This movie page looks at 1947 Top Box Office Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1930s and 1940s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1947 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 1947 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1947. Obviously many movies made in 1946 earned box office dollars in 1947. On the other side many movies made in 1947 made money in 1948 and later. This page will looks at 152 1947 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.
The following massive table only includes the movies made in 1947 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 1947
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1947
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
AA Best Picture Win
1947
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
Crossfire (1947)
AA Best Picture Nom
1947
Life with Father (1947)
1947
Road to Rio (1947)
1947
Brute Force (1947)
1947
Wild Harvest (1947)
1947
The Hucksters (1947)
1947
Dark Passage (1947)
1947
Pursued (1947)
1947
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
1947
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
1947
The Egg and I (1947)
1947
Dear Ruth (1947)
1947
Desert Fury (1947)
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Green Dolphin Street (1947)
1947
Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
1947
Possessed (1947)
1947
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
1947
Boomerang! (1947)
1947
The Homestretch (1947)
1947
Nora Prentiss (1947)
1947
The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
1947
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
1947
Cheyenne (1947)
1947
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
1947
The Unsuspected (1947)
1947
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
1947
Out of the Past (1947)
1947
Unconquered (1947)
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
1947
The Sea of Grass (1947)
1947
The Foxes of Harrow (1947)
1947
Kiss of Death (1947)
Uncredited Role
1947
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
1947
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
1947
Body and Soul (1947)
1947
Song of Love (1947)
1947
Saigon (1947)
1947
Captain from Castile (1947)
1947
Tycoon (1947)
1947
Odd Man Out (1947)
1947
California (1947)
1947
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
1947
Killer McCoy (1947)
1947
High Barbaree (1947)
1947
Down To Earth (1947)
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| 1947 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1947 | Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1947 | Life with Father (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Road to Rio (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Brute Force (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Wild Harvest (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Hucksters (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Dark Passage (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Pursued (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Egg and I (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Dear Ruth (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Desert Fury (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Possessed (1947) | |
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| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Boomerang! (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Homestretch (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Nora Prentiss (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Cheyenne (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | |
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| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Unsuspected (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Out of the Past (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Unconquered (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Sea of Grass (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Foxes of Harrow (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Kiss of Death (1947) Uncredited Role |
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| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Perils of Pauline (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Body and Soul (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Song of Love (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Saigon (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Captain from Castile (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Tycoon (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Odd Man Out (1947) | |
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| 1947 | California (1947) | |
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| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Killer McCoy (1947) | |
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| 1947 | High Barbaree (1947) | |
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| 1947 | Down To Earth (1947) | |
1947 Top Box Office Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by domestic actual box office grosses (in millions)
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1947 Top Box Office Movies received.
- Sort 1947 Top Box Office Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
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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 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
Gregory Peck & Dorothy McGuire |
10.5 | 334.7 | 334.70 | 12 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Edmund Gwenn & Maureen O'Hara |
7.2 | 227.4 | 227.40 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
9.4 | 297.0 | 395.70 | 20 | 78 | 05 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 4 | Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Ryan & Robert Mitchum |
6.8 | 214.6 | 276.80 | 41 | 76 | 05 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 4 | Life with Father (1947) | William Powell & Elizabeth Taylor |
13.7 | 434.0 | 554.00 | 4 | 81 | 04 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 7 | Road to Rio (1947) | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope |
12.2 | 386.2 | 386.20 | 7 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 7 | Brute Force (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 5.9 | 188.8 | 188.80 | 53 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 7 | Wild Harvest (1947) | Alan Ladd & Dorothy Lamour |
6.9 | 218.9 | 218.90 | 37 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 8 | The Hucksters (1947) | Clark Gable & Ava Gardner |
9.8 | 312.0 | 381.50 | 17 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 9 | Dark Passage (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
8.1 | 257.5 | 352.90 | 29 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 11 | Pursued (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Teresa Wright |
7.8 | 248.9 | 248.90 | 31 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 12 | The Farmer's Daughter (1947) | Charles Bickford & Joseph Cotten |
8.9 | 283.2 | 283.20 | 21 | 74 | 02 / 01 | 96.5 | |
| 13 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo & Bor |
9.7 | 307.3 | 468.20 | 19 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 12 | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | Cary Grant & Myrna Loy & Shirley Te |
13.2 | 420.6 | 536.40 | 6 | 73 | 01 / 01 | 95.9 | |
| 13 | The Egg and I (1947) | Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray |
14.9 | 472.1 | 472.10 | 1 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 14 | Dear Ruth (1947) | William Holden & Joan Caulfield |
10.3 | 326.2 | 326.20 | 15 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 15 | Desert Fury (1947) | Burt Lancaster | 8.1 | 257.5 | 257.50 | 28 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 16 | Green Dolphin Street (1947) | Lana Turner & Van Heflin |
11.6 | 369.4 | 615.70 | 8 | 67 | 04 / 01 | 95.1 | |
| 21 | Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | Maureen O'Hara & Anthony Quinn |
7.6 | 240.3 | 418.40 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 20 | Possessed (1947) | Joan Crawford & Van Heflin |
5.4 | 170.5 | 170.50 | 63 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 21 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | Bob Hope & Peter Lorre |
8.4 | 266.1 | 266.10 | 26 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 22 | Boomerang! (1947) | Elia Kazan & Dana Andrews |
6.1 | 193.1 | 193.10 | 47 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 23 | The Homestretch (1947) | Maureen O'Hara | 6.4 | 201.7 | 201.70 | 44 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 24 | Nora Prentiss (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 6.0 | 191.3 | 285.30 | 51 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 25 | The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | Ronald Reagan & Eleanor Parker |
7.1 | 224.6 | 267.40 | 36 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 26 | Mother Wore Tights (1947) | Betty Grable & Dan Dailey |
11.1 | 351.9 | 351.90 | 9 | 64 | 03 / 01 | 94.2 | |
| 27 | Cheyenne (1947) | Jane Wyman & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
6.8 | 215.1 | 283.50 | 39 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 28 | Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | Disney Animated Movies | 6.5 | 206.0 | 302.50 | 43 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 29 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) | June Haver & Mark Stevens |
8.6 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 23 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 30 | The Unsuspected (1947) | Claude Rains & Joan Caulfield |
5.4 | 171.7 | 171.70 | 61 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 31 | The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947) | Bud Abbott | 6.5 | 206.0 | 206.00 | 42 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 34 | Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
4.0 | 128.3 | 182.00 | 87 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 33 | Unconquered (1947) | Gary Cooper & Boris Karloff |
14.2 | 450.6 | 450.60 | 3 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 34 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Barbara Stanwyck |
6.2 | 196.7 | 306.30 | 46 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 35 | The Sea of Grass (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy |
8.5 | 270.4 | 402.50 | 24 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 36 | The Foxes of Harrow (1947) | Maureen O'Hara | 8.6 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 22 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 37 | Kiss of Death (1947) Uncredited Role |
Richard Widmark & Victor Mature |
4.5 | 141.6 | 141.60 | 78 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 38 | Buck Privates Come Home (1947) | Bud Abbott & Tom Brown |
5.4 | 171.7 | 171.70 | 62 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 39 | The Perils of Pauline (1947) | Betty Hutton | 10.3 | 326.2 | 326.20 | 14 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 40 | Body and Soul (1947) | John Garfield | 3.8 | 120.2 | 120.20 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.4 | |
| 41 | Song of Love (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Paul Henreid |
8.4 | 266.1 | 374.90 | 25 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 42 | Saigon (1947) | Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake |
6.1 | 193.1 | 193.10 | 48 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 43 | Captain from Castile (1947) | Tyrone Power | 9.9 | 313.3 | 313.30 | 16 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 44 | Tycoon (1947) | John Wayne & Anthony Quinn |
7.6 | 242.5 | 328.30 | 32 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 47 | Odd Man Out (1947) | James Mason | 3.8 | 120.2 | 120.20 | 90 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 46 | California (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Anthony Quinn |
10.5 | 334.7 | 334.70 | 13 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 47 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) | Betty Grable & Anne Revere |
6.1 | 193.1 | 193.10 | 49 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 48 | Killer McCoy (1947) | Mickey Rooney & James Dunn |
5.9 | 188.9 | 273.90 | 52 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 49 | High Barbaree (1947) | Van Johnson | 6.0 | 191.5 | 264.60 | 50 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 48 | Down To Earth (1947) | Rita Hayworth & Larry Parks |
6.8 | 214.6 | 214.60 | 40 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 51 | The Paradine Case (1947) | Charles Laughton & Gregory Peck |
5.9 | 188.8 | 188.80 | 54 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 52 | Where There's Life (1947) | Bob Hope | 8.1 | 257.5 | 257.50 | 30 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 53 | Variety Girl (1947) | Alan Ladd & Paulette Goddard |
9.7 | 309.0 | 309.00 | 18 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 54 | A Double Life (1947) | Ronald Colman & Shelley Winters |
4.6 | 145.9 | 145.90 | 77 | 69 | 04 / 02 | 90.8 | |
| 55 | Song of Scheherazade (1947) | Yvonne De Carlo | 5.7 | 180.2 | 180.20 | 57 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 56 | T-Men (1947) | Dennis O'Keefe & Film Noir Movies |
4.3 | 137.3 | 137.30 | 79 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 57 | The Red House (1947) | Edward G. Robinson | 4.6 | 145.9 | 145.90 | 76 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 58 | Fiesta (1947) | Esther Williams & Cyd Charisse |
6.9 | 218.5 | 483.60 | 38 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 60 | Welcome Stranger (1947) | Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald |
14.6 | 463.5 | 463.50 | 2 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 59 | This Time for Keeps (1947) | Esther Williams | 7.3 | 231.2 | 378.20 | 34 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 61 | The Unfaithful (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 5.2 | 166.4 | 255.10 | 64 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 62 | Forever Amber (1947) | Linda Darnell & George Sanders |
13.5 | 429.1 | 429.10 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 63 | Golden Earrings (1947) | Marlene Dietrich & Ray Milland |
8.1 | 257.5 | 257.50 | 27 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 64 | Angel and the Badman (1947) | John Wayne & Gail Russell |
5.0 | 158.8 | 158.80 | 67 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 65 | The Macomber Affair (1947) | Gregory Peck & Joan Bennett |
4.3 | 137.3 | 137.30 | 80 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 66 | Good News (1947) | June Allyson & Peter Lawford |
5.8 | 184.9 | 184.90 | 55 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 67 | Cass Timberlane (1947) | Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner |
10.8 | 341.9 | 445.10 | 10 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 66 | Ride the Pink Horse (1947) | Thomas Gomez & Robert Montgomery |
3.4 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 103 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 71 | Dead Reckoning (1947) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.7 | 148.5 | 148.50 | 75 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 72 | Suddenly It's Spring (1947) | Fred MacMurray & Paulette Goddard |
5.5 | 175.9 | 175.90 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 71 | My Wild Irish Rose (1947) | Arlene Dahl | 10.6 | 336.5 | 419.70 | 11 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 74 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) | Van Johnson | 4.9 | 156.2 | 209.90 | 70 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 71 | Black Narcissus (1947) | Deborah Kerr & Jean Simmons |
2.4 | 77.2 | 77.20 | 129 | 85 | 02 / 02 | 87.9 | |
| 73 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Natalie Wood & Rex Harrison |
2.8 | 90.1 | 90.10 | 118 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 77 | It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) | Frank Sinatra & Kathryn Grayson |
5.1 | 161.1 | 228.60 | 65 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 78 | Blaze of Noon (1947) | William Holden & Anne Baxter |
5.0 | 158.8 | 158.80 | 68 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 76 | Song of the Thin Man (1947) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
3.8 | 120.4 | 197.80 | 89 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 79 | Daisy Kenyon (1947) | Henry Fonda & Joan Crawford |
4.7 | 150.2 | 150.20 | 74 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 81 | That Hagen Girl (1947) | Shirley Temple & Ronald Reagan |
4.9 | 156.0 | 181.90 | 71 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 82 | The Other Love (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & David Niven |
5.0 | 158.8 | 158.80 | 66 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 83 | Stallion Road (1947) | Ronald Reagan | 5.7 | 179.5 | 238.40 | 58 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 82 | Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | Charles Chaplin | 2.3 | 73.0 | 73.00 | 130 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 83 | I Walk Alone (1947) | Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas |
5.7 | 180.2 | 180.20 | 56 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 82 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947) | Don DeFore and Ann Harding | 3.4 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 99 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 85 | It Had To Be You (1947) | Ginger Rogers & Cornel Wilde |
4.1 | 128.7 | 128.70 | 85 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 86.0 | |
| 84 | Deep Valley (1947) | Ida Lupino | 3.8 | 120.2 | 120.20 | 92 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 87 | Escape Me Never (1947) | Errol Flynn | 6.2 | 197.4 | 255.80 | 45 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 88 | They Won't Believe Me (1947) | Susan Hayward & Robert Young |
3.6 | 113.3 | 173.40 | 95 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 90 | Slave Girl (1947) | Broderick Crawford | 5.4 | 171.7 | 171.70 | 60 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 88 | High Wall (1947) | Robert Taylor | 4.2 | 133.3 | 224.70 | 82 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 91 | Driftwood (1947) | Natalie Wood & Walter Brennan |
3.4 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 102 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 92 | Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
4.7 | 150.5 | 213.90 | 72 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 93 | The Beginning or the End (1947) | Norman Lloyd | 3.3 | 104.8 | 166.70 | 105 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 92 | The Late George Apley (1947) | Ronald Colman & Richard Haydn |
2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 119 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 97 | Johnny O'Clock (1947) | Dick Powell | 4.7 | 150.2 | 150.20 | 73 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 96 | Love and Learn (1947) | Jack Carson | 4.1 | 128.7 | 128.70 | 84 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 97 | The Lady From Shanghai (1947) | Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth |
2.0 | 63.5 | 63.50 | 136 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 83.1 | |
| 98 | Nightmare Alley (1947) | Tyrone Power & Joan Blondell |
1.5 | 47.2 | 47.20 | 145 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 98 | Ramrod (1947) | Joel McCrea & Donald Crisp |
3.5 | 111.6 | 111.60 | 97 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 99 | The Web (1947) | Edmond O'Brien & Vincent Price |
2.7 | 85.4 | 85.40 | 126 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 101 | Desire Me (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Greer Garson |
3.9 | 124.5 | 221.10 | 88 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 102 | Her Husband's Affair (1947) | Lucille Ball | 4.1 | 128.7 | 128.70 | 83 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 102 | Desperate (1947) | Steve Brodie | 3.0 | 94.5 | 94.50 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 103 | Something in The Wind (1947) | Deanna Durbin | 3.1 | 98.0 | 98.00 | 111 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 106 | Framed (1947) | Glenn Ford & Janis Carter |
3.4 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 101 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 106 | The Fugitive (1947) | Henry Fonda & Ward Bond |
2.2 | 70.2 | 70.20 | 131 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 107 | Copacabana (1947) | Marx Brothers | 3.4 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 100 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 108 | Moss Rose (1947) | Vincent Price & Victor Mature |
3.1 | 98.7 | 98.70 | 110 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 110 | The Unfinished Dance (1947) | Cyd Charisse | 3.1 | 96.9 | 197.70 | 113 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 79.4 | |
| 110 | The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Melvyn Douglas |
3.5 | 111.6 | 111.60 | 96 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 112 | Merton of the Movies (1947) | Red Skelton | 3.4 | 109.3 | 146.90 | 98 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 112 | Ivy (1947) | Joan Fontaine & Herbert Marshall |
2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 121 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 114 | The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) | William Powell | 3.3 | 105.2 | 105.20 | 104 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 114 | Lured (1947) | Boris Karloff & Lucille Ball |
1.9 | 60.1 | 60.10 | 140 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 117 | Trail Street (1947) | Randolph Scott & Robert Ryan |
3.7 | 118.9 | 161.80 | 94 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 116 | Cry Wolf (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Errol Flynn |
5.0 | 158.1 | 230.90 | 69 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 118 | The Mighty McGurk (1947) | Wallace Beery | 3.8 | 119.9 | 154.40 | 93 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 116 | Night Song (1947) | Dana Andrews & Merle Oberon |
3.2 | 102.6 | 134.80 | 107 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 118 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) | Boris Karloff | 2.9 | 92.7 | 92.70 | 116 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 119 | Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) | Barry Fitzgerald | 2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 120 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 120 | Christmas Eve (1947) | Randolph Scott & Joan Blondell |
2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 122 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 124 | Magic Town (1947) | James Stewart | 4.2 | 134.8 | 156.60 | 81 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 122 | Dishonored Lady (1947) | Hedy Lamarr | 2.2 | 68.7 | 68.70 | 134 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 125 | Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) | Johnny Weismuller | 3.1 | 99.6 | 217.60 | 109 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 125 | Out Of The Blue (1947) | Virginia Mayo | 2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 124 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 126 | Gunfighters (1947) | Randolph Scott | 3.2 | 100.9 | 100.90 | 108 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 125 | The Woman on the Beach (1947) | Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett |
2.5 | 78.5 | 78.50 | 127 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 130 | The Long Night (1947) | Henry Fonda | 2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 123 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 129 | The Trouble with Women (1947) | Ray Milland & Teresa Wright |
2.2 | 69.2 | 69.20 | 133 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 130 | Born To Kill (1947) | Claire Trevor & Directed by Robert Wise |
1.4 | 44.0 | 44.00 | 149 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 131 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Angela Lansbury & George Sanders |
2.1 | 65.7 | 65.70 | 135 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 132 | That Way With Women (1947) | Sydney Greenstreet | 2.2 | 69.7 | 69.70 | 132 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 135 | Living in a Big Way (1947) | Gene Kelly | 3.1 | 97.6 | 129.90 | 112 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 135 | The Lost Moment (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
2.0 | 63.0 | 63.00 | 137 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 136 | An Ideal Husband (1947) | Paulette Goddard | 2.5 | 78.4 | 78.40 | 128 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 136 | Thunder in the Valley (1947) | 1.4 | 42.9 | 42.90 | 151 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | ||
| 137 | If Winter Comes (1947) | Walter Pidgeon & Angela Lansbury |
3.0 | 95.7 | 167.30 | 114 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 137 | Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) | Vera-Ellen | 2.7 | 85.8 | 85.80 | 125 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 139 | Cynthia (1947) | Elizabeth Taylor | 3.3 | 103.5 | 141.40 | 106 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 138 | Black Gold (1947) | Anthony Quinn & Katherine DeMille |
1.8 | 57.9 | 57.90 | 141 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 139 | My Brother Talks To Horses (1947) | Peter Lawford | 2.0 | 62.9 | 83.80 | 138 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 67.0 | |
| 142 | Honeymoon (1947) | Shirley Temple & Franchot Tone |
4.1 | 128.7 | 160.90 | 86 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 65.8 | |
| 142 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) | Harold Lloyd & Directed by Preston Sturges |
1.5 | 47.2 | 85.80 | 146 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 144 | The Invisible Wall (1947) | Jeff Chandler | 1.1 | 34.0 | 34.00 | 161 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 147 | I'll Be Yours (1947) | Deanna Durbin | 2.8 | 90.3 | 90.30 | 117 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 144 | Northwest Outpost (1947) | Nelson Eddy & Elsa Lanchester |
1.0 | 31.0 | 31.00 | 163 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 146 | Carnegie Hall (1947) | 1.7 | 52.8 | 52.80 | 143 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | ||
| 149 | The Last Round-Up (1947) | Gene Autry | 1.6 | 49.9 | 49.90 | 144 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.0 | |
| 148 | Brighton Rock (1947) | Richard Attenborough | 0.2 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 177 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 150 | Railroaded! (1947) | 1.1 | 35.6 | 35.60 | 159 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | ||
| 149 | Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) | Walter Wanger & Joan Bennett |
1.1 | 36.5 | 36.50 | 156 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 152 | Love From A Stranger (1947) | Sylvia Sidney | 1.7 | 53.7 | 53.70 | 142 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 59.2 | |
| 153 | Singapore (1947) | Ava Gardner & Fred MacMurray |
1.9 | 61.7 | 61.70 | 139 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 153 | Dark Delusion (1947) | James Craig & Lionel Barrymore |
1.3 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 154 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 155 | That's My Man (1947) | Don Ameche | 1.5 | 46.5 | 46.50 | 147 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
| 154 | Captain Boycott (1947) | Stewart Granger & Robert Donat |
1.2 | 36.6 | 36.60 | 155 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 156 | So Well Remembered (1947) | Trevor Howard | 0.8 | 25.4 | 25.40 | 169 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 156 | High Fury (1947) | 0.9 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 164 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | ||
| 159 | Fun on a Week-End (1947) | Priscilla Lane | 1.3 | 42.6 | 42.60 | 152 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 160 | The Arnelo Affair (1947) | John Hodiak & Dean Stockwell |
1.4 | 45.0 | 71.90 | 148 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 161 | Roses Are Red (1947) | Jeff Chandler | 1.0 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 162 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 55.3 | |
| 162 | Time Out Of Mind (1947) | Leo G. Carroll | 0.8 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 168 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 55.0 | |
| 162 | I Became A Criminal/The Made Me A Fugitive (1947) | 0.3 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 176 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | ||
| 165 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) | Lawrence Tierney | 1.1 | 35.1 | 35.10 | 160 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 163 | The Gangster (1947) | John Ireland | 0.7 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 170 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 164 | The Exile (1947) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 0.6 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 171 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 166 | The Flame (1947) | Broderick Crawford | 0.9 | 27.1 | 27.10 | 167 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.5 | |
| 168 | Riffraff (1947) | Pat O'Brien & Walter Slezak |
1.4 | 43.1 | 43.10 | 150 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 43.8 | |
| 169 | Saddle Pals (1947) | 0.9 | 27.9 | 27.90 | 166 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | ||
| 170 | Angelina (1947) | 0.1 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 180 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | ||
| 169 | The Inheritance/Uncle Silas (1947) Limited Release |
Jean Simmons | 0.1 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 181 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.3 | |
| 171 | Code of The West (1947) | 0.4 | 11.9 | 11.90 | 174 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | ||
| 173 | Keeper of the Bees (1947) | Directed by John Sturges | 1.1 | 35.7 | 35.70 | 158 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | |
| 175 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) | Joan Blondell | 1.1 | 35.7 | 35.70 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 35.4 | |
| 176 | Pirates of Monterey (1947) | Maria Montez | 0.3 | 9.4 | 9.40 | 175 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 34.1 | |
| 173 | Fame Is The Spur (1947) | 0.2 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 179 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.1 | ||
| 177 | Design For Death (1947) | Hans Conried | 0.2 | 6.0 | 6.00 | 178 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 34.1 | |
| 176 | Michigan Kid (1947) | 0.6 | 20.1 | 20.10 | 172 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | ||
| 178 | Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Kirk Douglas |
0.5 | 15.9 | 37.30 | 173 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 29.7 | |
| 179 | For The Love Of Rusty (1947) | John Sturges | 0.9 | 29.4 | 29.40 | 165 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 26.4 | |
| 179 | Adventure Island (1947) | Rhonda Fleming & Rory Calhoun |
1.3 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 153 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 23.8 | |
| 180 | Scared To Death (1947) | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 182 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.8 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: Variety Magazines –
Source 4: Year In Review Variety Editions
Source 5: Grand Design: Hollywood As A Modern Business Enterprise 1930-1942 by Tino Balio
Source 6: Twentieth Century-Fox A Corporate and Financial History by Aubrey Solomon
Source 7: Wikipedia
Source 8: IMDb.com
Source 9: “Revenue sharing and the coming of sound” by H. Mark Glancy
Source 10: Hollywood Power Stats by Christopher Reynolds
1947 Box Office Grosses – Adjusted World Wide
| 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 |
| Green Dolphin Street (1947) | Lana Turner & Van Heflin |
615.70 | |
| Life with Father (1947) | William Powell & Elizabeth Taylor |
554.00 | |
| The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) | Cary Grant & Myrna Loy & Shirley Te |
536.40 | |
| Fiesta (1947) | Esther Williams & Cyd Charisse |
483.60 | |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo & Bor |
468.20 | |
| Cass Timberlane (1947) | Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner |
445.10 | |
| My Wild Irish Rose (1947) | Arlene Dahl | 419.70 | |
| Sinbad, the Sailor (1947) | Maureen O'Hara & Anthony Quinn |
418.40 | |
| The Sea of Grass (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy |
402.50 | |
| The Bishop's Wife (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cary Grant & David Niven |
395.70 | |
| The Hucksters (1947) | Clark Gable & Ava Gardner |
381.50 | |
| This Time for Keeps (1947) | Esther Williams | 378.20 | |
| Song of Love (1947) | Katharine Hepburn & Paul Henreid |
374.90 | |
| Dark Passage (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall |
352.90 | |
| Tycoon (1947) | John Wayne & Anthony Quinn |
328.30 | |
| The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) | Humphrey Bogart & Barbara Stanwyck |
306.30 | |
| Fun and Fancy Free (1947) | Disney Animated Movies | 302.50 | |
| Nora Prentiss (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 285.30 | |
| Cheyenne (1947) | Jane Wyman & Directed by Raoul Walsh |
283.50 | |
| Crossfire (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Ryan & Robert Mitchum |
276.80 | |
| Killer McCoy (1947) | Mickey Rooney & James Dunn |
273.90 | |
| The Voice of the Turtle (1947) | Ronald Reagan & Eleanor Parker |
267.40 | |
| High Barbaree (1947) | Van Johnson | 264.60 | |
| Escape Me Never (1947) | Errol Flynn | 255.80 | |
| The Unfaithful (1947) | Ann Sheridan | 255.10 | |
| Stallion Road (1947) | Ronald Reagan | 238.40 | |
| Cry Wolf (1947) | Barbara Stanwyck & Errol Flynn |
230.90 | |
| It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) | Frank Sinatra & Kathryn Grayson |
228.60 | |
| High Wall (1947) | Robert Taylor | 224.70 | |
| Desire Me (1947) | Robert Mitchum & Greer Garson |
221.10 | |
| Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) | Johnny Weismuller | 217.60 | |
| Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) | Susan Hayward & Walter Wanger |
213.90 | |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) | Van Johnson | 209.90 | |
| Song of the Thin Man (1947) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
197.80 | |
| The Unfinished Dance (1947) | Cyd Charisse | 197.70 | |
| Out of the Past (1947) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Mitchum |
182.00 | |
| That Hagen Girl (1947) | Shirley Temple & Ronald Reagan |
181.90 | |
| They Won't Believe Me (1947) | Susan Hayward & Robert Young |
173.40 | |
| If Winter Comes (1947) | Walter Pidgeon & Angela Lansbury |
167.30 | |
| The Beginning or the End (1947) | Norman Lloyd | 166.70 | |
| Trail Street (1947) | Randolph Scott & Robert Ryan |
161.80 | |
| Honeymoon (1947) | Shirley Temple & Franchot Tone |
160.90 | |
| Magic Town (1947) | James Stewart | 156.60 | |
| The Mighty McGurk (1947) | Wallace Beery | 154.40 | |
| Merton of the Movies (1947) | Red Skelton | 146.90 | |
| Cynthia (1947) | Elizabeth Taylor | 141.40 | |
| Night Song (1947) | Dana Andrews & Merle Oberon |
134.80 | |
| Living in a Big Way (1947) | Gene Kelly | 129.90 | |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) | Harold Lloyd & Directed by Preston Sturges |
85.80 | |
| My Brother Talks To Horses (1947) | Peter Lawford | 83.80 | |
| The Arnelo Affair (1947) | John Hodiak & Dean Stockwell |
71.90 | |
| Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) | Rosalind Russell & Kirk Douglas |
37.30 |
UMR Yearly Reviews
- 1937 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Snow White & Seven Dwarfs
- 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
- 1940 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Rebecca
- 1941 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? How Green Was My Valley
- 1942 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Mrs. Miniver
- 1943 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Song of Bernadette
- 1944 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Double Indemnity
- 1945 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Lost Weekend
- 1946 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? The Best Years of Our Lives
- 1947 Movies Ranked Best to Worst Our movie of the year? Gentleman’s Agreement
- 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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154 Love From A Stanger (1947)
Title might be “Love from a Stranger”
Hey Sidney….damn….I can’t even spell stranger…..lol. Fixed and a thank you.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Here 5 additional movies to review for adding to the year 1947.
1947 Song of Scheherazade $2.1 million (US rentals) wikipedia-source- “Top Grossers of 1947″, Variety, 7 January 1948 p 63
1947 To Live in Peace $2,200,000 (USA) wikipedia
$2,200,000 (USA) IMDB
1947 Undercover Maisie $1,024,000 WIKIPEDIA-SOURCE-The Eddie Mannix Ledger
1947 Thunder Mountain $351,000 WIKIPEDIA-source-Tim Holt and the B Western”.
1947 It Always Rains on Sunday $1.6 million wikipedia-source-Variety May 1948 p 20
Thx
Mike
“I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” was a June Haver musical with Mark Stevens. 20th
“The Exile” was a Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. swash-buckler. Universal
“Adventure Island” paired Rory Calhoun with Rhonda Fleming. Paramount
“Riff-Raff” paired Pat O’Brien with Walter Slezak. RKO
“The Arnelo Affair” starred John Hodiak and George Murphy. MGM
“Captain Boycott” was a British picture featuring Stewart Granger and Kathleen Ryan. Rank
“Northwest Outpost” paired Nelson Eddy with Illona Massey. Republic
“It Happened on Fifth Avenue” starred Don DeFore and Ann Harding. It was the first movie from the new Allied Artists division of Monogram Pictures.
Hey Anonymous….thanks for the UMR co-star suggestions….used lots of them to fill out every movie on this page….now that column is 100% filled out. Also added in a 1947 adjusted worldwide box office table. Thanks again.
“The Sin of Harold Diddlebock”, directed by Preston Sturges, was a return to the screen by Harold Lloyd. It was re-titled “Mad Wednesday” after its initial engagements were disappointing. RKO
Hey Anonymous….Sturges and Lloyd added to the UMR column list.
Watched Ida Lupino’s The Man I Love Recently. Supposed to have come out Jan. 47. Didn’t see it on the list, nor have I read anywhere else about how it did… Just curious!
Thanks, Rick
Hey Richard …..I have just added The Man I Love to the table….it is currently being downloaded to our 1947 page as I type this comment…..I had the grosses sitting in my Warner Brothers ledgers notes. So you requested information is arriving soon. Thanks for the visit and the comment.