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
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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
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Four Daughters (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Marie Antoinette (1938)
1938
Mad About Music (1938)
1938
Test Pilot (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
The Young In Heart (1938)
1938
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
1938
Suez (1938)
1938
The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Three Comrades (1938)
1938
Pygmalion (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1938
Sweethearts (1938)
1938
Vivacious Lady (1938)
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Carefree (1938)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
1938
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
1938
That Certain Age (1938)
1938
Crime School (1938)
1938
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1938
Kentucky (1938)
1938
Stablemates (1938)
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
1938
Out West with the Hardys (1938)
1938
Too Hot To Handle (1938)
1938
Holiday (1938)
1938
Submarine Patrol (1938)
1938
The Crowd Roars (1938)
1938
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
1938
Brother Rat (1938)
1938
The Buccaneer (1938)
1938
Happy Landing (1938)
1938
If I Were King (1938)
1938
The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
1938
Just Around the Corner (1938)
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
1938
The Great Waltz (1938)
1938
The Rage of Paris (1938)
1938
There's Always A Woman (1938)
1938
White Banners (1938)
1938
Sing, You Sinners (1938)
1938
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
1938
Block-Heads (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 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Mad About Music (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 | The Citadel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Three Comrades (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Pygmalion (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1938 | Sweethearts (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Vivacious Lady (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Carefree (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Little Miss Broadway (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 | Crime School (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Kentucky (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Stablemates (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Too Hot To Handle (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Holiday (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Submarine Patrol (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Crowd Roars (1938) | |
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| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Brother Rat (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Buccaneer (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Happy Landing (1938) | |
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| 1938 | If I Were King (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Arkansas Traveler (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Just Around the Corner (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Great Waltz (1938) | |
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| 1938 | The Rage of Paris (1938) | |
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| 1938 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | |
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| 1938 | White Banners (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Sing, You Sinners (1938) | |
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| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder (1938) | |
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| 1938 | Block-Heads (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 | 399.3 | 727.10 | 4 | 92 | 04 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Boys Town (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney |
11.3 | 451.6 | 648.10 | 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 | 319.4 | 319.40 | 7 | 63 | 07 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 4 | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart |
6.5 | 257.8 | 372.70 | 17 | 89 | 03 / 00 | 99.0 | |
| 4 | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
12.0 | 479.1 | 479.10 | 1 | 75 | 06 / 01 | 98.6 | |
| 7 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Bette Davis & Henry Fonda |
4.3 | 170.2 | 233.20 | 36 | 84 | 05 / 02 | 98.6 | |
| 6 | Four Daughters (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Garfield & Claude Rains |
5.3 | 212.7 | 287.00 | 24 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 8 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Alice Faye |
10.0 | 399.3 | 399.30 | 3 | 68 | 06 / 02 | 97.6 | |
| 10 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | Norma Shearer & Tyrone Power |
6.5 | 260.8 | 472.10 | 15 | 76 | 04 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 12 | Mad About Music (1938) | Deanna Durbin | 6.4 | 255.5 | 255.50 | 18 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 9 | Test Pilot (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy |
9.7 | 388.2 | 623.30 | 5 | 68 | 03 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 12 | The Young In Heart (1938) | Paulette Goddard & Janet Gaynor |
5.2 | 206.8 | 206.80 | 28 | 74 | 03 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 13 | The Dawn Patrol (1938) | Errol Flynn & David Niven |
5.3 | 209.7 | 349.00 | 25 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 14 | Suez (1938) | Tyrone Power | 8.0 | 319.4 | 319.40 | 8 | 73 | 03 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 15 | The Citadel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Donat & Rosalind Russell |
3.9 | 157.6 | 414.90 | 40 | 79 | 04 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 16 | Three Comrades (1938) | Margaret Sullavan & Robert Taylor |
4.8 | 190.5 | 326.30 | 31 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 17 | Pygmalion (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Wendy Hiller & Leslie Howard |
3.5 | 138.6 | 138.60 | 53 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 95.9 | |
| 18 | Sweethearts (1938) | Jeanette MacDonald | 8.1 | 322.1 | 518.60 | 6 | 68 | 02 / 01 | 95.5 | |
| 20 | Vivacious Lady (1938) | Ginger Rogers & James Stewart |
4.2 | 166.4 | 236.00 | 37 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 21 | Carefree (1938) | Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire |
4.5 | 177.8 | 276.40 | 34 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 19 | The Girl of the Golden West (1938) | Jeanette MacDonald | 6.4 | 255.0 | 460.30 | 19 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 22 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) | Shirley Temple & Randolph Scott |
5.0 | 199.6 | 199.60 | 30 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 23 | Little Miss Broadway (1938) | Shirley Temple & Jimmy Durante |
7.0 | 279.5 | 279.50 | 10 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 24 | Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) | Lana Turner & Mickey Rooney |
6.5 | 261.4 | 358.90 | 14 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 25 | That Certain Age (1938) | Deanna Durbin & Melvyn Douglas |
6.6 | 263.5 | 263.50 | 13 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 26 | Crime School (1938) | Humphrey Bogart | 4.4 | 175.5 | 230.10 | 35 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 29 | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn |
3.2 | 129.5 | 202.80 | 58 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 26 | Kentucky (1938) | Walter Brennan & Loretta Young |
7.0 | 279.5 | 279.50 | 12 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.9 | |
| 30 | Stablemates (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Wallace Beery |
5.2 | 208.4 | 290.70 | 26 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 28 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) | Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour |
5.2 | 207.6 | 207.60 | 27 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.8 | |
| 31 | Out West with the Hardys (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Ann Rutherford |
6.3 | 250.4 | 350.40 | 20 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 32 | Too Hot To Handle (1938) | Clark Gable & Myrna Loy |
6.5 | 259.8 | 382.70 | 16 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 35 | Holiday (1938) | Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn |
3.1 | 123.6 | 123.60 | 64 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 34 | Submarine Patrol (1938) | Richard Greene & John Carradine |
3.8 | 151.7 | 151.70 | 43 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 34 | The Crowd Roars (1938) | Robert Taylor & Maureen O'Sullivan |
5.5 | 218.6 | 324.50 | 23 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 35 | A Yank at Oxford (1938) | Vivien Leigh & Lionel Barrymore |
5.2 | 206.2 | 436.90 | 29 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 38 | Brother Rat (1938) | Priscilla Lane | 4.7 | 188.9 | 210.30 | 32 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 36 | The Buccaneer (1938) | Anthony Quinn & Fredric March |
5.6 | 221.8 | 221.80 | 22 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 39 | Happy Landing (1938) | Sonja Henie & Don Ameche |
8.0 | 319.4 | 319.40 | 9 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 40 | If I Were King (1938) | Basil Rathbone & Ronald Colman |
3.2 | 128.0 | 128.00 | 61 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 42 | The Arkansas Traveler (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 3.9 | 156.5 | 156.50 | 41 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 43 | Just Around the Corner (1938) | Shirley Temple & Joan Davis |
4.0 | 159.7 | 159.70 | 39 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 43 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938) | Gary Cooper & Claudette Colbert |
5.6 | 223.6 | 223.60 | 21 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 45 | The Great Waltz (1938) | Miliza Korjus & Directed by Josef Von Sternberg |
3.7 | 146.6 | 386.80 | 47 | 66 | 03 / 01 | 89.8 | |
| 46 | The Rage of Paris (1938) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | 3.6 | 144.6 | 144.60 | 49 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 47 | There's Always A Woman (1938) | Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas |
3.8 | 151.0 | 151.00 | 44 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 47 | White Banners (1938) | Fay Bainter & Claude Rains |
2.8 | 111.0 | 142.00 | 81 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 48 | Sing, You Sinners (1938) | Bing Crosby & Fred MacMurray |
3.0 | 119.2 | 119.20 | 70 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 50 | A Slight Case of Murder (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | 2.9 | 116.9 | 169.60 | 72 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 49 | Block-Heads (1938) | Laurel and Hardy | 2.3 | 93.3 | 93.30 | 99 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 53 | Algiers (1938) | Gene Lockhart & Charles Boyer |
3.2 | 129.0 | 215.90 | 59 | 65 | 04 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 51 | The Shopworn Angel (1938) | James Stewart & Margaret Sullavan |
2.9 | 115.3 | 166.40 | 74 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 53 | You And Me (1938) | Sylvia Sidney | 2.8 | 110.5 | 110.50 | 82 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 56 | Trade Winds (1938) | Walter Wanger & Fredric March |
3.9 | 154.9 | 216.20 | 42 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 54 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) | Tommy Kelly | 3.0 | 118.8 | 118.80 | 71 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 57 | Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) | Robert Montgomery & Janet Gaynor |
3.5 | 139.7 | 139.70 | 50 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 59 | Spawn of the North (1938) | Henry Fonda & John Barrymore |
3.4 | 134.9 | 134.90 | 55 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 58 | The Lady Vanishes (1938) | Michael Redgrave & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
2.1 | 83.9 | 83.90 | 109 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 59 | The Texans (1938) | Randolph Scott & Joan Bennett |
3.5 | 138.2 | 138.20 | 54 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 60 | The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) | Gary Cooper & Merle Oberon |
2.6 | 104.5 | 104.50 | 87 | 68 | 03 / 01 | 85.7 | |
| 61 | The Shining Hour (1938) | Joan Crawford & Robert Young |
3.8 | 150.4 | 218.30 | 45 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 63 | The Sisters (1938) | Bette Davis & Errol Flynn |
3.7 | 147.1 | 214.80 | 46 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 61 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Edward G. Robinson & Humphrey Bogart |
3.1 | 125.0 | 194.40 | 63 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 64 | Four Men And a Prayer (1938) | David Niven & Loretta Young |
3.5 | 139.7 | 139.70 | 51 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 65 | Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 3.6 | 145.7 | 145.70 | 48 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 66 | I Am The Law (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.0 | 120.8 | 120.80 | 68 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 68 | Joy of Living (1938) | Irene Dunne & Lucille Ball |
3.1 | 123.3 | 189.60 | 65 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 70 | Man-Proof (1938) | Myrna Loy & Walter Pidgeon |
3.3 | 131.6 | 174.90 | 56 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 68 | Young Dr. Kildare (1938) | Lionel Barrymore & Lew Ayres |
2.4 | 96.8 | 96.80 | 93 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 72 | Five of a Kind (1938) | The Dionne Quintuplets | 4.0 | 159.7 | 159.70 | 38 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 70 | Love and Hisses (1938) | Walter Winchell | 3.2 | 127.8 | 127.80 | 62 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 72 | My Lucky Star (1938) | Sonja Henie | 7.0 | 279.5 | 279.50 | 11 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 73 | Gold is Where You Find It (1938) | Olivia de Havilland & Claude Rains |
3.5 | 139.6 | 231.10 | 52 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 75 | Paradise For Three (1938) | Robert Young | 3.0 | 120.7 | 120.70 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 77 | Having Wonderful Time (1938) | Ginger Rogers & Lucille Ball |
3.1 | 123.1 | 161.00 | 66 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 76 | The Mad Miss Manton (1938) | Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda |
2.0 | 79.2 | 79.20 | 118 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 77 | Cocoanut Grove (1938) | 2.9 | 115.2 | 115.20 | 75 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | ||
| 78 | Room Service (1938) | Marx Brothers & Lucille Ball |
2.7 | 106.2 | 139.70 | 84 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 79 | Three Blind Mice (1938) | David Niven & Loretta Young |
2.8 | 111.0 | 111.00 | 80 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 81 | Doctor Rhythm (1938) | Bing Crosby & Mary Carlisle |
2.9 | 115.5 | 115.50 | 73 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 82 | Always Goodbye (1938) | Barbara Stanwyck | 2.6 | 104.6 | 104.60 | 86 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 83 | Valley of the Giants (1938) | Donald Crisp | 3.2 | 129.7 | 201.50 | 57 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 83 | Sidewalks of London (1938) | Vivien Leigh & Charles Laughton |
2.2 | 87.8 | 87.80 | 103 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 85 | Fast Company (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.9 | 114.1 | 114.10 | 76 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 85 | The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) | Gary Cooper & Lana Turner |
4.5 | 178.9 | 178.90 | 33 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 88 | The Toy Wife (1938) | Robert Young & Melvyn Douglas |
3.2 | 128.9 | 128.90 | 60 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 87 | A Christmas Carol (1938) | Reginald Owen & Leo G. Carroll |
1.2 | 49.8 | 49.80 | 155 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 87 | The Divorce of Lady X (1938) | Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon |
2.5 | 98.2 | 98.20 | 92 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 89 | King of Alcatraz (1938) | 2.0 | 80.1 | 80.10 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | ||
| 89 | Judge Hardy's Children (1938) | Mickey Rooney & Ruth Hussey |
2.3 | 92.3 | 143.90 | 100 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 92 | Yellow Jack (1938) | Robert Montgomery | 2.7 | 107.7 | 107.70 | 83 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 94 | Lord Jeff (1938) | Mickey Rooney | 2.5 | 98.3 | 98.30 | 91 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 91 | The Gladiator (1938) | 2.4 | 96.0 | 96.00 | 95 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | ||
| 95 | Mother Carey's Chickens (1938) | Walter Brennan | 2.2 | 86.7 | 112.30 | 105 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 97 | The Goldwyn Follies (1938) | 2.6 | 102.2 | 102.20 | 88 | 56 | 02 / 00 | 77.9 | ||
| 96 | Thanks For The Memory (1938) | Bob Hope & Laura Hope Crews |
2.5 | 99.8 | 99.80 | 90 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 95 | Merrily We Live (1938) | Billie Burke | 1.2 | 46.0 | 46.00 | 159 | 71 | 05 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 98 | College Swing (1938) | Bob Hope & Betty Grable |
2.1 | 83.8 | 83.80 | 111 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 99 | Her Jungle Love (1938) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
1.8 | 71.9 | 71.90 | 127 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 101 | Josette (1938) | Don Ameche & Robert Young |
2.4 | 95.0 | 95.00 | 97 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 102 | Everybody Sing (1938) | Judy Garland | 2.6 | 104.6 | 160.20 | 85 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 100 | Four's a Crowd (1938) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
2.4 | 96.6 | 150.90 | 94 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 103 | There's That Woman Again (1938) | Melvyn Douglas | 2.8 | 111.1 | 111.10 | 79 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 106 | Racket Busters (1938) | Humphrey Bogart | 2.8 | 113.2 | 113.20 | 77 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 106 | Gateway (1938) | Lyle Talbot & Don Ameche |
2.3 | 90.8 | 90.80 | 101 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 106 | Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938) | Peter Lorre | 2.2 | 87.5 | 87.50 | 104 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 107 | Tropic Holiday (1938) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
2.8 | 112.6 | 112.60 | 78 | 51 | 01 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 107 | Dramatic School (1938) | Lana Turner & Paulette Goddard |
1.9 | 75.9 | 75.90 | 122 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 109 | Radio City Revels (1938) | Jack Oakie | 1.9 | 77.8 | 77.80 | 120 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 112 | Battle of Broadway (1938) | Victor McLaglen | 2.1 | 83.9 | 83.90 | 110 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 110 | Listen, Darling (1938) | Judy Garland & Walter Pidgeon |
1.5 | 60.8 | 93.10 | 145 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 112 | There Goes My Heart (1938) | Fredric March | 1.7 | 69.0 | 69.00 | 136 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 113 | Wide Open Faces (1938) | 2.1 | 84.1 | 84.10 | 108 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | ||
| 113 | Zaza (1938) | Claudette Colbert & Herbert Marshall |
1.8 | 70.2 | 70.20 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 115 | Men with Wings (1938) | Fred MacMurray & Ray Milland |
1.6 | 63.9 | 63.90 | 144 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 117 | Hard to Get (1938) | Olivia de Havilland & Dick Powell |
1.8 | 71.4 | 100.10 | 128 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 118 | Flirting With Fate (1938) | 2.4 | 95.0 | 95.00 | 96 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | ||
| 116 | Service de Luxe (1938) | 1.4 | 56.9 | 56.90 | 148 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | ||
| 120 | Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Dick Powell |
2.4 | 93.9 | 122.50 | 98 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 119 | Love Is A Headache (1938) | 1.8 | 70.2 | 70.20 | 133 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | ||
| 121 | Spring Madness (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan | 3.1 | 122.2 | 122.20 | 67 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 122 | Blockade (1938) | Henry Fonda & Walter Wanger |
1.9 | 77.5 | 150.10 | 121 | 58 | 02 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 121 | Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938) | Peter Lorre | 1.9 | 74.6 | 74.60 | 124 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 124 | The Beachcomber (1938) | Charles Laughton | 1.8 | 73.1 | 73.10 | 125 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 71.9 | |
| 123 | Give Me a Sailor (1938) | Bob Hope & Betty Grable |
1.7 | 67.9 | 67.90 | 139 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 127 | Garden of the Moon (1938) | 2.1 | 85.0 | 108.10 | 107 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | ||
| 127 | Hold That Kiss (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Mickey Rooney |
2.2 | 86.4 | 86.40 | 106 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 70.9 | |
| 129 | Say It In French (1938) | Ray Milland | 1.7 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 137 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 129 | Swiss Miss (1938) | Laurel and Hardy | 1.8 | 71.1 | 71.10 | 131 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 130 | My Bill (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.5 | 60.0 | 89.30 | 146 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 133 | The First Hundred Years (1938) | Robert Montgomery | 2.0 | 81.8 | 81.80 | 114 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 130 | Sky Giant (1938) | Joan Fontaine & Richard Dix |
1.5 | 59.1 | 82.70 | 147 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 133 | Comet Over Broadway (1938) | Kay Francis & Donald Crisp |
0.8 | 31.3 | 55.10 | 178 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 136 | Letter of Introduction (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 2.5 | 99.9 | 99.90 | 89 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 136 | Illegal Traffic (1938) | 1.8 | 71.3 | 71.30 | 129 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | ||
| 137 | We're Going to Be Rich (1938) | Victor McLaglen | 1.8 | 71.3 | 71.30 | 130 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 136 | The Baroness and the Butler (1938) | William Powell | 2.1 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 112 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 139 | Going Places (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Dick Powell |
1.9 | 75.1 | 106.80 | 123 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 140 | Hold That Co-Ed (1938) | John Barrymore | 1.8 | 73.0 | 73.00 | 126 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 140 | Youth Takes A Fling (1938) | Joel McCrea | 1.3 | 53.5 | 53.50 | 149 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | |
| 142 | Port of Seven Seas (1938) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Wallace Beery |
1.7 | 67.6 | 67.60 | 140 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | |
| 143 | Kidnapped (1938) | Warner Baxter | 1.1 | 43.9 | 43.90 | 161 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 142 | Of Human Hearts (1938) | Beulah Bondi | 0.9 | 36.7 | 36.70 | 171 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 144 | Straight Place and Show (1938) | 2.0 | 79.9 | 79.90 | 116 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | ||
| 143 | Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) | Alice Faye | 1.2 | 46.6 | 46.60 | 158 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 146 | The Girl Downstairs (1938) | Franchot Tone | 1.3 | 51.9 | 51.90 | 150 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 146 | Port of Shadows (1938) | Jean Gabin & Michel Simon |
0.0 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 212 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 148 | The Jury's Secret (1938) | Fay Wray | 1.2 | 48.1 | 48.10 | 157 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 149 | Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938) | Peter Lorre | 1.7 | 67.9 | 67.90 | 138 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 150 | I'll Give A Million (1938) | Peter Lorre | 0.6 | 23.5 | 23.50 | 189 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 150 | Secrets of An Actress (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.1 | 43.6 | 62.00 | 162 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 150 | Hawaiian Buckaroo (1938) | Evalyn Knapp | 1.0 | 41.6 | 41.60 | 163 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 153 | The Devil's Party (1938) | 2.0 | 79.6 | 79.60 | 117 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | ||
| 154 | Boy Meets Girl (1938) | James Cagney & Ronald Reagan |
2.2 | 89.6 | 104.40 | 102 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 157 | Start Cheering (1938) | Jimmy Durante | 1.7 | 66.3 | 66.30 | 142 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 157 | Girls On Probation (1938) | Susan Hayward & Ronald Reagan |
1.8 | 70.4 | 85.60 | 132 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 159 | I Met My Love Again (1938) | Henry Fonda & Joan Bennett |
1.7 | 69.6 | 95.10 | 135 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 158 | Topper Takes a Trip (1938) | Constance Bennett | 0.7 | 29.6 | 29.60 | 182 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 159 | Men Are Such Fools (1938) | Humphrey Bogart & Priscilla Lane |
2.1 | 82.4 | 82.40 | 113 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 161 | Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) | John Barrymore | 2.0 | 79.1 | 79.10 | 119 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 161 | Ride A Crooked Mile (1938) | 0.9 | 37.8 | 37.80 | 169 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | ||
| 162 | Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) | 0.2 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 200 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | ||
| 163 | The Saint in New York (1938) | 1.0 | 39.9 | 73.50 | 165 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 57.1 | ||
| 163 | Fools For Scandal (1938) | Carole Lombard & Ralph Bellamy |
1.3 | 50.1 | 50.10 | 154 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 165 | Artists and Models Abroad (1938) | Joan Bennett | 1.7 | 67.3 | 67.30 | 141 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 166 | Professor Beware (1938) | 1.1 | 45.2 | 45.20 | 160 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | ||
| 167 | The Beloved Brat (1938) | Donald Crisp | 1.3 | 51.4 | 51.40 | 151 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 166 | Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 1.3 | 50.5 | 50.50 | 152 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 52.6 | |
| 169 | Swing Your Lady (1938) | Humphrey Bogart & Ronald Reagan |
1.6 | 65.5 | 83.40 | 143 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 171 | Broadway Musketeers (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 1.0 | 39.3 | 50.00 | 166 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 171 | Thanks For Everything (1938) | Adolphe Menjou | 1.0 | 38.9 | 38.90 | 167 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 172 | South Riding (1938) | Ralph Richardson | 0.6 | 24.1 | 24.10 | 188 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.6 | |
| 173 | Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) | Lana Turner & Robert Young |
0.5 | 21.2 | 21.20 | 190 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 47.8 | |
| 176 | One Wild Night (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 0.9 | 37.5 | 37.50 | 170 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 176 | Climbing High (1938) | Michael Redgrave | 0.9 | 35.4 | 35.40 | 172 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 176 | Keep Smiling (1938) | 0.4 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 195 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | ||
| 179 | Women Are Like That (1938) | Kay Francis | 1.3 | 50.3 | 69.00 | 153 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 45.0 | |
| 177 | Partners of the Plains (1938) | William Boyd | 0.1 | 3.9 | 3.90 | 209 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 44.6 | |
| 178 | Prairie Moon (1938) | 0.1 | 5.1 | 5.10 | 207 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 44.6 | ||
| 180 | Romance In The Dark (1938) | John Barrymore | 0.7 | 29.6 | 29.60 | 181 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 180 | Tarnished Angel (1938) | 0.9 | 34.3 | 34.30 | 173 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 43.8 | ||
| 182 | Sailing Long (1938) | 0.1 | 5.1 | 5.10 | 206 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | ||
| 182 | King of the Newsboys (1938) | 0.8 | 30.3 | 30.30 | 179 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 41.2 | ||
| 184 | The Purple Vigilantes (1938) | Joan Barclay | 0.1 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 210 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 183 | He Couldn't Say No (1938) | 0.6 | 25.9 | 34.50 | 186 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | ||
| 185 | Up The River (1938) | 0.7 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 183 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 38.7 | ||
| 187 | The Old Barn Dance (1938) | 0.5 | 20.1 | 20.10 | 192 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | ||
| 189 | Change of Heart (1938) | Lyle Talbot | 1.0 | 38.6 | 38.60 | 168 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 38.2 | |
| 190 | Newsboys' Home (1938) | 0.7 | 27.1 | 27.10 | 185 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 37.5 | ||
| 188 | The Farmer Goes To Town (1938) | 0.2 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 203 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.7 | ||
| 189 | Western Jamboree (1938) | 0.1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 211 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 36.0 | ||
| 190 | Accidents Will Happen (1938) | Ronald Reagan | 0.7 | 28.4 | 39.90 | 184 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | |
| 194 | Campus Confessions (1938) | Betty Grable & William Henry |
1.0 | 40.7 | 40.70 | 164 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 33.9 | |
| 196 | Love Honor and Behave (1938) | Priscilla Lane | 1.2 | 48.7 | 63.90 | 156 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 33.7 | |
| 195 | Scandal Street (1938) | 0.5 | 19.0 | 19.00 | 193 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 32.0 | ||
| 196 | Woman Against Woman (1938) | 0.3 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 197 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | ||
| 196 | The Invisible Menace (1938) | Boris Karloff | 0.8 | 32.7 | 49.50 | 177 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 27.9 | |
| 197 | Man from Music Mountain (1938) | 0.2 | 6.1 | 6.10 | 205 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | ||
| 199 | Mystery House (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 0.8 | 33.2 | 33.20 | 176 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 26.2 | |
| 201 | The Spy Ring (1938) | 0.7 | 29.6 | 29.60 | 180 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | ||
| 200 | Gold Diggers in Paris (1938) | Rudy Vallee & Directed vy Ray Enright |
0.4 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 194 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 25.7 | |
| 203 | Stolen Heaven (1938) | Lewis Stone | 0.4 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 196 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 202 | Double Danger (1938) | Preston Foster | 0.2 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 199 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 202 | Orage/Storm (1938) | 0.2 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 204 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | ||
| 203 | Smashing The Spy Ring (1938) | 0.5 | 20.2 | 20.20 | 191 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | ||
| 204 | Flight To Fame (1938) | 0.8 | 33.4 | 33.40 | 175 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | ||
| 205 | The Lady Objects (1938) | 0.2 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 201 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | ||
| 208 | Sergeant Murphy (1938) | Ronald Reagan & Donald Crisp |
0.8 | 33.7 | 44.60 | 174 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 207 | A Royal Divorce (1938) | 0.1 | 4.1 | 4.10 | 208 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | ||
| 209 | The Patient in Room 18 (1938) | Ann Sheridan | 0.6 | 24.9 | 32.60 | 187 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 209 | Goodbye Broadway (1938) | 0.3 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 198 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.8 | ||
| 211 | Breaking The Ice (1938) | 0.2 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 202 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 |
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.