Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Studio | Actors | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pinocchio* | Disney/RKO | Cliff Edwards | $84,300,000* |
| 2. | Fantasia* | Disney/RKO | Deems Taylor | $83,320,000* |
| 3. | Rebecca | Selznick/United Artists | Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine | |
| 4. | Boom Town | MGM | Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy | |
| 5. | Santa Fe Trail | Warner Bros. | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan | |
| 6. | The Philadelphia Story | MGM | Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart | |
| 7. | Strange Cargo | MGM | Clark Gable, Joan Crawford | |
| 8. | Virginia City | Warner Bros. | Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins | |
| 9. | Down Argentine Way | 20th Century Fox | Betty Grable, Don Ameche | |
| 10. | Kitty Foyle | RKO | Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan | |
| 11. | The Sea Hawk | Warner Bros. | Errol Flynn | |
| 12. | The Grapes of Wrath | 20th Century Fox | Henry Fonda | |
| 13. | Tin Pan Alley | 20th Century Fox | Alice Faye, Betty Grable | |
| 14. | Waterloo Bridge | MGM | Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor | |
| 15. | Foreign Correspondent | United Artists | Joel McCrea, Laraine Day | |
| 16. | His Girl Friday | Columbia | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell | |
| 17. | The Westerner | United Artists | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan | |
| 18. | My Favorite Wife | RKO | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant | |
| 19. | Northwest Passage | MGM | Spencer Tracy, Robert Young | |
| 20. | Pride and Prejudice | MGM | Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier |
* After theatrical reissues
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