Want to know the best Ma and Pa Kettle movies? How about the worst Ma and Pa Kettle movies? Curious about Ma and Pa Kettle box office grosses or which Ma and Pa Kettle movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ma and Pa Kettle movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
This Ma and Pa Kettle page comes from Dan. Dan suggested this page on our Request Hotline many moons ago….so going with the approach better late than never…here you go….a Ma and Pa Kettle movie page. Originally based on real-life farming neighbors in Washington state, United States,[1] Ma and Pa Kettle were created by Betty MacDonald in whose 1945 best-selling novel, The Egg and I, they appeared. The success of the novel spawned the 1947 film The Egg and I starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, also co-starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle.
After the audiences’ positive reaction to the Kettles in The Egg and I, Universal Studios produced nine more films, with Marjorie Main reprising her role in all and Percy Kilbride reprising his in seven. The films grossed over $1.1 BILLION in adjusted domestic box office grosses. Ma and Pa Kettle saved Universal from bankruptcy.
Ma and Pa Kettle Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Ma and Pa Kettle Movies Can Be Sorted 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 Ma and Pa Kettle movies by who played Ma and Pa
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by domestic box office rank by year
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Ma and Pa Kettle Table
- Six Ma and Pa Kettle movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 60.00% of their movies listed. The Egg and I (1947) was their biggest box office ht when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Ma and Pa Kettle movie grosses $123.20 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies are rated as good movies…or 100.00% of their movies. The Egg and I (1947) is their highest-rated movie while Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) was their lowest-rated movie.
- Only one Ma and Pa Kettle movie earned an Oscar® nomination…..and that was for Marjorie Main as Best Supporting Actress in 1947’s The Egg and I.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies scored higher than that average….or 100.00% of their movies. The Egg and I (1947) got the the highest UMR Score while Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) got the lowest UMR Score.
Check out Ma and Pa Kettle movies career compared to other performers/groups. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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When you mentioned that you had done this site I had not thought of these movies in years. They were funny movies when they were made but one never sees any of them on TV though TCM shows many many old movies. Good site once again. Thanks.
I glad to know you enjoyed these movies. That is strange that they are not on TCM…..seems that these movies would be perfect there. I have been surprised on the views on this page….I thought it would take months before reaching 1000 views….instead it is trending to reach that mark in less than a year…..thanks for stopping by.
Great page Bruce. (Just for a head’s up, you mis-spelled one of the films as “The Kittles Of The Ozarks”. Just for correction purposes).
Thanks for that catch….not sure the Kittles were as popular as the Kettles….lol. It has been fixed.
Big at the Hooper Nebraska theater on Main Street.
Hey Marilyn….thanks for the information….Hooper Theater sounds like a classicc movie theater.
I loved these old movies!
Hey Amy…..thanks for checking out my latest page.
I just love ’em so much. I always did. I have four of their movies, and when I feel like withdrawing into my shell, I watch one and get into the shell really far. LOL.
Hey Garlon….that is funny. I think I seriously underestimated the fan base of Ma and Pa….when I got this request I immediately thought….nobody is going to remember those movies. Wrong again….I should be used to be wrong by now….lol.