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Our UMR Top 50 of 1940
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
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Rebecca (1940)
AA Best Picture Win
1940
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
The Great Dictator (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
Pinocchio (1940)
1940
Fantasia (1940)
1940
The Sea Hawk (1940)
1940
Northwest Passage (1940)
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
Kitty Foyle (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
His Girl Friday (1940)
1940
Road to Singapore (1940)
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The Letter (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
I Love You Again (1940)
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My Little Chickadee (1940)
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Boom Town (1940)
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Strike Up The Band (1940)
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The Ghost Breakers (1940)
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
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My Favorite Wife (1940)
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Young Tom Edison (1940)
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Knute Rockne All American (1940)
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The Fighting 69th (1940)
1940
Down Argentina Way (1940)
1940
The Westerner (1940)
1940
The Mortal Storm (1940)
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North West Mounted Police (1940)
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Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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Tin Pan Alley (1940)
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They Drive By Night (1940)
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Santa Fe Trail (1940)
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The Return of Frank James (1940)
1940
Remember the Night (1940)
1940
Strange Cargo (1940)
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Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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Escape (1940)
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City for Conquest (1940)
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The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
1940
Arise, My Love (1940)
1940
Christmas in July (1940)
1940
Virginia City (1940)
1940
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
1940
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
Spring Parade (1940)
1940
Flight Command (1940)
1940
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
1940
Comrade X (1940)
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| 1940 | Rebecca (1940) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | The Great Dictator (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | Pinocchio (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Fantasia (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Sea Hawk (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Northwest Passage (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | Kitty Foyle (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | The Mark of Zorro (1940) | |
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| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | His Girl Friday (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Road to Singapore (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Letter (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | I Love You Again (1940) | |
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| 1940 | My Little Chickadee (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Boom Town (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Strike Up The Band (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Ghost Breakers (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) | |
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| 1940 | My Favorite Wife (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Young Tom Edison (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Fighting 69th (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Down Argentina Way (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Westerner (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Mortal Storm (1940) | |
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| 1940 | North West Mounted Police (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Waterloo Bridge (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Tin Pan Alley (1940) | |
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| 1940 | They Drive By Night (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Return of Frank James (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Remember the Night (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Strange Cargo (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Escape (1940) | |
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| 1940 | City for Conquest (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Arise, My Love (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Christmas in July (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Virginia City (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Love Thy Neighbor (1940) | |
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| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1940 | Spring Parade (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Flight Command (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) | |
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| 1940 | Comrade X (1940) | |
1940 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 1940 Top Grossing Movies by stars of the movies
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- Sort 1940 Top Grossing Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1940 Top Grossing Movies by 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 1940 Top Grossing Movies received.
- Sort 1940 Movies movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 |
| 2 | Rebecca (1940) AA Best Picture Win |
Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine |
8.6 | 359.7 | 359.70 | 5 | 87 | 11 / 02 | 99.9 | |
| 1 | The Philadelphia Story (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Stewart & Katharine Hepburn |
6.8 | 284.6 | 390.70 | 7 | 91 | 06 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 3 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Henry Fonda & Jane Darwell |
7.1 | 299.7 | 299.70 | 6 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | The Great Dictator (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Charles Chaplin & Paulette Goddard |
10.0 | 419.6 | 419.60 | 4 | 90 | 05 / 00 | 99.5 | |
| 5 | Pinocchio (1940) | Disney Animated Movies | 18.9 | 791.8 | 980.70 | 2 | 90 | 02 / 02 | 99.1 | |
| 8 | Fantasia (1940) | Disney Animated Movies | 23.3 | 976.1 | 1,136.80 | 1 | 90 | 00 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 7 | The Sea Hawk (1940) | Errol Flynn & Claude Rains |
4.7 | 195.6 | 321.10 | 20 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 7 | Northwest Passage (1940) | Spencer Tracy & Walter Brennan |
6.2 | 260.1 | 377.70 | 9 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 9 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Albert Basserman & Joel McCrea |
4.1 | 171.3 | 262.50 | 32 | 82 | 06 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 10 | Kitty Foyle (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ginger Rogers & Gladys Cooper |
4.9 | 205.0 | 286.00 | 17 | 73 | 05 / 01 | 98.0 | |
| 11 | The Mark of Zorro (1940) | Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell |
5.7 | 239.8 | 239.80 | 11 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 12 | All This, and Heaven Too (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Barbara O'Neil & Bette Davis |
4.2 | 175.8 | 295.80 | 29 | 78 | 03 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 12 | His Girl Friday (1940) | Cary Grant & Ralph Bellamy |
5.1 | 213.6 | 213.60 | 15 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 14 | Road to Singapore (1940) | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope & Dorothy La |
4.7 | 197.8 | 197.80 | 18 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 14 | The Letter (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Bette Davis & Gale Sondergaard |
3.5 | 145.1 | 230.70 | 42 | 84 | 07 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 16 | I Love You Again (1940) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
4.4 | 184.4 | 258.10 | 23 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 17 | My Little Chickadee (1940) | Mae West & W.C. Fields |
4.6 | 191.8 | 191.80 | 22 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 18 | Boom Town (1940) | Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy |
13.1 | 549.9 | 713.60 | 3 | 75 | 02 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 19 | Strike Up The Band (1940) | Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney |
6.5 | 271.6 | 418.90 | 8 | 72 | 03 / 01 | 96.3 | |
| 22 | The Ghost Breakers (1940) | Bob Hope & Anthony Quinn |
4.6 | 191.8 | 191.80 | 21 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 21 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) | Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney |
5.6 | 233.2 | 314.50 | 13 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 24 | My Favorite Wife (1940) | Cary Grant & Irene Dunne |
4.1 | 174.1 | 246.30 | 30 | 78 | 03 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 23 | Young Tom Edison (1940) | Mickey Rooney | 4.7 | 197.3 | 197.30 | 19 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 26 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | Ronald Reagan & Donald Crisp |
4.3 | 181.8 | 197.10 | 26 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 23 | The Fighting 69th (1940) | James Cagney | 5.2 | 218.5 | 277.30 | 14 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 26 | Down Argentina Way (1940) | Betty Grable & Don Ameche |
5.6 | 233.8 | 233.80 | 12 | 64 | 03 / 00 | 93.6 | |
| 29 | The Westerner (1940) | Gary Cooper & Dana Andrews |
3.5 | 146.3 | 146.30 | 41 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 93.4 | |
| 29 | The Mortal Storm (1940) | James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan |
3.3 | 139.0 | 139.00 | 44 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 29 | North West Mounted Police (1940) | Gary Cooper & Robert Ryan |
4.3 | 179.8 | 179.80 | 28 | 65 | 05 / 01 | 92.7 | |
| 30 | Waterloo Bridge (1940) | Vivien Leigh & Robert Taylor |
3.6 | 149.9 | 295.80 | 40 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 31 | The Thief of Bagdad (1940) | Directed by Michael Powell | 2.9 | 119.9 | 119.90 | 56 | 81 | 04 / 03 | 92.5 | |
| 32 | Tin Pan Alley (1940) | Betty Grable & John Payne |
5.7 | 239.8 | 239.80 | 10 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 92.1 | |
| 34 | They Drive By Night (1940) | Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan |
3.1 | 130.9 | 191.40 | 48 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 34 | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
5.0 | 209.6 | 303.70 | 16 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 37 | The Return of Frank James (1940) | Henry Fonda & Gene Tierney |
3.7 | 155.9 | 155.90 | 37 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 36 | Remember the Night (1940) | Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray |
2.9 | 120.0 | 120.00 | 51 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 38 | Strange Cargo (1940) | Clark Gable & Joan Crawford |
3.7 | 157.2 | 229.50 | 35 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 37 | Pride and Prejudice (1940) | Greer Garson & Laurence Olivier |
2.9 | 120.0 | 221.70 | 50 | 81 | 01 / 01 | 90.8 | |
| 39 | Escape (1940) | Norma Shearer & Robert Taylor |
3.9 | 162.7 | 283.40 | 33 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 42 | City for Conquest (1940) | James Cagney & Anthony Quinn |
3.3 | 138.6 | 215.10 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 41 | The Shop Around the Corner (1940) | James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan |
2.4 | 100.7 | 100.70 | 81 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 44 | Arise, My Love (1940) | Claudette Colbert & Ray Milland |
3.4 | 143.9 | 143.90 | 43 | 68 | 04 / 01 | 89.8 | |
| 45 | Christmas in July (1940) | Dick Powell | 2.9 | 119.8 | 119.80 | 57 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 44 | Virginia City (1940) | Humphrey Bogart & Errol Flynn |
4.3 | 182.0 | 254.20 | 25 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 45 | Love Thy Neighbor (1940) | Jack Benny | 3.9 | 161.9 | 161.90 | 34 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 46 | The Long Voyage Home (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Wayne & Thomas Mitchell |
1.9 | 78.7 | 127.80 | 106 | 78 | 06 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 46 | Spring Parade (1940) | Deanna Durbin | 2.9 | 119.9 | 119.90 | 53 | 72 | 04 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 48 | Flight Command (1940) | Robert Taylor & Walter Pidgeon |
4.1 | 173.3 | 274.80 | 31 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 47 | Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) | Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell |
2.8 | 118.4 | 118.40 | 59 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 50 | Comrade X (1940) | Clark Gable & Hedy Lamarr |
4.3 | 182.2 | 249.30 | 24 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 51 | Brigham Young (1940) | Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell |
4.3 | 179.8 | 179.80 | 27 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 52 | Edison, the Man (1940) | Spencer Tracy | 3.3 | 138.1 | 214.30 | 46 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 54 | Hired Wife (1940) | Rosalind Russell | 3.7 | 156.2 | 156.20 | 36 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 56 | New Moon (1940) | Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy |
3.7 | 154.7 | 303.00 | 38 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 53 | The Bank Dick (1940) | W.C. Fields & Cora Witherspoon |
2.1 | 89.9 | 89.90 | 93 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 56 | Our Town (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Martha Scott & William Holden |
1.8 | 74.5 | 74.50 | 117 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 55 | Blondie on a Budget (1940) | Rita Hayworth & Penny Singleton |
2.3 | 95.3 | 95.30 | 87 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 60 | It's a Date (1940) | Kay Francis & Deanna Durbin |
2.8 | 116.9 | 116.90 | 61 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 59 | Go West (1940) | Marx Brothers | 2.6 | 107.4 | 169.10 | 74 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 58 | The Great McGinty (1940) | William Demarest | 2.2 | 91.5 | 91.50 | 91 | 73 | 01 / 01 | 84.4 | |
| 61 | Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) | Jack Benny & Ellen Drew |
2.6 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 71 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 63 | Too Many Husbands (1940) | Fred MacMurray & Jean Arthur |
3.2 | 132.2 | 132.20 | 47 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 63 | He Stayed For Breakfast (1940) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.8 | 118.4 | 118.40 | 58 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 64 | Torrid Zone (1940) | James Cagney & Ann Sheridan |
2.9 | 121.0 | 177.70 | 49 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 66 | Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) | Glenn Ford | 2.4 | 101.3 | 101.30 | 79 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 65 | Little Nellie Kelly (1940) | Judy Garland | 2.8 | 116.1 | 245.30 | 62 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 67 | Primrose Path (1940) | Ginger Rogers & Joel McCrea |
2.6 | 107.7 | 143.90 | 72 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 69 | Johnny Apollo (1940) | Tyrone Power & Dorothy Lamour |
2.9 | 119.9 | 119.90 | 54 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 70 | Lillian Russell (1940) | Henry Fonda & Don Ameche |
2.9 | 119.9 | 119.90 | 52 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 82.9 | |
| 68 | Maryland (1940) | Walter Brennan | 2.6 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 70 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 71 | Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) | Myrna Loy & Melvyn Douglas |
2.7 | 113.4 | 113.40 | 66 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 72 | You'll Find Out (1940) | Peter Lorre & Boris Karloff |
2.9 | 119.9 | 119.90 | 55 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 74 | East of the River (1940) | John Garfield & Brenda Marshall |
2.8 | 115.8 | 115.80 | 63 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 74 | Chad Hanna (1940) | Henry Fonda & Linda Darnell |
3.6 | 149.9 | 149.90 | 39 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 75 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.8 | 77.6 | 113.10 | 110 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 76 | Bitter Sweet (1940) | George Sanders | 2.4 | 99.8 | 167.50 | 82 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 79 | Seven Sinners (1940) | John Wayne & Marlene Dietrich |
2.7 | 114.5 | 114.50 | 64 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 76 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) | Raymond Massey | 1.7 | 72.1 | 72.10 | 120 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 77 | Dark Command (1940) | John Wayne & Walter Pidgeon |
2.1 | 88.1 | 88.10 | 95 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 78 | The Doctor Takes A Wife (1940) | Ray Milland | 2.3 | 95.8 | 95.80 | 86 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 81 | Lucky Partners (1940) | Ginger Rogers & Ronald Colman |
2.5 | 105.5 | 166.70 | 76 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 80 | No Time For Comedy (1940) | James Stewart & Rosalind Russell |
2.5 | 105.5 | 140.40 | 75 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 82 | Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) | Lionel Barrymore | 2.3 | 97.6 | 97.60 | 84 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 83 | Rhythm on the River (1940) | Bing Crosby & Mary Martin |
2.3 | 96.2 | 96.20 | 85 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 84 | Brother Orchid (1940) | Humphrey Bogart & Edward G. Robinson |
2.1 | 88.1 | 121.00 | 94 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 87 | Safari (1940) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 2.2 | 92.6 | 92.60 | 90 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 87 | Arizona (1940) | William Holden & Jean Arthur |
2.8 | 118.1 | 118.10 | 60 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 90 | Little Old New York (1940) | Fred MacMurray | 2.6 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 69 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 90 | My Love Came Back (1940) | Olivia de Havilland | 1.9 | 81.4 | 107.40 | 103 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 88 | The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940) | George Brent | 1.9 | 78.2 | 78.20 | 108 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 91 | The Lady in Question (1940) | Rita Hayworth & Glenn Ford |
2.7 | 113.9 | 113.90 | 65 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 92 | Saps At Sea (1940) | Laurel and Hardy | 1.2 | 52.5 | 52.50 | 149 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 93 | Irene (1940) | Ray Milland | 2.4 | 101.3 | 194.20 | 80 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 93 | Castle On The Hudson (1940) | John Garfield & Ann Sheridan |
1.8 | 77.2 | 106.50 | 112 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 95 | Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) | Maureen O'Hara & Lucille Ball |
1.8 | 74.8 | 74.80 | 116 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 77.0 | |
| 96 | Susan and God (1940) | Joan Crawford & Rita Hayworth |
2.3 | 98.0 | 131.40 | 83 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 99 | South of Pago Pago (1940) | Frances Farmer | 2.6 | 107.5 | 107.50 | 73 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 98 | The Farmer's Daughter (1940) | Martha Raye & William Demarest |
1.5 | 61.7 | 61.70 | 137 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 76.5 | |
| 99 | This Thing Called Love (1940) | Rosalind Russell & Melvyn Douglas |
2.2 | 91.2 | 91.20 | 92 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 100 | The House Across The Bay (1940) | Walter Pidgeon & Joan Bennett |
2.2 | 93.9 | 93.90 | 88 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 101 | Night Train To Munich (1940) | Paul Henreid | 1.0 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 167 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 103 | Angels Over Broadway (1940) | Rita Hayworth & Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
2.0 | 85.7 | 85.70 | 96 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 103 | Vigil in The Night (1940) | Carole Lombard & Peter Cushing |
1.9 | 79.9 | 120.40 | 105 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 75.8 | |
| 104 | Swiss Family Robinson (1940) | Thomas Mitchell & Edna Best |
1.7 | 70.4 | 106.70 | 125 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 104 | Victory (1940) | Fredric March & Willem Dafoe |
1.8 | 77.3 | 77.30 | 111 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 106 | The Blue Bird (1940) | Shirley Temple | 1.4 | 57.1 | 57.10 | 143 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 108 | 'Til We Meet Again (1940) | Merle Oberon | 1.9 | 78.7 | 113.70 | 107 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 109 | My Son, My Son! (1940) | Madeleine Carroll | 1.7 | 71.3 | 71.30 | 122 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 109 | When The Daltons Rode (1940) | Kay Francis & Randolph Scott |
2.0 | 82.7 | 82.70 | 99 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 109 | Dr. Cyclops (1940) | Albert Dekker & Science Fiction Movies |
1.8 | 76.7 | 76.70 | 113 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 110 | Kit Carson (1940) | Dana Andrews | 1.6 | 67.5 | 67.50 | 131 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 112 | It All Came True (1940) | Humphrey Bogart & Ann Sheridan |
2.0 | 82.0 | 117.00 | 102 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 112 | Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) | Peter Lorre | 1.1 | 45.8 | 45.80 | 158 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 114 | If I Had My Way (1940) | Bing Crosby & Gloria Jean |
1.7 | 69.5 | 69.50 | 127 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 115 | Moon Over Burma (1940) | Dorothy Lamour | 1.7 | 70.4 | 70.40 | 124 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 116 | Adventure in Diamonds (1940) | George Brent & Isa Miranda |
0.9 | 36.1 | 36.10 | 177 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 72.8 | |
| 117 | 21 Days Together (1940) | Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier |
2.6 | 107.9 | 107.90 | 68 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 120 | I Want A Divorce (1940) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
2.5 | 103.1 | 103.10 | 77 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 122 | Second Chorus (1940) | Fred Astaire & Paulette Goddard |
2.4 | 101.9 | 101.90 | 78 | 52 | 02 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 117 | Tom Brown's School Days (1940) | Freddie Bartholomew | 1.7 | 72.2 | 72.20 | 119 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 121 | Dulcy (1940) | Ann Sothern & Ian Hunter |
1.6 | 67.6 | 67.60 | 130 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 122 | A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.4 | 59.9 | 59.90 | 139 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 123 | Flowing Gold (1940) | John Garfield | 1.6 | 65.1 | 91.20 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 122 | Wyoming (1940) | Wallace Beery | 1.7 | 70.3 | 70.30 | 126 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 125 | Rancho Grande (1940) | 1.4 | 59.8 | 59.80 | 140 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | ||
| 128 | The Man I Married (1940) | Joan Bennett | 1.7 | 70.6 | 70.60 | 123 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 127 | We Who Are Young (1940) | Lana Turner | 1.7 | 71.9 | 71.90 | 121 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 128 | The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) | Joan Bennett & George Sanders |
2.0 | 82.0 | 82.00 | 101 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 129 | Hudson's Bay (1940) | Gene Tierney & Paul Muni |
1.8 | 74.8 | 74.80 | 115 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 129 | Young People (1940) | Shirley Temple & Charlotte Greenwood |
1.2 | 52.2 | 52.20 | 150 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 131 | Green Hell (1940) | Joan Bennett & George Sanders |
2.0 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 98 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 133 | Gaucho Serenade (1940) | 0.9 | 36.9 | 36.90 | 175 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | ||
| 133 | Flight Angels (1940) | Virginia Bruce & Dennis Morgan |
1.8 | 75.0 | 75.00 | 114 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 134 | Florian (1940) | Robert Young | 0.9 | 37.8 | 37.80 | 173 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 135 | Typhoon (1940) | Dorothy Lamour | 1.9 | 78.2 | 78.20 | 109 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 136 | Sporting Blood (1940) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Robert Young |
2.0 | 82.1 | 82.10 | 100 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 135 | Saturday's Children (1940) | John Garfield & Claude Rains |
1.3 | 54.2 | 54.20 | 146 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 138 | A Bill of Divorcement (1940) | Maureen O'Hara | 1.6 | 65.4 | 65.40 | 133 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 139 | They Knew What They Wanted (1940) | Carole Lombard & Charles Laughton |
1.6 | 69.2 | 69.20 | 128 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 140 | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) | Sidney Toler & Marjorie Weaver |
0.6 | 27.1 | 27.10 | 196 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 64.9 | |
| 141 | Star Dust (1940) | Linda Darnell | 0.7 | 28.9 | 28.90 | 188 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 143 | Too Many Girls (1940) | Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz |
1.5 | 61.7 | 61.70 | 136 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 143 | Meet The Wildcat (1940) | Ralph Bellamy | 1.2 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 151 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 144 | Gambling on the High Seas (1940) | Wayne Morris & Jane Wyman |
1.4 | 58.2 | 58.20 | 142 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 145 | Haunted Honeymoon (1940) | Robert Montgomery | 1.6 | 68.6 | 68.60 | 129 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 146 | Four Sons (1940) | Don Ameche | 2.0 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 97 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 145 | San Francisco Docks (1940) | Burgess Meredith & Barry Fitzgerald |
1.0 | 43.8 | 43.80 | 163 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 63.8 | |
| 146 | 20 Mule Team (1940) | Wallace Beery | 1.1 | 46.2 | 46.20 | 157 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 147 | 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940) | Priscilla Lane | 1.2 | 51.0 | 67.60 | 152 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 150 | Untamed (1940) | Ray Milland | 2.2 | 93.0 | 93.00 | 89 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 63.4 | |
| 151 | Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) | Dana Andrews | 1.6 | 67.3 | 67.30 | 132 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 150 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) | Ralph Bellamy & Margaret Lindsay |
1.2 | 50.5 | 50.50 | 154 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 151 | Gold Rush Maisie (1940) | Ann Sothern | 0.9 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 176 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 152 | Comin' Round the Mountain (1940) | William Demarest | 1.1 | 45.5 | 45.50 | 159 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 156 | Two Girls on Broadway (1940) | Lana Turner & Joan Blondell |
1.8 | 73.7 | 73.70 | 118 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 156 | Ride Tenderfoot Ride (1940) | 0.2 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 224 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | ||
| 157 | I Take This Woman (1940) | Spencer Tracy & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
2.6 | 108.7 | 172.10 | 67 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 158 | The Man With Nine Lives (1940) | Boris Karloff | 1.1 | 44.3 | 44.30 | 162 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 60.5 | |
| 160 | Black Friday (1940) | Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi |
1.2 | 50.7 | 50.70 | 153 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 160 | Those Where The Days! (1940) | William Holden | 1.1 | 45.0 | 45.00 | 161 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 162 | Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) | Franchot Tone | 1.5 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 135 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 160 | Three Faces West (1940) | John Wayne | 1.0 | 39.9 | 39.90 | 170 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 161 | The Stars Look Down (1940) | Michael Redgrave & Margaret Lockwood |
0.4 | 18.0 | 18.00 | 217 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 58.7 | |
| 164 | Captain Caution (1940) | Victor Mature | 1.5 | 61.5 | 61.50 | 138 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 165 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) | Robert Young & Lionel Barrymore |
1.4 | 56.8 | 56.80 | 145 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 166 | Public Deb No. 1 (1940) | Ralph Bellamy & Elisha Cook Jr. |
0.9 | 36.1 | 36.10 | 178 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 167 | Escape to Glory (1940) | Constance Bennett | 0.6 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 197 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 167 | One Night in the Tropics (1940) | Bud Abbott & Robert Cummings |
0.9 | 36.0 | 36.00 | 179 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.3 | |
| 170 | South of Suez (1940) | George Brent | 1.0 | 42.3 | 42.30 | 166 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 168 | Lady with Red Hair (1940) | Claude Rains & Laura Hope Crews |
0.9 | 37.6 | 46.00 | 174 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 171 | Diamond Frontier (1940) | Victor McLaglen & John Loder |
1.3 | 54.2 | 54.20 | 147 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 172 | The Earl of Chicago (1940) | Robert Montgomery | 1.4 | 57.0 | 57.00 | 144 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 173 | Mystery Sea Raider (1940) | Carole Landis | 0.3 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 223 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 174 | Shooting High (1940) | Gene Autry | 0.7 | 28.1 | 28.10 | 192 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 175 | And One Was Beautiful (1940) | Robert Cummings & Laraine Day |
0.7 | 27.8 | 27.80 | 194 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.1 | |
| 175 | Congo Maisie (1940) | Ann Sothern & John Carroll |
0.7 | 28.7 | 28.70 | 189 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 55.2 | |
| 176 | Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) | Anne Shirley & James Ellison |
0.5 | 22.2 | 22.20 | 206 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 54.8 | |
| 180 | The Great Profile (1940) | John Barrymore | 1.0 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 168 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 178 | Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940) | Lupe Velez | 0.6 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 204 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 178 | The Captain Is a Lady (1940) | Charles Coburn & Beulah Bondi |
0.7 | 30.8 | 30.80 | 185 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 53.5 | |
| 181 | Forty Little Mothers (1940) | Eddie Cantor & Judith Anderson |
0.7 | 27.7 | 27.70 | 195 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 183 | Hullabaloo (1940) | Frank Morgan & Virginia Grey |
1.1 | 45.0 | 45.00 | 160 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 185 | Melody Ranch (1940) | Gene Autry | 1.0 | 43.4 | 43.40 | 164 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 52.7 | |
| 184 | Enemy Agent (1940) | Richard Cromwell & Helen Vinson |
0.4 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 216 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 185 | Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) | Ronald Reagan & Priscilla Lane |
1.9 | 80.7 | 80.70 | 104 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 52.2 | |
| 186 | Before I Hang (1940) | Boris Karloff | 1.0 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 165 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 185 | French Without Tears (1940) | Ray Milland | 0.7 | 28.3 | 28.30 | 191 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 186 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) | Lew Ayres & Lionel Barrymore |
0.7 | 28.1 | 28.10 | 193 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 51.1 | |
| 189 | She Couldn't Say No (1940) | Eve Arden | 0.5 | 18.9 | 20.60 | 212 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 189 | He Married His Wife (1940) | Joel McCrea & Lyle Talbot |
0.7 | 30.8 | 30.80 | 186 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.8 | |
| 191 | Phantom Raiders (1940) | Walter Pidgeon | 0.8 | 34.2 | 54.80 | 181 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 50.1 | |
| 192 | River's End (1940) | Dennis Morgan | 0.9 | 39.1 | 55.30 | 171 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 195 | Mexican Spitfire (1940) | Lupe Velez | 0.6 | 24.9 | 24.90 | 202 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 194 | Ten Days in Paris (1940) | Rex Harrison & Kaaren Verne |
0.4 | 18.3 | 18.30 | 215 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 197 | Rangers of Fortune (1940) | Fred MacMurray | 1.0 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 169 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 196 | The Howards of Virginia (1940) | Cary Grant & Martha Scott |
1.1 | 46.2 | 46.20 | 156 | 53 | 02 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 197 | Comedy of Happiness (1940) | Michel Simon & Ramon Novarro |
0.1 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 227 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.6 | |
| 196 | Carolina Moon (1940) | Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette |
0.4 | 18.6 | 18.60 | 214 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 48.1 | |
| 199 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) | Ronald Reagan | 1.1 | 47.0 | 67.60 | 155 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 47.2 | |
| 199 | The Golden Fleecing (1940) | Lew Ayres | 0.3 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 218 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 201 | Earthbound (1940) | Warner Baxter & Andrea Leeds |
0.5 | 19.1 | 19.10 | 210 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 203 | Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940) | Anthony Quinn | 0.9 | 38.3 | 38.30 | 172 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 45.5 | |
| 203 | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | 0.5 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 205 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.3 | ||
| 204 | Music in My Heart (1940) | Rita Hayworth & Tony Martin |
1.3 | 53.6 | 53.60 | 148 | 49 | 01 / 00 | 44.2 | |
| 205 | No, No, Nanette (1940) | Victor Mature | 1.4 | 58.8 | 112.70 | 141 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 204 | Triple Justice (1940) | George O'Brien | 0.3 | 13.2 | 15.50 | 220 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 41.9 | |
| 206 | Sky Murder (1940) | Walter Pidgeon | 0.8 | 32.4 | 52.40 | 183 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 41.8 | |
| 208 | Men Without Souls (1940) | Glenn Ford | 0.5 | 19.1 | 19.10 | 211 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 41.7 | |
| 208 | British Intelligence (1940) | Boris Karloff | 0.7 | 28.5 | 44.10 | 190 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 210 | An Angel from Texas (1940) | Ronald Reagan | 0.8 | 35.4 | 44.40 | 180 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 212 | Sailor's Lady (1940) | Dana Andrews | 0.6 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 199 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 213 | One Million B.C. (1940) | Victor Mature | 0.8 | 33.6 | 33.60 | 182 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 211 | Turnabout (1940) | Mary Astor | 0.4 | 18.8 | 18.80 | 213 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 35.7 | |
| 214 | Golden Gloves (1940) | Robert Ryan | 0.3 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 219 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 32.7 | |
| 216 | So You Won't Talk (1940) | Joe E. Brown | 0.6 | 26.0 | 26.00 | 198 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 31.0 | |
| 215 | Parole Fixer (1940) | Lyle Talbot | 0.3 | 12.8 | 12.80 | 221 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 217 | The Invisible Woman (1940) | John Barrymore | 0.6 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 203 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 28.0 | |
| 219 | Tear Gas Squad (1940) | Dennis Morgan | 0.5 | 21.2 | 31.30 | 207 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 28.0 | |
| 221 | Babies For Sale (1940) | Glenn Ford | 0.7 | 29.2 | 29.20 | 187 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 27.8 | |
| 220 | Keeping Company (1940) | Dan Dailey | 0.2 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 225 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 27.6 | |
| 221 | The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) | Hugh Herbert | 0.3 | 11.5 | 11.50 | 222 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 27.6 | |
| 222 | Little Men (1940) | Kay Francis | 0.6 | 25.9 | 40.00 | 200 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 25.8 | |
| 223 | The Man From Dakota (1940) | Wallace Beery | 0.6 | 25.8 | 25.80 | 201 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 25.2 | |
| 224 | Mad Men of Europe (1940) | Edmund Gwenn & Mary Maguire |
0.1 | 6.1 | 6.10 | 226 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 225 | Wildcat Bus (1940) | Fay Wray | 0.5 | 19.8 | 19.80 | 209 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 16.7 | |
| 226 | Murder in the Air (1940) | Ronald Reagan | 0.5 | 20.4 | 20.40 | 208 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 15.3 | |
| 227 | Boss of Bullion City (1940) | Maria Montez | 0.1 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 228 | 24 | 00 / 00 | 0.2 |
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Hi Bruce, a shiny new movie page to peruse. 1940 eh… one of the greatest of the golden age.
Lots of favorites here – Rebecca, Pinocchio, Boom Town, Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Go West, Ghost Breakers, Foreign Correspondent, The Thief of Baghdad and Fantasia – by the way the last two are missing from your charts.
I’ve seen 41 of the films you’ve listed and I have 60 movies from 1940 in my collection, what does this mean? I’ve seen 19 more films from that year that are not listed here (cue gasps) the missing films include the aforementioned Fantasia and Thief of Baghdad, plus Abe Lincoln in Illinois, A Chump at Oxford, Night Train to Munich, One Million BC, Dr. Cyclops and Young Tom Edison which starred Mickey Rooney and was a prequel to Edison the Man released the same year. Other missing movies are sci-fi, horror, Charlie Chan and The Saint B-movies.
Good to see Rebecca was more popular than The Grapes of Wrath on the box office chart, John Ford fans must have been furious the latter didn’t win Best Picture at the Oscars but I prefer Rebecca and I’m glad it won. Ford won Best Director for Wrath and won Best Director again the following year for How Green Was My Valley, which also won Best Picture. Hitch sadly never won a Best Director Oscar and he was nominated 5 times.
Voted Up!
Hey Steve.
1. Not my best work….but it is now out there…it is screaming to be fixed…and fixed soon.
2. Not sure why Fantasia and Thief of Baghdad did not make the list….thinking I have them listed as 1941 movies….I will have to check that out.
3. Tally count…..65 for Flora and 65 for us….we managed a tie….if only you would have seen 42 …..lol.
4. I am sure I am missing lots of movies….I think I could get close to 200 if I actually worked on the page….lol. But I am taking note of the ones you know are missing.
5. Rebecca and Grapes of Wrath are both great movies….I think Rebecca has aged better…..Grapes was depressing…is depressing and will always be depressing.
6. Hitch not winning an Oscar remains one of the Academy’s biggest mistakes.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hi
Missed your co-star bit, but its a great list for a great year. Pinocchio, to me, was Disney’s finest animation. I didn’t realise it done so well in 1940. I’ve seen most of the top 30 movies, I really love Waterloo Bridge, The Philadelphia Story, The Grapes of Wrath.
Davis had a great year with The Letter. I would say, next to All About Eve, her best movie. I couldn’t praise His Girl Friday enough, if there was ever an actress born to play a particular part, it was Rosalind Russell. I watched it recently and it’s still so funny, especially the mayor and the sheriff. Ralph Bellamy and his mother were a scream. It was a great year with great movies, thanks for the page.
Hey Chris….One day I will get the co-star column on this page….the western page I am working on is from your request. The Letter seems to be a forgotten Bette Davis movie…..then again when you have as many Oscar nominated performances as she does….some would have to end up that way. Cary Grant has the best combo movie on the page….as His Girl Friday and The Philadelphia Story…..were hits and loved by critics.
The totals for Pinocchio are for all of it’s releases…if you just looked at 1940….Pinocchio would have earned about $145.00 milion (adjusted USA) and $258.00 million (adjusted worldwide) for the first release….still pretty stout numbers. Glad you like our abbreviated look at the movies of 1940.
The Letter airs on TCM quite often.
Thanks Flora. I have seen The Letter….but it has been awhile.
Interesting but got admit I like seeing all the stats together.
Hey Stein….one day I will add the other stats into this page. Thanks for stopping by.
you should do this with all of your movies in film file
Eventually I will be doing that Thom. I will have to go back and finish this page with co-stars, reviews and awards…..I appreciate the visit and the comment.
Hi, Bruce!
1940 had a lot of great movies.
Note: You have Andy Hardy Meets Debutante listed twice as 12 and 13 -everything is the same except for the word “the”…
I have seen: I’ll pretend it is listed only once and not count it as two movies in my tally 😉
10 of the top 10
19 of the top 20
26 of the top 30
32 of the top 40 (I’ve not seen New Moon which is listed twice)
39 of the top 50 (They Drive By Night, by the way, is the original version)
44 of the top 60
50 of the top 70
55 of the top 80
60 of the top 90
64 of the top 100
65 movies overall.
I have a few movies on your list waiting to be watched.
Hey Flora. I literally woke up this morning….realized that I was still days away from finishing my western movies page…and thought I need to do something quick….so in 15 minutes I came up with this idea…put the kids on the bus…..got ready for work…..put the page together and published. I was at school when I read your comment and saw the double movies. Thanks for the catch. Those items have been fixed.
65 is pretty impressive….I am at 24…..which is not so impressive. As always….thanks for stopping by and commenting.