Want to know the best Ma and Pa Kettle movies? How about the worst Ma and Pa Kettle movies? Curious about Ma and Pa Kettle box office grosses or which Ma and Pa Kettle movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ma and Pa Kettle movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
This Ma and Pa Kettle page comes from Dan. Dan suggested this page on our Request Hotline many moons ago….so going with the approach better late than never…here you go….a Ma and Pa Kettle movie page. Originally based on real-life farming neighbors in Washington state, United States,[1] Ma and Pa Kettle were created by Betty MacDonald in whose 1945 best-selling novel, The Egg and I, they appeared. The success of the novel spawned the 1947 film The Egg and I starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, also co-starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle.
After the audiences’ positive reaction to the Kettles in The Egg and I, Universal Studios produced nine more films, with Marjorie Main reprising her role in all and Percy Kilbride reprising his in seven. The films grossed over $1.1 BILLION in adjusted domestic box office grosses. Ma and Pa Kettle saved Universal from bankruptcy.
Ma and Pa Kettle Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Ma and Pa Kettle Movies Can Be Sorted 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by who played Ma and Pa
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by domestic box office rank by year
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Ma and Pa Kettle movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Ma and Pa Kettle Table
- Six Ma and Pa Kettle movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 60.00% of their movies listed. The Egg and I (1947) was their biggest box office ht when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Ma and Pa Kettle movie grosses $123.20 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies are rated as good movies…or 100.00% of their movies. The Egg and I (1947) is their highest-rated movie while Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) was their lowest-rated movie.
- Only one Ma and Pa Kettle movie earned an Oscar® nomination…..and that was for Marjorie Main as Best Supporting Actress in 1947’s The Egg and I.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 10 Ma and Pa Kettle movies scored higher than that average….or 100.00% of their movies. The Egg and I (1947) got the the highest UMR Score while Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) got the lowest UMR Score.
Check out Ma and Pa Kettle movies career compared to other performers/groups. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Ma truly loved pa! COME AND GET IT!
I like it.
I have every one and love every one!!!!
Same here.
Very impressive. The power of Ma and Pa.
Never get enough of Ma n Paul Kettle
They were very popular indeed….their 10 movies almost grossed 1 billion in adjusted box office grosses….that is pretty stout….plus they saved a studio.
Hi, Cogerson.
I have only seen a couple of MKa and Pa Kettle films. I have seen a lot more of Marjorie Main titles in non-Kettle films. She had quite a long careeer. I think the ones I saw are …On The Farm and …At the Fair. But it has been quite a long time since I have seen one.
Cheers,
Flora
Hey Flora….I think I underestimated the power of Ma and Pa Kettle…. I was guessing this page was going to be very quiet….instead it has been very popular right out of the gate….never saw that coming. I agree Marjorie Main had a very long and successful career,,,,,but this is easily the role she is remembered for….you can same the same thing for Percy Kilbride…..sadly he really did not like playing Pa…..but it made him really famous. So you have not seen The Egg and I? That is my only one that I have seen. Flora 2…me 1….Steve unknown…in the tally count. Thanks for checking out my latest.
I loved all there movies!!!! I will never get tired of them.
Hey Elizabeth…very cool….I have only seen The Egg and I….but seems I have been aware of Ma and Pa Kettle all of my life. This turned out to be a very easy page to research because every one of their movies made Variety’s end of the year Top Grosser charts.
There are series I think. Every Saturday I’d watch them. The Egg and I is also a great movie!!! They don’t make them like that anymore. Great Family movie to watch all together.