rutherford
272.90
32 Too Hot To Handle (1938) Clark Gable &
Myrna Loy
283.20
35 Brother Rat (1938) Priscilla Lane 205.90
34 The Crowd Roars (1938) Robert Taylor &
Maureen O'Sullivan
238.30
35 A Yank at Oxford (1938) Vivien Leigh &
Lionel Barrymore
224.70
40 If I Were King (1938) Basil Rathbone &
Ronald Colman
139.50
39 The Arkansas Traveler (1938) Lyle Talbot 170.60
40 Just Around the Corner (1938) Shirley Temple &
Joan Davis
174.10
41 The Great Waltz (1938) Miliza Korjus &
Directed by Josef Von Sternberg
159.80
42 There's Always A Woman (1938) Joan Blondell &
Melvyn Douglas
164.60
43 The Rage of Paris (1938) Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 157.60
44 The Buccaneer (1938) Anthony Quinn &
Fredric March
241.80
45 Happy Landing (1938) Sonja Henie &
Don Ameche
348.10
47 White Banners (1938) Fay Bainter &
Claude Rains
121.00
48 Sing, You Sinners (1938) Bing Crosby &
Fred MacMurray
129.90
48 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) Gary Cooper &
Claudette Colbert
243.70
50 A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Edward G. Robinson 127.40
50 Algiers (1938) Gene Lockhart &
Charles Boyer
140.70
51 Trade Winds (1938) Walter Wanger &
Fredric March
168.90
52 Block-Heads (1938) Laurel and Hardy 101.70
51 The Shopworn Angel (1938) James Stewart &
Margaret Sullavan
125.70
53 You And Me (1938) Sylvia Sidney 120.50
54 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Tommy Kelly 129.50
57 Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) Robert Montgomery &
Janet Gaynor
152.30
59 Spawn of the North (1938) Henry Fonda &
John Barrymore
147.10
58 The Shining Hour (1938) Joan Crawford &
Robert Young
164.00
59 The Sisters (1938) Bette Davis &
Errol Flynn
160.30
59 The Texans (1938) Randolph Scott &
Joan Bennett
150.60
61 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Edward G. Robinson &
Humphrey Bogart
136.30
62 The Lady Vanishes (1938) Michael Redgrave &
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
91.50
63 The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) Gary Cooper &
Merle Oberon
113.90
64 Four Men And a Prayer (1938) David Niven &
Loretta Young
152.30
65 Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) Melvyn Douglas 158.80
66 I Am The Law (1938) Edward G. Robinson 131.70
67 Five of a Kind (1938) The Dionne Quintuplets 174.10
68 Joy of Living (1938) Irene Dunne &
Lucille Ball
134.40
70 Man-Proof (1938) Myrna Loy &
Walter Pidgeon
143.40
73 Gold is Where You Find It (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Claude Rains
152.10
70 Love and Hisses (1938) Walter Winchell 139.30
72 Young Dr. Kildare (1938) Lionel Barrymore &
Lew Ayres
105.50
75 Paradise For Three (1938) Robert Young 131.60
74 Having Wonderful Time (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Lucille Ball
134.20
77 Cocoanut Grove (1938) 125.50
78 Room Service (1938) Marx Brothers &
Lucille Ball
115.80
76 The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Barbara Stanwyck &
Henry Fonda
86.30
79 Three Blind Mice (1938) David Niven &
Loretta Young
121.00
81 Doctor Rhythm (1938) Bing Crosby &
Mary Carlisle
125.90
80 My Lucky Star (1938) Sonja Henie 304.60
83 Valley of the Giants (1938) Donald Crisp 141.30
82 Always Goodbye (1938) Barbara Stanwyck 114.00
85 The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Gary Cooper &
Lana Turner
195.00
83 Sidewalks of London (1938) Vivien Leigh &
Charles Laughton
95.70
85 Fast Company (1938) Melvyn Douglas 124.40
88 The Toy Wife (1938) Robert Young &
Melvyn Douglas
140.50
87 The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Laurence Olivier &
Merle Oberon
107.10
89 King of Alcatraz (1938) 87.30
87 A Christmas Carol (1938) Reginald Owen &
Leo G. Carroll
54.30
92 Yellow Jack (1938) Robert Montgomery 117.40
89 Judge Hardy's Children (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ruth Hussey
100.60
94 Lord Jeff (1938) Mickey Rooney 107.10
91 The Gladiator (1938) 104.70
94 The Goldwyn Follies (1938) 111.40
96 Thanks For The Memory (1938) Bob Hope &
Laura Hope Crews
108.80
95 Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Walter Brennan 94.50
98 College Swing (1938) Bob Hope &
Betty Grable
91.40
99 Her Jungle Love (1938) Dorothy Lamour &
Ray Milland
78.40
99 Everybody Sing (1938) Judy Garland 114.00
100 Merrily We Live (1938) Billie Burke 50.20
103 There's That Woman Again (1938) Melvyn Douglas 121.10
101 Josette (1938) Don Ameche &
Robert Young
103.50
103 Four's a Crowd (1938) Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
105.30
106 Racket Busters (1938) Humphrey Bogart 123.40
107 Tropic Holiday (1938) Dorothy Lamour &
Ray Milland
122.70
106 Gateway (1938) Lyle Talbot &
Don Ameche
98.90
106 Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) Peter Lorre 95.40
108 Battle of Broadway (1938) Victor McLaglen 91.40
109 Radio City Revels (1938) Jack Oakie 84.80
110 Dramatic School (1938) Lana Turner &
Paulette Goddard
82.70
113 Wide Open Faces (1938) 91.60
112 Flirting With Fate (1938) 103.60
112 There Goes My Heart (1938) Fredric March 75.20
114 Spring Madness (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan 133.20
115 Listen, Darling (1938) Judy Garland &
Walter Pidgeon
66.30
116 Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
102.40
117 Zaza (1938) Claudette Colbert &
Herbert Marshall
76.50
117 Hard to Get (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Dick Powell
77.80
119 Men with Wings (1938) Fred MacMurray &
Ray Milland
69.60
120 Service de Luxe (1938) 62.00
119 Love Is A Headache (1938) 76.50
122 Blockade (1938) Henry Fonda &
Walter Wanger
84.40
121 Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) Peter Lorre 81.30
124 Garden of the Moon (1938) 92.60
124 The Beachcomber (1938) Charles Laughton 79.70
126 Give Me a Sailor (1938) Bob Hope &
Betty Grable
74.00
127 Hold That Kiss (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan &
Mickey Rooney
94.20
128 The First Hundred Years (1938) Robert Montgomery 89.20
129 Swiss Miss (1938) Laurel and Hardy 77.50
129 Say It In French (1938) Ray Milland 74.20
130 My Bill (1938) Kay Francis 65.50
130 Sky Giant (1938) Joan Fontaine &
Richard Dix
64.40
133 Letter of Introduction (1938) Ann Sheridan 108.90
136 The Baroness and the Butler (1938) William Powell 90.80
136 Illegal Traffic (1938) 77.70
137 We're Going to Be Rich (1938) Victor McLaglen 77.70
137 Comet Over Broadway (1938) Kay Francis &
Donald Crisp
34.10
139 Going Places (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
81.80
140 Hold That Co-Ed (1938) John Barrymore 79.60
142 Port of Seven Seas (1938) Maureen O'Sullivan &
Wallace Beery
73.70
141 Straight Place and Show (1938) 87.10
140 Youth Takes A Fling (1938) Joel McCrea 58.30
143 Kidnapped (1938) Warner Baxter 47.80
142 Of Human Hearts (1938) Beulah Bondi 40.00
143 Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) Alice Faye 50.80
146 Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) Peter Lorre 74.00
146 The Girl Downstairs (1938) Franchot Tone 56.60
148 The Jury's Secret (1938) Fay Wray 52.40
149 The Devil's Party (1938) 86.80
150 Boy Meets Girl (1938) James Cagney &
Ronald Reagan
97.70
150 Secrets of An Actress (1938) Kay Francis 47.50
153 Men Are Such Fools (1938) Humphrey Bogart &
Priscilla Lane
89.80
153 Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) Evalyn Knapp 45.30
155 Port of Shadows (1938) Jean Gabin &
Michel Simon
1.20
157 Start Cheering (1938) Jimmy Durante 72.20
154 Girls On Probation (1938) Susan Hayward &
Ronald Reagan
76.80
157 Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) John Barrymore 86.20
158 I'll Give A Million (1938) Peter Lorre 25.60
159 I Met My Love Again (1938) Henry Fonda &
Joan Bennett
75.90
161 Ride A Crooked Mile (1938) 41.20
161 Topper Takes a Trip (1938) Constance Bennett 32.30
162 Artists and Models Abroad (1938) Joan Bennett 73.40
163 Fools For Scandal (1938) Carole Lombard &
Ralph Bellamy
54.70
163 The Saint in New York (1938) 43.50
167 The Beloved Brat (1938) Donald Crisp 56.00
166 Professor Beware (1938) 49.30
167 Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) 9.50
166 Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) Ann Sheridan 55.00
169 Swing Your Lady (1938) Humphrey Bogart &
Ronald Reagan
71.40
171 Broadway Musketeers (1938) Ann Sheridan 42.80
171 Thanks For Everything (1938) Adolphe Menjou 42.40
172 South Riding (1938) Ralph Richardson 26.30
173 Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) Lana Turner &
Robert Young
23.10
176 One Wild Night (1938) Lyle Talbot 40.90
176 Climbing High (1938) Michael Redgrave 38.60
175 Women Are Like That (1938) Kay Francis 54.80
176 Keep Smiling (1938) 17.40
180 Romance In The Dark (1938) John Barrymore 32.30
180 Tarnished Angel (1938) 37.40
181 Partners of the Plains (1938) William Boyd 4.30
181 Prairie Moon (1938) 5.60
182 King of the Newsboys (1938) 33.00
183 He Couldn't Say No (1938) 28.20
182 Sailing Long (1938) 5.60
184 The Purple Vigilantes (1938) Joan Barclay 3.00
185 Up The River (1938) 31.10
189 Change of Heart (1938) Lyle Talbot 42.00
187 The Old Barn Dance (1938) 21.90
190 Newsboys' Home (1938) 29.50
191 The Farmer Goes To Town (1938) 8.90
190 Accidents Will Happen (1938) Ronald Reagan 31.00
192 Love Honor and Behave (1938) Priscilla Lane 53.10
194 Campus Confessions (1938) Betty Grable &
William Henry
44.30
194 Western Jamboree (1938) 2.70
195 Scandal Street (1938) 20.70
196 Woman Against Woman (1938) 14.30
196 The Invisible Menace (1938) Boris Karloff 35.70
199 Mystery House (1938) Ann Sheridan 36.20
201 The Spy Ring (1938) 32.30
200 Man from Music Mountain (1938) 6.70
200 Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) Rudy Vallee &
Directed vy Ray Enright
19.50
203 Stolen Heaven (1938) Lewis Stone 15.50
202 Double Danger (1938) Preston Foster 9.80
204 Flight To Fame (1938) 36.40
203 Smashing The Spy Ring (1938) 22.00
206 Orage/Storm (1938) 7.10
205 The Lady Objects (1938) 9.00
208 Sergeant Murphy (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Donald Crisp
36.70
207 A Royal Divorce (1938) 4.40
209 The Patient in Room 18 (1938) Ann Sheridan 27.20
209 Goodbye Broadway (1938) 12.00
211 Breaking The Ice (1938) 8.90

1938 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide

Jump to Domestic Box Office

Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
792.60
Boys Town (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Spencer Tracy &
Mickey Rooney
706.40
Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Clark Gable &
Spencer Tracy
679.40
Sweethearts (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 565.20
Marie Antoinette (1938) Norma Shearer &
Tyrone Power
514.60
The Girl of the Golden West (1938) Jeanette MacDonald 501.70
A Yank at Oxford (1938) Vivien Leigh &
Lionel Barrymore
476.30
The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Robert Donat &
Rosalind Russell
452.20
The Great Waltz (1938) Miliza Korjus &
Directed by Josef Von Sternberg
421.60
Too Hot To Handle (1938) Clark Gable &
Myrna Loy
417.10
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) James Cagney &
Humphrey Bogart
406.30
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Lana Turner &
Mickey Rooney
391.10
Out West with the Hardys (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ann Rutherford
381.90
The Dawn Patrol (1938) Errol Flynn &
David Niven
380.40
Three Comrades (1938) Margaret Sullavan &
Robert Taylor
355.60
The Crowd Roars (1938) Robert Taylor &
Maureen O'Sullivan
353.70
Stablemates (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Wallace Beery
316.80
Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
John Garfield &
Claude Rains
312.80
Carefree (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Fred Astaire
301.30
Vivacious Lady (1938) Ginger Rogers &
James Stewart
257.30
Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
Bette Davis &
Henry Fonda
254.10
Gold is Where You Find It (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Claude Rains
251.90
Crime School (1938) Humphrey Bogart 250.80
The Shining Hour (1938) Joan Crawford &
Robert Young
238.00
Trade Winds (1938) Walter Wanger &
Fredric March
235.70
Algiers (1938) Gene Lockhart &
Charles Boyer
235.30
The Sisters (1938) Bette Davis &
Errol Flynn
234.10
Brother Rat (1938) Priscilla Lane 229.30
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Cary Grant &
Katharine Hepburn
221.10
Valley of the Giants (1938) Donald Crisp 219.70
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Edward G. Robinson &
Humphrey Bogart
211.80
Joy of Living (1938) Irene Dunne &
Lucille Ball
206.60
Man-Proof (1938) Myrna Loy &
Walter Pidgeon
190.60
A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Edward G. Robinson 184.90
The Shopworn Angel (1938) James Stewart &
Margaret Sullavan
181.40
Having Wonderful Time (1938) Ginger Rogers &
Lucille Ball
175.50
Everybody Sing (1938) Judy Garland 174.60
Four's a Crowd (1938) Errol Flynn &
Olivia de Havilland
164.50
Blockade (1938) Henry Fonda &
Walter Wanger
163.60
Judge Hardy's Children (1938) Mickey Rooney &
Ruth Hussey
156.80
White Banners (1938) Fay Bainter &
Claude Rains
154.80
Room Service (1938) Marx Brothers &
Lucille Ball
152.30
Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
133.50
Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) Walter Brennan 122.40
Garden of the Moon (1938) 117.80
Going Places (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Dick Powell
116.50
Boy Meets Girl (1938) James Cagney &
Ronald Reagan
113.80
Hard to Get (1938) Olivia de Havilland &
Dick Powell
109.10
I Met My Love Again (1938) Henry Fonda &
Joan Bennett
103.70
Listen, Darling (1938) Judy Garland &
Walter Pidgeon
101.50
My Bill (1938) Kay Francis 97.30
Girls On Probation (1938) Susan Hayward &
Ronald Reagan
93.30
Swing Your Lady (1938) Humphrey Bogart &
Ronald Reagan
90.90
Sky Giant (1938) Joan Fontaine &
Richard Dix
90.20
The Saint in New York (1938) 80.10
Women Are Like That (1938) Kay Francis 75.20
Love Honor and Behave (1938) Priscilla Lane 69.60
Secrets of An Actress (1938) Kay Francis 67.50
Comet Over Broadway (1938) Kay Francis &
Donald Crisp
60.10
Broadway Musketeers (1938) Ann Sheridan 54.50
The Invisible Menace (1938) Boris Karloff 54.00
Sergeant Murphy (1938) Ronald Reagan &
Donald Crisp
48.60
Accidents Will Happen (1938) Ronald Reagan 43.50
He Couldn't Say No (1938) 37.60
The Patient in Room 18 (1938) Ann Sheridan 35.50

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