This movie page looks at 1938 Top Grossing Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1938 it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 33,000 movies. So we figured we would show all the 1938 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1938. Obviously many movies made in 1937 earned box office dollars in 1938. On the other side many movies made in 1938 made money in 1939 and later. This page will looks at 125 1938 Top Grossing 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 1938 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 1938
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Boys Town (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
AA Best Picture Win
1938
Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Pygmalion (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Vivacious Lady (1938)
1938
Marie Antoinette (1938)
1938
Mad About Music (1938)
1938
Carefree (1938)
1938
Three Comrades (1938)
1938
Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
The Young In Heart (1938)
1938
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
1938
Suez (1938)
1938
Crime School (1938)
1938
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1938
Sweethearts (1938)
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
1938
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
1938
Submarine Patrol (1938)
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
1938
That Certain Age (1938)
1938
Holiday (1938)
1938
Kentucky (1938)
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
1938
Stablemates (1938)
1938
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
1938
The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
1938
If I Were King (1938)
1938
Too Hot To Handle (1938)
1938
Just Around the Corner (1938)
1938
Brother Rat (1938)
1938
The Great Waltz (1938)
1938
There's Always A Woman (1938)
1938
The Crowd Roars (1938)
1938
The Rage of Paris (1938)
1938
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
1938
White Banners (1938)
1938
The Buccaneer (1938)
1938
Sing, You Sinners (1938)
1938
Happy Landing (1938)
1938
Trade Winds (1938)
1938
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
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| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Boys Town (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You (1938) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1938 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | The Citadel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Pygmalion (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Vivacious Lady (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Mad About Music (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Carefree (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Three Comrades (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Test Pilot (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | The Young In Heart (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Dawn Patrol (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Suez (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Crime School (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Sweethearts (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Little Miss Broadway (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Submarine Patrol (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) | |
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| 1938 | That Certain Age (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Holiday (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Kentucky (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Stablemates (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Arkansas Traveler (1938) | |
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| 1938 | If I Were King (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Too Hot To Handle (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Just Around the Corner (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Brother Rat (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Great Waltz (1938) | |
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| 1938 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Crowd Roars (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Rage of Paris (1938) | |
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| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford (1938) | |
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| 1938 | White Banners (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Buccaneer (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Happy Landing (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Trade Winds (1938) | |
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| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) | |
1938 Top Grossing 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 1938 Top Grossing Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1938 Top Grossing Movies by domestic actual box office grosses (in millions)
- Sort 1938 Top Grossing Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1938 Top Grossing 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 1938 Top Grossing Movies received.
- Sort 1938 Top Grossing 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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
| 1 | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
10.0 | 463.0 | 843.10 | 4 | 92 | 04 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Boys Town (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney |
11.3 | 523.7 | 751.50 | 2 | 86 | 05 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | You Can't Take It with You (1938) AA Best Picture Win |
Lionel Barrymore & James Stewart |
8.0 | 370.4 | 370.40 | 7 | 63 | 07 / 02 | 99.3 | |
| 4 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Bette Davis & Henry Fonda |
4.3 | 197.4 | 270.40 | 36 | 84 | 05 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 4 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart |
6.5 | 298.9 | 432.20 | 17 | 89 | 03 / 00 | 98.9 | |
| 4 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
12.0 | 555.6 | 555.60 | 1 | 75 | 06 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 6 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Garfield & Claude Rains |
5.3 | 246.7 | 332.80 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 10 | The Citadel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Donat & Rosalind Russell |
3.9 | 182.8 | 481.10 | 40 | 79 | 04 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 8 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Alice Faye |
10.0 | 463.0 | 463.00 | 3 | 68 | 06 / 02 | 97.4 | |
| 13 | Pygmalion (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Wendy Hiller & Leslie Howard |
3.5 | 160.7 | 160.70 | 53 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 20 | Vivacious Lady (1938) | Ginger Rogers & James Stewart |
4.2 | 193.0 | 273.70 | 37 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 10 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | Norma Shearer & Tyrone Power |
6.5 | 302.4 | 547.40 | 15 | 76 | 04 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 12 | Mad About Music (1938) | Deanna Durbin | 6.4 | 296.3 | 296.30 | 18 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 17 | Carefree (1938) | Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire |
4.5 | 206.1 | 320.60 | 34 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 12 | Three Comrades (1938) | Margaret Sullavan & Robert Taylor |
4.8 | 220.9 | 378.30 | 31 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 14 | Test Pilot (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy |
9.7 | 450.2 | 722.80 | 5 | 68 | 03 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 15 | The Young In Heart (1938) | Paulette Goddard & Janet Gaynor |
5.2 | 239.8 | 239.80 | 28 | 74 | 03 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 16 | The Dawn Patrol (1938) | Errol Flynn & David Niven |
5.3 | 243.1 | 404.60 | 25 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 19 | Suez (1938) | Tyrone Power | 8.0 | 370.4 | 370.40 | 8 | 73 | 03 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 20 | Crime School (1938) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.4 | 203.5 | 266.90 | 35 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 24 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn |
3.2 | 150.2 | 235.20 | 58 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 21 | Sweethearts (1938) | Jeanette MacDonald | 8.1 | 373.5 | 601.30 | 6 | 68 | 02 / 01 | 95.0 | |
| 22 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | Shirley Temple & Randolph Scott |
5.0 | 231.5 | 231.50 | 30 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 22 | The Girl of the Golden West (1938) | Jeanette MacDonald | 6.4 | 295.7 | 533.70 | 19 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 23 | Little Miss Broadway (1938) | Shirley Temple & Jimmy Durante |
7.0 | 324.1 | 324.10 | 10 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 31 | Submarine Patrol (1938) | Richard Greene & John Carradine |
3.8 | 175.9 | 175.90 | 43 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 24 | Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) | Lana Turner & Mickey Rooney |
6.5 | 303.1 | 416.10 | 14 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 25 | That Certain Age (1938) | Deanna Durbin & Melvyn Douglas |
6.6 | 305.6 | 305.60 | 13 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 32 | Holiday (1938) | Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn |
3.1 | 143.3 | 143.30 | 64 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 26 | Kentucky (1938) | Walter Brennan & Loretta Young |
7.0 | 324.1 | 324.10 | 12 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.1 | |
| 28 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour |
5.2 | 240.7 | 240.70 | 27 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.1 | |
| 30 | Stablemates (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Wallace Beery |
5.2 | 241.7 | 337.00 | 26 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 31 | Out West with the Hardys (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Ann Rutherford |
6.3 | 290.4 | 406.30 | 20 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 39 | The Arkansas Traveler (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 3.9 | 181.5 | 181.50 | 41 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 40 | If I Were King (1938) | Basil Rathbone & Ronald Colman |
3.2 | 148.4 | 148.40 | 61 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 32 | Too Hot To Handle (1938) | Clark Gable & Myrna Loy |
6.5 | 301.3 | 443.70 | 16 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 40 | Just Around the Corner (1938) | Shirley Temple & Joan Davis |
4.0 | 185.2 | 185.20 | 39 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 35 | Brother Rat (1938) | Priscilla Lane | 4.7 | 219.1 | 243.90 | 32 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 41 | The Great Waltz (1938) | Miliza Korjus & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
3.7 | 170.0 | 448.50 | 47 | 66 | 03 / 01 | 91.1 | |
| 42 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas |
3.8 | 175.1 | 175.10 | 44 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 34 | The Crowd Roars (1938) | Robert Taylor & Maureen O'Sullivan |
5.5 | 253.5 | 376.30 | 23 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 43 | The Rage of Paris (1938) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 3.6 | 167.7 | 167.70 | 49 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 35 | A Yank at Oxford (1938) | Vivien Leigh & Lionel Barrymore |
5.2 | 239.1 | 506.70 | 29 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 47 | White Banners (1938) | Fay Bainter & Claude Rains |
2.8 | 128.7 | 164.60 | 81 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 44 | The Buccaneer (1938) | Anthony Quinn & Fredric March |
5.6 | 257.2 | 257.20 | 22 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 48 | Sing, You Sinners (1938) | Bing Crosby & Fred MacMurray |
3.0 | 138.2 | 138.20 | 70 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 45 | Happy Landing (1938) | Sonja Henie & Don Ameche |
8.0 | 370.4 | 370.40 | 9 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 51 | Trade Winds (1938) | Walter Wanger & Fredric March |
3.9 | 179.6 | 250.70 | 42 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 50 | A Slight Case of Murder (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | 2.9 | 135.6 | 196.70 | 72 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 48 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) | Gary Cooper & Claudette Colbert |
5.6 | 259.3 | 259.30 | 21 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 50 | Algiers (1938) | Gene Lockhart & Charles Boyer |
3.2 | 149.6 | 250.40 | 59 | 65 | 04 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 51 | The Shopworn Angel (1938) | James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan |
2.9 | 133.7 | 193.00 | 74 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 52 | Block-Heads (1938) | Laurel and Hardy | 2.3 | 108.2 | 108.20 | 99 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 57 | Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) | Robert Montgomery & Janet Gaynor |
3.5 | 162.0 | 162.00 | 50 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 53 | You And Me (1938) | Sylvia Sidney | 2.8 | 128.2 | 128.20 | 82 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 54 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) | Tommy Kelly | 3.0 | 137.8 | 137.80 | 71 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 59 | Spawn of the North (1938) | Henry Fonda & John Barrymore |
3.4 | 156.5 | 156.50 | 55 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 58 | The Shining Hour (1938) | Joan Crawford & Robert Young |
3.8 | 174.4 | 253.10 | 45 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 59 | The Sisters (1938) | Bette Davis & Errol Flynn |
3.7 | 170.6 | 249.10 | 46 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 59 | The Texans (1938) | Randolph Scott & Joan Bennett |
3.5 | 160.2 | 160.20 | 54 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 61 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart |
3.1 | 145.0 | 225.40 | 63 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 65 | Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 3.6 | 168.9 | 168.90 | 48 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 64 | Four Men And a Prayer (1938) | David Niven & Loretta Young |
3.5 | 162.0 | 162.00 | 51 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 63 | The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) | Gary Cooper & Merle Oberon |
2.6 | 121.2 | 121.20 | 87 | 68 | 03 / 01 | 86.2 | |
| 62 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) | Michael Redgrave & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
2.1 | 97.3 | 97.30 | 109 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 67 | Five of a Kind (1938) | The Dionne Quintuplets | 4.0 | 185.2 | 185.20 | 38 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 66 | I Am The Law (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.0 | 140.1 | 140.10 | 68 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 68 | Joy of Living (1938) | Irene Dunne & Lucille Ball |
3.1 | 143.0 | 219.80 | 65 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 70 | Man-Proof (1938) | Myrna Loy & Walter Pidgeon |
3.3 | 152.6 | 202.80 | 56 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 73 | Gold is Where You Find It (1938) | Olivia de Havilland & Claude Rains |
3.5 | 161.9 | 268.00 | 52 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 70 | Love and Hisses (1938) | Walter Winchell | 3.2 | 148.1 | 148.10 | 62 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 72 | Young Dr. Kildare (1938) | Lionel Barrymore & Lew Ayres |
2.4 | 112.2 | 112.20 | 93 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 75 | Paradise For Three (1938) | Robert Young | 3.0 | 140.0 | 140.00 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 74 | Having Wonderful Time (1938) | Ginger Rogers & Lucille Ball |
3.1 | 142.8 | 186.70 | 66 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 77 | Cocoanut Grove (1938) | 2.9 | 133.6 | 133.60 | 75 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | ||
| 78 | Room Service (1938) | Marx Brothers & Lucille Ball |
2.7 | 123.1 | 162.00 | 84 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 79 | Three Blind Mice (1938) | David Niven & Loretta Young |
2.8 | 128.7 | 128.70 | 80 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 83 | Valley of the Giants (1938) | Donald Crisp | 3.2 | 150.4 | 233.70 | 57 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 81 | Doctor Rhythm (1938) | Bing Crosby & Mary Carlisle |
2.9 | 134.0 | 134.00 | 73 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 76 | The Mad Miss Manton (1938) | Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda |
2.0 | 91.9 | 91.90 | 118 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 82 | Always Goodbye (1938) | Barbara Stanwyck | 2.6 | 121.2 | 121.20 | 86 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 85 | Fast Company (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.9 | 132.3 | 132.30 | 76 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 85 | The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) | Gary Cooper & Lana Turner |
4.5 | 207.5 | 207.50 | 33 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 83 | Sidewalks of London (1938) | Vivien Leigh & Charles Laughton |
2.2 | 101.9 | 101.90 | 103 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 80 | My Lucky Star (1938) | Sonja Henie | 7.0 | 324.1 | 324.10 | 11 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 88 | The Toy Wife (1938) | Robert Young & Melvyn Douglas |
3.2 | 149.4 | 149.40 | 60 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 87 | The Divorce of Lady X (1938) | Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon |
2.5 | 113.9 | 113.90 | 92 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 92 | Yellow Jack (1938) | Robert Montgomery | 2.7 | 124.9 | 124.90 | 83 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 89 | King of Alcatraz (1938) | 2.0 | 92.8 | 92.80 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | ||
| 89 | Judge Hardy's Children (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Ruth Hussey |
2.3 | 107.0 | 166.90 | 100 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 94 | Lord Jeff (1938) | Mickey Rooney | 2.5 | 113.9 | 113.90 | 91 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 87 | A Christmas Carol (1938) | Reginald Owen & Leo G. Carroll |
1.2 | 57.8 | 57.80 | 155 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 91 | The Gladiator (1938) | 2.4 | 111.3 | 111.30 | 95 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | ||
| 96 | Thanks For The Memory (1938) | Bob Hope & Laura Hope Crews |
2.5 | 115.7 | 115.70 | 90 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 94 | The Goldwyn Follies (1938) | 2.6 | 111.4 | 111.40 | 88 | 56 | 02 / 00 | 79.2 | ||
| 95 | Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) | Walter Brennan | 2.2 | 100.6 | 130.20 | 105 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 98 | College Swing (1938) | Bob Hope & Betty Grable |
2.1 | 97.2 | 97.20 | 111 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 99 | Everybody Sing (1938) | Judy Garland | 2.6 | 121.3 | 185.70 | 85 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 103 | There's That Woman Again (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.8 | 128.8 | 128.80 | 79 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 106 | Racket Busters (1938) | Humphrey Bogart | 2.8 | 131.3 | 131.30 | 77 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 101 | Josette (1938) | Don Ameche & Robert Young |
2.4 | 110.1 | 110.10 | 97 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 103 | Four's a Crowd (1938) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
2.4 | 112.0 | 175.00 | 94 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 99 | Her Jungle Love (1938) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
1.8 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 127 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 107 | Tropic Holiday (1938) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
2.8 | 130.6 | 130.60 | 78 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 100 | Merrily We Live (1938) | Billie Burke | 1.2 | 50.2 | 50.20 | 159 | 71 | 05 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 106 | Gateway (1938) | Lyle Talbot & Don Ameche |
2.3 | 105.3 | 105.30 | 101 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 106 | Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) | Peter Lorre | 2.2 | 101.5 | 101.50 | 104 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 114 | Spring Madness (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan | 3.1 | 141.7 | 141.70 | 67 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
| 108 | Battle of Broadway (1938) | Victor McLaglen | 2.1 | 97.3 | 97.30 | 110 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 109 | Radio City Revels (1938) | Jack Oakie | 1.9 | 90.2 | 90.20 | 120 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 76.5 | |
| 110 | Dramatic School (1938) | Lana Turner & Paulette Goddard |
1.9 | 88.0 | 88.00 | 122 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 113 | Wide Open Faces (1938) | 2.1 | 97.5 | 97.50 | 108 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | ||
| 112 | Flirting With Fate (1938) | 2.4 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 96 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | ||
| 116 | Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Dick Powell |
2.4 | 108.9 | 142.00 | 98 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 112 | There Goes My Heart (1938) | Fredric March | 1.7 | 80.0 | 80.00 | 136 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 115 | Listen, Darling (1938) | Judy Garland & Walter Pidgeon |
1.5 | 70.6 | 108.00 | 145 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 117 | Zaza (1938) | Claudette Colbert & Herbert Marshall |
1.8 | 81.4 | 81.40 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 117 | Hard to Get (1938) | Olivia de Havilland & Dick Powell |
1.8 | 82.8 | 116.10 | 128 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 119 | Men with Wings (1938) | Fred MacMurray & Ray Milland |
1.6 | 74.1 | 74.10 | 144 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 119 | Love Is A Headache (1938) | 1.8 | 81.4 | 81.40 | 133 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | ||
| 120 | Service de Luxe (1938) | 1.4 | 62.0 | 62.00 | 148 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | ||
| 122 | Blockade (1938) | Henry Fonda & Walter Wanger |
1.9 | 89.8 | 174.10 | 121 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 121 | Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) | Peter Lorre | 1.9 | 86.5 | 86.50 | 124 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 124 | Garden of the Moon (1938) | 2.1 | 98.5 | 125.40 | 107 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | ||
| 124 | The Beachcomber (1938) | Charles Laughton | 1.8 | 84.8 | 84.80 | 125 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 127 | Hold That Kiss (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Mickey Rooney |
2.2 | 100.2 | 100.20 | 106 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 126 | Give Me a Sailor (1938) | Bob Hope & Betty Grable |
1.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 139 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 128 | The First Hundred Years (1938) | Robert Montgomery | 2.0 | 94.9 | 94.90 | 114 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 129 | Swiss Miss (1938) | Laurel and Hardy | 1.8 | 82.4 | 82.40 | 131 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 129 | Say It In French (1938) | Ray Milland | 1.7 | 79.0 | 79.00 | 137 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 133 | Letter of Introduction (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 2.5 | 115.8 | 115.80 | 89 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 130 | My Bill (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.5 | 69.6 | 103.50 | 146 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 130 | Sky Giant (1938) | Joan Fontaine & Richard Dix |
1.5 | 68.5 | 95.90 | 147 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 136 | The Baroness and the Butler (1938) | William Powell | 2.1 | 96.6 | 96.60 | 112 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 136 | Illegal Traffic (1938) | 1.8 | 82.7 | 82.70 | 129 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | ||
| 137 | We're Going to Be Rich (1938) | Victor McLaglen | 1.8 | 82.6 | 82.60 | 130 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 139 | Going Places (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Dick Powell |
1.9 | 87.0 | 123.90 | 123 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 140 | Hold That Co-Ed (1938) | John Barrymore | 1.8 | 84.6 | 84.60 | 126 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 137 | Comet Over Broadway (1938) | Kay Francis & Donald Crisp |
0.8 | 36.3 | 63.90 | 178 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 68.5 | |
| 141 | Straight Place and Show (1938) | 2.0 | 92.7 | 92.70 | 116 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | ||
| 142 | Port of Seven Seas (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Wallace Beery |
1.7 | 78.4 | 78.40 | 140 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 140 | Youth Takes A Fling (1938) | Joel McCrea | 1.3 | 62.0 | 62.00 | 149 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 143 | Kidnapped (1938) | Warner Baxter | 1.1 | 47.8 | 47.80 | 161 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 146 | Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) | Peter Lorre | 1.7 | 78.7 | 78.70 | 138 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 150 | Boy Meets Girl (1938) | James Cagney & Ronald Reagan |
2.2 | 103.9 | 121.10 | 102 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 149 | The Devil's Party (1938) | 2.0 | 92.3 | 92.30 | 117 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | ||
| 142 | Of Human Hearts (1938) | Beulah Bondi | 0.9 | 40.0 | 40.00 | 171 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 143 | Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) | Alice Faye | 1.2 | 54.0 | 54.00 | 158 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 146 | The Girl Downstairs (1938) | Franchot Tone | 1.3 | 60.2 | 60.20 | 150 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | |
| 148 | The Jury's Secret (1938) | Fay Wray | 1.2 | 55.8 | 55.80 | 157 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 153 | Men Are Such Fools (1938) | Humphrey Bogart & Priscilla Lane |
2.1 | 95.6 | 95.60 | 113 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 157 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) | John Barrymore | 2.0 | 91.7 | 91.70 | 119 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 64.2 | |
| 154 | Girls On Probation (1938) | Susan Hayward & Ronald Reagan |
1.8 | 81.7 | 99.30 | 132 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 64.1 | |
| 159 | I Met My Love Again (1938) | Henry Fonda & Joan Bennett |
1.7 | 80.7 | 110.30 | 135 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 150 | Secrets of An Actress (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.1 | 50.6 | 71.90 | 162 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 153 | Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) | Evalyn Knapp | 1.0 | 45.3 | 45.30 | 163 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 157 | Start Cheering (1938) | Jimmy Durante | 1.7 | 72.2 | 72.20 | 142 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 158 | I'll Give A Million (1938) | Peter Lorre | 0.6 | 25.6 | 25.60 | 189 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 62.5 | |
| 155 | Port of Shadows (1938) | Jean Gabin & Michel Simon |
0.0 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 212 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 161 | Ride A Crooked Mile (1938) | 0.9 | 43.8 | 43.80 | 169 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | ||
| 162 | Artists and Models Abroad (1938) | Joan Bennett | 1.7 | 78.1 | 78.10 | 141 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 161 | Topper Takes a Trip (1938) | Constance Bennett | 0.7 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 182 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 163 | Fools For Scandal (1938) | Carole Lombard & Ralph Bellamy |
1.3 | 58.1 | 58.10 | 154 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 167 | The Beloved Brat (1938) | Donald Crisp | 1.3 | 59.6 | 59.60 | 151 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 163 | The Saint in New York (1938) | 1.0 | 43.5 | 80.10 | 165 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | ||
| 166 | Professor Beware (1938) | 1.1 | 49.3 | 49.30 | 160 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | ||
| 167 | Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) | 0.2 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 200 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | ||
| 166 | Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 1.3 | 58.5 | 58.50 | 152 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 169 | Swing Your Lady (1938) | Humphrey Bogart & Ronald Reagan |
1.6 | 75.9 | 96.70 | 143 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 171 | Broadway Musketeers (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 1.0 | 45.6 | 58.00 | 166 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 171 | Thanks For Everything (1938) | Adolphe Menjou | 1.0 | 42.4 | 42.40 | 167 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 51.0 | |
| 172 | South Riding (1938) | Ralph Richardson | 0.6 | 28.0 | 28.00 | 188 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 175 | Women Are Like That (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.3 | 58.3 | 80.00 | 153 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 173 | Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) | Lana Turner & Robert Young |
0.5 | 24.5 | 24.50 | 190 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 176 | One Wild Night (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 0.9 | 43.5 | 43.50 | 170 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 49.1 | |
| 176 | Climbing High (1938) | Michael Redgrave | 0.9 | 41.0 | 41.00 | 172 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 180 | Tarnished Angel (1938) | 0.9 | 39.8 | 39.80 | 173 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 46.7 | ||
| 180 | Romance In The Dark (1938) | John Barrymore | 0.7 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 181 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 46.6 | |
| 176 | Keep Smiling (1938) | 0.4 | 17.4 | 17.40 | 195 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 46.2 | ||
| 181 | Partners of the Plains (1938) | William Boyd | 0.1 | 4.3 | 4.30 | 209 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 45.1 | |
| 181 | Prairie Moon (1938) | 0.1 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 207 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 44.6 | ||
| 182 | King of the Newsboys (1938) | 0.8 | 35.1 | 35.10 | 179 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | ||
| 183 | He Couldn't Say No (1938) | 0.6 | 30.0 | 40.00 | 186 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.7 | ||
| 189 | Change of Heart (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 1.0 | 44.7 | 44.70 | 168 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 182 | Sailing Long (1938) | 0.1 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 206 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | ||
| 184 | The Purple Vigilantes (1938) | Joan Barclay | 0.1 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 210 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 185 | Up The River (1938) | 0.7 | 31.1 | 31.10 | 183 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 41.2 | ||
| 190 | Newsboys' Home (1938) | 0.7 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 185 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | ||
| 187 | The Old Barn Dance (1938) | 0.5 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 192 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 40.5 | ||
| 192 | Love Honor and Behave (1938) | Priscilla Lane | 1.2 | 56.5 | 74.10 | 156 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 39.0 | |
| 194 | Campus Confessions (1938) | Betty Grable & William Henry |
1.0 | 47.2 | 47.20 | 164 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 190 | Accidents Will Happen (1938) | Ronald Reagan | 0.7 | 33.0 | 46.30 | 184 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 191 | The Farmer Goes To Town (1938) | 0.2 | 9.4 | 9.40 | 203 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | ||
| 194 | Western Jamboree (1938) | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 211 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 35.9 | ||
| 195 | Scandal Street (1938) | 0.5 | 22.1 | 22.10 | 193 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | ||
| 196 | Woman Against Woman (1938) | 0.3 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 197 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 32.1 | ||
| 196 | The Invisible Menace (1938) | Boris Karloff | 0.8 | 38.0 | 57.40 | 177 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | |
| 199 | Mystery House (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 0.8 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 176 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 29.1 | |
| 201 | The Spy Ring (1938) | 0.7 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 180 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 28.4 | ||
| 200 | Man from Music Mountain (1938) | 0.2 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 205 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | ||
| 200 | Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) | Rudy Vallee & Directed vy Ray Enright |
0.4 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 194 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 203 | Stolen Heaven (1938) | Lewis Stone | 0.4 | 15.5 | 15.50 | 196 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 26.3 | |
| 202 | Double Danger (1938) | Preston Foster | 0.2 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 199 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 203 | Smashing The Spy Ring (1938) | 0.5 | 23.4 | 23.40 | 191 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | ||
| 204 | Flight To Fame (1938) | 0.8 | 36.4 | 36.40 | 175 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 24.5 | ||
| 206 | Orage/Storm (1938) | 0.2 | 7.6 | 7.60 | 204 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 24.2 | ||
| 208 | Sergeant Murphy (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Donald Crisp |
0.8 | 39.1 | 51.70 | 174 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 205 | The Lady Objects (1938) | 0.2 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 201 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 20.7 | ||
| 207 | A Royal Divorce (1938) | 0.1 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 208 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.5 | ||
| 209 | The Patient in Room 18 (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 0.6 | 28.9 | 37.80 | 187 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 209 | Goodbye Broadway (1938) | 0.3 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 198 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 13.5 | ||
| 211 | Breaking The Ice (1938) | 0.2 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 202 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.5 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: Variety Magazine – January 6th 1943
Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions – 1941,1942,1947,1954,1961,1968,1971,1974
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
My Yearly Review Pages
- 1938 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1939 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gone With The Wind
- 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1952 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Greatest Show On Earth
- 1959 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Ben-Hur
- 1976 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Rocky
- 2011 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Help
- 2012 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Argo
- 2013 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gravity
- 2014 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? American Sniper
- 2015 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Martian
- 2016 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? La La Land
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Are you sure Dr. Rhythm shouldn’t be Doctor Rhythm?
Changed to Doctor vs Dr.
The Girls of The Golden West (1938) and The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
This is the same film with a typo, isn’t it.
All this data has been a great find, btw. Thanks for all these pages.
Hey Peace……yep…that was a typo…and it is in the process of getting fixed. Good catch…and thanks for the compliment on our yearly review pages…..it was a long process to do all these years…but it was worth the effort. Thanks for stopping by.
Worldwide list 1938?
Hey Chris….made a page just to answer this question. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/1938-movies-box-office-grosses/
Thanks, always enjoy to see how you compare to what I’ve put together.