This movie page looks at 1936 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 1936 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 1936 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1936. Obviously many movies made in 1935 earned box office dollars in 1936. On the other side many movies made in 1936 made money in 1937 and later. This page will looks at 152 1936 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 1936 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 1936
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Movie (Year)
Rating
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Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1936
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
AA Best Picture Win
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
San Francisco (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Dodsworth (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Modern Times (1936)
1936
My Man Godfrey (1936)
1936
After the Thin Man (1936)
1936
Swing Time (1936)
1936
Libeled Lady (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Show Boat (1936)
1936
Camille (1936)
1936
Three Smart Girls (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
Captain January (1936)
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
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Follow the Fleet (1936)
1936
Rose-Marie (1936)
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Desire (1936)
1936
Born To Dance (1936)
1936
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
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Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
1936
Lloyds of London (1936)
1936
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
1936
The King Steps Out (1936)
1936
The Country Doctor (1936)
1936
Love on the Run (1936)
1936
The Milky Way (1936)
1936
Come and Get It (1936)
1936
These Three (1936)
1936
The Road To Glory (1936)
1936
Suzy (1936)
1936
Under Two Flags (1936)
1936
Stowaway (1936)
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
1936
Fury (1936)
1936
Anthony Adverse (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
The Plainsman (1936)
1936
Small Town Girl (1936)
1936
King of Burlesque (1936)
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
1936
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
His Brother's Wife (1936)
1936
Dimples (1936)
1936
The Green Pastures (1936)
1936
Sing Baby Sing (1936)
1936
Klondike Annie (1936)
1936
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
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| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld (1936) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | San Francisco (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Modern Times (1936) | |
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| 1936 | My Man Godfrey (1936) | |
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| 1936 | After the Thin Man (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Swing Time (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Libeled Lady (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Show Boat (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Camille (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Three Smart Girls (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | Captain January (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Follow the Fleet (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Rose-Marie (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Desire (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Born To Dance (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Lloyds of London (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The King Steps Out (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Country Doctor (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Love on the Run (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Milky Way (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Come and Get It (1936) | |
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| 1936 | These Three (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Road To Glory (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Suzy (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Under Two Flags (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Stowaway (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Fury (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Anthony Adverse (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | The Plainsman (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Small Town Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | King of Burlesque (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Tarzan Escapes (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1936 | His Brother's Wife (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Dimples (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Green Pastures (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Sing Baby Sing (1936) | |
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| 1936 | Klondike Annie (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Bohemian Girl (1936) | |
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| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) | |
1936 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 1936 Top Box Office Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by domestic actual box office grosses
- Sort 1936 Top Box Office Movies by domestic adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort 1936 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 1936 Top Box Office Movies received.
- Sort 1936 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 | The Great Ziegfeld (1936) AA Best Picture Win |
Myrna Loy & William Powell |
10.3 | 483.9 | 732.10 | 2 | 64 | 07 / 03 | 99.5 | |
| 1 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur |
6.7 | 313.3 | 313.30 | 4 | 87 | 05 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 2 | San Francisco (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Clark Gable & Jeanette MacDonald |
12.6 | 593.1 | 969.90 | 1 | 86 | 06 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | Dodsworth (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Walter Huston & David Niven |
5.3 | 250.7 | 250.70 | 14 | 84 | 07 / 01 | 99.3 | |
| 6 | Modern Times (1936) | Charles Chaplin & Paulette Goddard |
10.0 | 470.0 | 470.00 | 3 | 94 | 00 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 6 | My Man Godfrey (1936) | William Powell & Carole Lombard |
5.0 | 235.0 | 235.00 | 16 | 86 | 06 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 8 | After the Thin Man (1936) | Myrna Loy & William Powell |
6.6 | 312.1 | 495.80 | 6 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 9 | Swing Time (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
5.4 | 254.4 | 410.20 | 12 | 85 | 02 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 9 | Libeled Lady (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Myrna Loy & Spencer Tracy |
5.3 | 250.8 | 426.60 | 13 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 11 | Show Boat (1936) | Irene Dunne | 5.0 | 234.8 | 234.80 | 17 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 12 | Camille (1936) | Greta Garbo & Lionel Barrymore |
4.8 | 227.8 | 492.20 | 20 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 10 | Three Smart Girls (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Deanna Durbin & Ray Milland |
5.5 | 256.3 | 256.30 | 10 | 70 | 03 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 13 | Captain January (1936) | Shirley Temple & Guy Kibbee |
4.3 | 203.7 | 203.70 | 26 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 14 | The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) | Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland |
3.9 | 184.2 | 428.60 | 31 | 77 | 03 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 13 | Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) | Shirley Temple & Alice Faye |
4.8 | 228.0 | 228.00 | 19 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 16 | Follow the Fleet (1936) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
5.1 | 240.0 | 424.10 | 15 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 17 | Rose-Marie (1936) | Jeanette MacDonald & James Stewart |
5.6 | 265.6 | 550.70 | 8 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 19 | Desire (1936) | Gary Cooper & Marlene Dietrich |
4.4 | 206.0 | 206.00 | 25 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 17 | Born To Dance (1936) | James Stewart & Eleanor Powell |
5.4 | 255.7 | 378.00 | 11 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 20 | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | Clark Gable & Myrna Loy |
4.5 | 211.5 | 323.80 | 23 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 21 | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | Irene Dunne & Melvyn Douglas |
3.8 | 176.3 | 176.30 | 35 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 22 | Lloyds of London (1936) | Tyrone Power & George Sanders |
6.7 | 313.3 | 313.30 | 5 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 25 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Basil Rathbone & Norma Shearer |
3.2 | 150.7 | 332.30 | 50 | 71 | 04 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 24 | The General Died at Dawn (1936) | Akim Tamiroff & Gary Cooper |
4.5 | 210.7 | 210.70 | 24 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 27 | The King Steps Out (1936) | Josef Von Sternberg | 3.5 | 164.5 | 164.50 | 40 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 26 | The Country Doctor (1936) | Yvonne Dionne | 4.7 | 219.3 | 219.30 | 22 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 27 | Love on the Run (1936) | Clark Gable & Joan Crawford |
3.8 | 178.8 | 291.70 | 34 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 28 | The Milky Way (1936) | Harold Lloyd | 3.9 | 183.3 | 183.30 | 32 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 30 | Come and Get It (1936) | Walter Brennan & Joel McCrea |
2.9 | 137.3 | 137.30 | 65 | 79 | 02 / 01 | 92.2 | |
| 32 | These Three (1936) | Walter Brennan & Joel McCrea |
2.8 | 129.2 | 129.20 | 71 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 31 | The Road To Glory (1936) | Fredric March & Lionel Barrymore |
3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 46 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 32 | Suzy (1936) | Cary Grant & Jean Harlow |
4.7 | 221.4 | 221.40 | 21 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 35 | Under Two Flags (1936) | Ronald Colman & Claudette Colbert |
4.0 | 188.0 | 188.00 | 29 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 34 | Stowaway (1936) | Shirley Temple & Robert Young e |
3.5 | 164.5 | 164.50 | 41 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 35 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) | Henry Fonda & Sylvia Sidney |
5.6 | 261.0 | 261.00 | 9 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 36 | Fury (1936) | Spencer Tracy & Sylvia Sidney |
2.3 | 107.3 | 204.00 | 89 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 37 | Anthony Adverse (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Olivia de Havilland & Claude Rains |
5.9 | 279.3 | 430.80 | 7 | 39 | 07 / 04 | 90.1 | |
| 38 | The Plainsman (1936) | Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur |
4.1 | 191.4 | 191.40 | 28 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 40 | Small Town Girl (1936) | James Stewart & Robert Taylor |
3.7 | 173.6 | 251.40 | 36 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 41 | King of Burlesque (1936) | Warner Baxter & Alice Faye |
3.7 | 172.3 | 172.30 | 38 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 42 | The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) | Warner Baxter & Gloria Stuart |
2.9 | 137.1 | 137.10 | 67 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 43 | Tarzan Escapes (1936) | Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O'Sullivan |
3.3 | 156.8 | 337.00 | 42 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 43 | The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Muni | 2.2 | 104.2 | 186.00 | 90 | 71 | 04 / 03 | 89.4 | |
| 44 | His Brother's Wife (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Taylor |
4.0 | 187.4 | 260.40 | 30 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 45 | Dimples (1936) | Shirley Temple & Frank Morgan |
3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 47 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 44 | The Green Pastures (1936) | Rex Ingram | 3.3 | 153.5 | 179.20 | 49 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 48 | Sing Baby Sing (1936) | Alice Faye & Adolphe Menjou |
3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 43 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 50 | Klondike Annie (1936) | Mae West & Victor McLaglen |
3.5 | 164.5 | 164.50 | 39 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 51 | The Bohemian Girl (1936) | Laurel and Hardy | 3.0 | 138.8 | 138.80 | 63 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 50 | The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) | Joan Crawford & James Stewart |
4.9 | 228.4 | 316.30 | 18 | 48 | 02 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 53 | Strike Me Pink (1936) | Ethel Merman | 3.1 | 143.4 | 143.40 | 55 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 52 | The Petrified Forest (1936) | Bette Davis & Humphrey Bogart |
1.9 | 91.3 | 130.00 | 102 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 52 | Old Hutch (1936) | Wallace Beery | 2.7 | 127.7 | 127.70 | 72 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 55 | One in a Million (1936) | Sonja Henie & Don Ameche |
4.3 | 203.7 | 203.70 | 27 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 54 | Craig's Wife (1936) | Rosalind Russell | 2.8 | 130.4 | 130.40 | 70 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 56 | The White Angel (1936) | Donald Crisp & Kay Francis |
3.0 | 138.8 | 221.80 | 64 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 58 | The Texas Rangers (1936) | Fred MacMurray | 2.9 | 137.1 | 137.10 | 66 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 60 | Ramona (1936) | Don Ameche | 3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 44 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 59 | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) | Mickey Rooney | 2.5 | 119.2 | 119.20 | 76 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 58 | Our Relations (1936) | Laurel and Hardy | 2.2 | 101.0 | 101.00 | 93 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 62 | Girls' Dormitory (1936) | Tyrone Power | 3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 45 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 64 | A Message to Garcia (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Wallace Beery |
3.3 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 48 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 63 | The Unguarded Hour (1936) | Franchot Tone | 2.8 | 130.8 | 130.80 | 68 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 65 | Three Men On A Horse (1936) | Joan Blondell | 3.0 | 142.3 | 168.70 | 56 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 66 | It Had To Happen (1936) | Rosalind Russell | 3.0 | 140.4 | 140.40 | 61 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 67 | Go West Young Man (1936) | Mae West & Randolph Scott |
3.0 | 141.0 | 141.00 | 57 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 66 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) | William Powell & Jean Arthur |
2.4 | 114.4 | 169.80 | 79 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 69 | The Princess Comes Across (1936) | Carole Lombard & Fred MacMurray |
2.3 | 108.9 | 108.90 | 86 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 68 | The Devil-Doll (1936) | Lionel Barrymore & Maureen O'Sullivan |
1.9 | 88.9 | 88.90 | 103 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 70 | The Last of the Mohicans (1936) | Randolph Scott & Binnie Barnes |
3.1 | 147.6 | 147.60 | 52 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 71 | Ceiling Zero (1936) | James Cagney | 3.1 | 145.1 | 196.90 | 53 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 72 | The Garden of Allah (1936) | Marlene Dietrich & Charles Boyer |
3.7 | 172.3 | 172.30 | 37 | 46 | 02 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 73 | Piccadilly Jim (1936) | Robert Montgomery | 2.6 | 120.5 | 199.30 | 75 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 74 | Love Before Breakfast (1936) | Carole Lombard & Cesar Romero |
2.4 | 113.8 | 113.80 | 80 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 75 | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | Humphrey Bogart & Edward G. Robinson |
2.4 | 113.7 | 173.40 | 81 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 76 | To Mary - with Love (1936) | Myrna Loy | 2.2 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 91 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 78 | Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
3.2 | 149.5 | 218.60 | 51 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 78 | That Girl From Paris (1936) | Lucille Ball | 3.9 | 182.2 | 241.70 | 33 | 43 | 01 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 79 | Pigskin Parade (1936) | Judy Garland & Betty Grable |
3.0 | 141.0 | 141.00 | 58 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 78 | Cain and Mabel (1936) | Clark Gable | 2.3 | 108.1 | 108.10 | 88 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 82 | The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) | Ray Milland | 3.0 | 139.4 | 139.40 | 62 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 83 | Rainbow On The River (1936) | Bobby Breen | 2.4 | 110.4 | 171.70 | 84 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 83 | Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) | Boris Karloff | 1.7 | 78.3 | 78.30 | 112 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 85 | Mary of Scotland (1936) | Katharine Hepburn & Fredric March |
2.6 | 123.9 | 199.90 | 74 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 85 | Beloved Enemy (1936) | David Niven & Merle Oberon |
2.7 | 124.7 | 124.70 | 73 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 86 | Adventure in Manhatten (1936) | Joel McCrea & Jean Arthur |
3.1 | 144.9 | 144.90 | 54 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 88 | Petticoat Fever (1936) | Myrna Loy & Robert Montgomery |
2.3 | 108.6 | 169.20 | 87 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 88 | Colleen (1936) | Dick Powell | 2.8 | 130.7 | 170.60 | 69 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 91 | Ladies in Love (1936) | Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
2.3 | 109.7 | 109.70 | 85 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 91 | Pepper (1936) | Jane Withers | 3.0 | 141.0 | 141.00 | 59 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 88 | Collegiate (1936) | Betty Grable | 2.0 | 95.2 | 95.20 | 100 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 92 | More Than A Secretary (1936) | Jean Arthur | 1.8 | 85.1 | 85.10 | 106 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 93 | Yours for the Asking (1936) | George Raft | 1.8 | 86.4 | 86.40 | 104 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 93 | The Singing Kid (1936) | Al Jolson & Lyle Talbot |
2.2 | 101.7 | 139.00 | 92 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 80.2 | |
| 93 | Poppy (1936) | W.C. Fields | 1.8 | 85.3 | 85.30 | 105 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 96 | Lady Be Careful (1936) | 2.1 | 97.9 | 97.90 | 96 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | ||
| 98 | The Jungle Princess (1936) | Dorothy Lamour & Ray Milland |
2.1 | 97.3 | 97.30 | 99 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 100 | Banjo On My Knee (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Joel McCrea |
3.0 | 141.0 | 141.00 | 60 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 99 | Things To Come (1936) | Raymond Massey & Science Fiction Movies |
0.9 | 42.3 | 42.30 | 154 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 100 | 13 Hours By Air (1936) | Fred MacMurray & Joan Bennett |
2.4 | 113.6 | 113.60 | 82 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 99 | Pennies from Heaven (1936) | Bing Crosby & Madge Evans |
2.1 | 97.9 | 97.90 | 98 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 102 | Sabotage/A Woman Alone (1936) | Sylvia Sidney | 1.1 | 51.1 | 51.10 | 139 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 105 | Give Me Your Heart (1936) | Kay Francis | 2.1 | 99.2 | 162.20 | 94 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 103 | Private Number (1936) | Robert Taylor | 1.8 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 107 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 103 | Winterset (1936) | Burgess Meredith | 1.6 | 73.2 | 106.80 | 118 | 66 | 02 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 105 | Meet Nero Wolfe (1936) | 1.7 | 80.4 | 80.40 | 109 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | ||
| 107 | The Magnificent Brute (1936) | 2.5 | 115.3 | 115.30 | 78 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 75.4 | ||
| 107 | The Invisible Ray (1936) | Boris Karloff & Bela Lugosi |
1.0 | 47.8 | 47.80 | 143 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 110 | Earthworm Tractors (1936) | Joe E. Brown | 1.7 | 78.8 | 122.40 | 110 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 108 | Rhythm on the Range (1936) | Bing Crosby & Frances Farmer |
1.5 | 68.2 | 68.20 | 123 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 111 | Stage Struck (1936) | Dick Powell & Joan Blondell |
2.5 | 115.9 | 115.90 | 77 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 113 | Riffraff (1936) | Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney |
2.4 | 112.3 | 164.50 | 83 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 72.8 | |
| 112 | China Clipper (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 1.8 | 82.9 | 82.90 | 108 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 112 | The Devil Is A Sissy (1936) | W.S. Van Dyke | 1.5 | 71.0 | 71.00 | 120 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 115 | College Holiday (1936) | George Burns | 2.1 | 99.1 | 99.10 | 95 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 116 | Rembrandt (1936) | Charles Laughton | 0.9 | 40.1 | 40.10 | 161 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 117 | Public Enemy's Wife (1936) | Pat O'Brien | 1.5 | 69.6 | 108.70 | 121 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 118 | Wedding Present (1936) | Cary Grant & Joan Bennett |
1.5 | 71.5 | 71.50 | 119 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 121 | It's Love Again (1936) | Robert Young | 1.6 | 76.7 | 76.70 | 114 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 122 | Next Time We Love (1936) | Margaret Sullavan & James Stewart |
1.6 | 74.6 | 74.60 | 116 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 121 | The Walking Dead (1936) | Boris Karloff | 1.0 | 47.0 | 47.00 | 146 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 122 | Great Guy (1936) | James Cagney | 2.1 | 97.9 | 97.90 | 97 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 125 | The Moon's Our Home (1936) | Henry Fonda & Margaret Sullavan |
1.4 | 65.4 | 65.40 | 125 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 123 | I Married a Doctor (1936) | Pat O'Brien | 1.3 | 62.0 | 81.50 | 127 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 125 | Exclusive Story (1936) | Franchot Tone | 1.4 | 65.0 | 103.10 | 126 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 126 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) | Walter Wanger | 1.1 | 53.2 | 53.20 | 137 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 127 | Men Are Not Gods (1936) | Rex Harrison | 1.6 | 76.2 | 76.20 | 115 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 127 | Anything Goes (1936) | Bing Crosby & Ethel Merman |
1.2 | 56.3 | 56.30 | 133 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 128 | Big Brown Eyes (1936) | Cary Grant & Joan Bennett |
1.2 | 56.2 | 75.90 | 134 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 130 | And So They Were Married (1936) | Melvyn Douglas | 1.7 | 78.1 | 78.10 | 113 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 131 | Mayerling (1936) | 0.8 | 37.6 | 37.60 | 165 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | ||
| 132 | Secret Agent (1936) | Robert Young | 1.0 | 47.3 | 47.30 | 144 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 133 | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936) | Gladys George | 0.7 | 34.5 | 34.50 | 173 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 67.0 | |
| 136 | As You Like It (1936) | Laurence Olivier | 2.0 | 93.1 | 93.10 | 101 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 133 | One Rainy Afternoon (1936) | Ida Lupino | 1.2 | 58.7 | 94.60 | 131 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 64.9 | |
| 135 | The Golden Arrow (1936) | Bette Davis | 1.3 | 61.3 | 86.80 | 128 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 64.6 | |
| 135 | They Met in a Taxi (1936) | 1.0 | 47.3 | 47.30 | 145 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 64.2 | ||
| 138 | Polo Joe (1936) | Joe E. Brown | 1.5 | 69.4 | 106.80 | 122 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 140 | Two In A Crowd (1936) | Joel McCrea & Joan Bennett |
1.0 | 46.2 | 46.20 | 148 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 62.9 | |
| 140 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) | Ralph Richardson | 0.9 | 41.5 | 41.50 | 156 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 142 | The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) | Ray Milland | 1.2 | 56.7 | 56.70 | 132 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 140 | The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936) | Maureen O'Sullivan & Lionel Barrymore |
0.8 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 162 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 141 | Under Your Spell (1936) | 1.1 | 51.2 | 51.20 | 138 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | ||
| 144 | The Plough and the Stars (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Barry Fitzgerald |
1.1 | 49.5 | 49.50 | 140 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 145 | A Woman Rebels (1936) | Katharine Hepburn & Donald Crisp |
1.2 | 54.4 | 91.30 | 135 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 147 | Road Gang (1936) | Donald Woods | 1.0 | 45.0 | 65.00 | 150 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 58.7 | |
| 149 | Star For A Night (1936) | Dean Jagger | 1.0 | 44.8 | 44.80 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 148 | Gentle Julia (1936) | 0.4 | 20.7 | 20.70 | 200 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 58.4 | ||
| 147 | Hot Money (1936) | Ross Alexander | 0.7 | 32.1 | 45.10 | 178 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| 151 | Trouble For Two (1936) | Robert Montgomery & Rosalind Russell |
1.0 | 47.0 | 47.00 | 147 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 153 | Hearts Divided (1936) | Claude Rains & Dick Powell |
1.4 | 67.2 | 94.30 | 124 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 152 | Fatal Lady (1936) | Walter Wanger & Walter Pidgeon |
0.7 | 31.6 | 31.60 | 180 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 153 | Till We Meet Again (1936) | 0.7 | 33.7 | 33.70 | 176 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | ||
| 152 | Too Many Parents (1936) | Frances Farmer | 0.5 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 192 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 154 | Robin Hood Of El Dorado (1936) | 1.0 | 48.5 | 48.50 | 142 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 55.4 | ||
| 155 | The Lady Consents (1936) | 0.9 | 40.5 | 40.50 | 160 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | ||
| 157 | Mind Your Own Business (1936) | Lyle Talbot | 0.7 | 33.8 | 33.80 | 174 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 54.4 | |
| 158 | Reunion (1936) | Directed by Norman Taurog | 1.3 | 60.6 | 60.60 | 129 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 54.3 | |
| 159 | Sons o' Guns (1936) | Joan Blondell | 1.6 | 74.6 | 116.40 | 117 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 160 | Palm Springs (1936) | Walter Wanger & David Niven |
0.8 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 171 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 53.5 | |
| 161 | Sworn Enemy (1936) | Robert Young | 1.0 | 44.9 | 44.90 | 151 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 53.4 | |
| 163 | Kelly The Second (1936) | 1.1 | 53.5 | 73.10 | 136 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 53.1 | ||
| 163 | Comin’ Round the Mountain (1936) | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 211 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.4 | ||
| 165 | Dancing Pirate (1936) | Charles Collins | 1.2 | 58.8 | 110.40 | 130 | 52 | 01 / 00 | 52.2 | |
| 165 | The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) | Warren William | 0.8 | 36.0 | 53.40 | 169 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 52.0 | |
| 166 | And Sudden Death (1936) | Randolph Scott | 1.0 | 45.0 | 45.00 | 149 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 165 | Give Us This Night (1936) | Jan Kiepura & Directed by Alexander Hall |
0.2 | 8.6 | 8.60 | 210 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 50.6 | |
| 166 | My American Wife (1936) | 0.5 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 193 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 49.6 | ||
| 170 | The Big Noise (1936) | Guy Kibbee | 0.7 | 34.5 | 47.00 | 172 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 171 | Women Are Trouble (1936) | Stuart Erwin | 0.8 | 37.6 | 54.00 | 166 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 171 | Parole! (1936) | Alan Hale | 0.3 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 206 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 171 | Sins of Man (1936) | Don Ameche | 0.9 | 41.0 | 41.00 | 158 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 48.4 | |
| 173 | White Hunter (1936) | 0.3 | 14.3 | 14.30 | 204 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | ||
| 176 | Isle of Fury (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 1.0 | 49.4 | 49.40 | 141 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 47.7 | |
| 173 | The Captain's Kid (1936) | May Robson | 0.8 | 38.1 | 56.60 | 163 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 47.3 | |
| 176 | The Longest Night (1936) | Robert Young | 0.8 | 37.8 | 37.80 | 164 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 47.1 | |
| 175 | Jailbreak (1936) | Barton MacLane | 0.9 | 40.6 | 60.80 | 159 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 176 | Shakedown (1936) | 0.7 | 31.5 | 31.50 | 181 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 45.0 | ||
| 177 | Murder on a Bridle Path (1936) | 0.5 | 21.6 | 21.60 | 199 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | ||
| 181 | Sing Me A Love Song (1936) | Ray Enright | 0.8 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 167 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 42.6 | |
| 181 | Border Flight (1936) | 0.6 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 189 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 42.1 | ||
| 182 | King of Hockey (1936) | Dick Purcell | 0.6 | 27.7 | 42.00 | 184 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 182 | Pride of the Marines (1936) | Charles Bickford | 0.6 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 191 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 182 | Man Hunt (1936) | Ricardo Cortez | 0.7 | 31.6 | 44.80 | 179 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 183 | Two Against The World (1936) | Humphrey Bogart | 0.6 | 28.0 | 37.80 | 183 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 40.2 | |
| 188 | East Meets West (1936) | George Arliss | 0.9 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 157 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 39.7 | |
| 186 | Boulder Dam (1936) | Lyle Talbot | 0.6 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 186 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 188 | The Amazing Adventure (1936) | 0.2 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 217 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 37.5 | ||
| 188 | Mysterious Crossing (1936) | 0.6 | 26.6 | 26.60 | 190 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | ||
| 190 | White Fang (1936) | Jane Darwell | 0.4 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 202 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 192 | The Bride Walks Out (1936) | Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Young |
1.7 | 78.6 | 105.00 | 111 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 33.9 | |
| 190 | The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) | Lew Ayres | 0.5 | 21.6 | 21.60 | 198 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
| 193 | Bengal Tiger (1936) | Barton MacLane | 0.8 | 35.4 | 65.30 | 170 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 32.8 | |
| 193 | The Roaming Lady (1936) | Ralph Bellamy | 0.8 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 168 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 31.9 | |
| 195 | Spendthrift (1936) | Henry Fonda & Walter Wanger |
0.9 | 43.6 | 43.60 | 153 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 29.7 | |
| 196 | The Final Hour (1936) | 0.7 | 33.7 | 33.70 | 175 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 29.6 | ||
| 196 | Rhodes (1936) | 0.5 | 23.7 | 23.70 | 194 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 29.5 | ||
| 198 | When Knights Were Bold (1936) | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 212 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | ||
| 198 | Forgotten Faces (1936) | 0.6 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 182 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 29.1 | ||
| 198 | Lady Of Secrets (1936) | 0.2 | 7.1 | 7.10 | 216 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.1 | ||
| 200 | The 3 Wise Guys (1936) | Robert Young | 0.5 | 22.6 | 22.60 | 196 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 27.1 | |
| 201 | The Big Game (1936) | 0.6 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 188 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 26.3 | ||
| 203 | Come Closer Folks (1936) | 0.2 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 208 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | ||
| 206 | Satan Met a Lady (1936) | Bette Davis | 0.9 | 41.7 | 49.20 | 155 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 205 | Panic On The Air (1936) | 0.5 | 22.9 | 22.90 | 195 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | ||
| 205 | The Witness Chair (1936) | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 214 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | ||
| 207 | The Conquest of the Air (1936) | Laurence Olivier & Michael Rennie |
0.6 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 185 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 206 | The Singing Cowboy (1936) | 0.1 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 221 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | ||
| 208 | The Old Coral (1936) | 0.1 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 222 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.8 | ||
| 208 | Talk Of The Devil (1936) | 0.2 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 213 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.0 | ||
| 211 | Second Wife (1936) | Gertrude Michael | 0.5 | 21.9 | 30.90 | 197 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 18.9 | |
| 212 | Man Of Affairs (1936) | George Arliss | 0.4 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 201 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 18.8 | |
| 212 | Murder With Pictures (1936) | 0.2 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 215 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 18.4 | ||
| 213 | Make Way For A Lady (1936) | 0.2 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 209 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 18.2 | ||
| 213 | Trailin' West (1936) | 0.4 | 18.0 | 29.10 | 203 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 18.2 | ||
| 214 | Forbidden Music (1936) Limited Release |
Jimmy Durante | 0.1 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 219 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | |
| 217 | Don't Turn 'Em Loose (1936) | Betty Grable | 0.3 | 13.9 | 13.90 | 205 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 15.9 | |
| 217 | Juggernaut (1936) | Boris Karloff | 0.7 | 32.9 | 32.90 | 177 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 218 | The Harvester (1936) | 0.1 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 218 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 12.6 | ||
| 221 | Dangerous Intrigue (1936) | 0.6 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 187 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 | ||
| 219 | Ride Ranger Ride (1936) | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 220 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.8 | ||
| 222 | The Intruder (1936) | Buster Keaton & Lupita Tovar |
0.2 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 207 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 5.2 |
My Main Sources
Source 1: Eddie Mannix MGM Ledgers
Source 2: C.J. Tevlin RKO Ledgers
Source 3: William Schaefer Warner Brothers Ledgers
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
Due to length concerns…..we went ahead and created a second table of information of 1936 movies….including all the adjusted Worldwide Grosses in our database.
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Speaking of Oscar’s
Theodora Goes Wild
Nominations:
Best Actress: Irene Dunne – Theodora Goes Wild as Theodora Lynn/”Caroline Adams”
Best Film Editing:
Theodora Goes Wild – Otto Meyer
Thanks Sidney….you were 100% correct….that error has been fixed as well. You are the man…I hope you have a great holiday week.
Are you sure Girls’ Dormitory 1936 has 1/0 for Academy Awards?
Hey Sidney….yep that was an error….and an error that has been corrected.
You did a grave injustice by omitting Nelson Eddy’s name from the movie Rose Marie which you rank as number 12. Instead you put Jimmy Stewart who was an “unknown” being only his second picture and he was on the screen only for a short few minutes. Eddy’s whole performance as the epitome of the Canadian Mountie skyrocketed the mounties to their heights of fame….and when the Mounties retired their famous red serge uniform in the 70’s the press reported it by using a photo of Nelson Eddy as the Mountie. Come on, now.
Let’s give credit where credit is due OK?
Hey Lorraine….well at the time I wrote this yearly review….I did not have an UMR page on him….so I picked Jimmy Stewart as the other star. But after reading your comment….and seeing the “grave injustice”…I went ahead and a Nelson Eddy page we have been working on for awhile. Interesting information on the Canadian Mounties. Hopefully an UMR page on him well help you forgive me faster…lol. Thanks for stopping by.
https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/nelson-eddy-movies/
Hello Bruce.
Some of these gross figures seem kind of high. And I was wondering what multiplying number you arrived at to get the gross figure. I thought that you were using 2.86 but that would make some of the rental figures too high. For instance “Lloyd’s of London” had domestic rentals of $2,000,000 and if your multiplying number was 2.86 the gross should be $5,720,000 and not $6,700,000. Please tell me what equation your using to arrive at these grosses. Thank you.
Hey Lyle…..every year is different…..for 1936…..we have a multiplier of 3.34….that is based on a study that looked at rentals to gross for every year….found that study a couple of years ago.
What is “The Son of Captain Blood” doing here? That movie didn’t come out until the 60s. Do you mean the first “Captain Blood”? Though that came out in December of 1935.
Hey Bobby……not sure what happened there….but you are 100% correct….we have coralled The Son of Captain Blood back into the 1962 pin.