Top Grossing Films (U.S.)
| Rank | Title | Director | Studio | Leading Star |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sergeant York | Howard Hawks | Warner Bros. | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan |
| 2. | They Died with Their Boots On | Raoul Walsh | Warner Bros. | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland |
| 3. | Honky Tonk | Jack Conway | MGM | Clark Gable, Lana Turner |
| 4. | A Yank in the RAF | Henry King | 20th Century Fox | Tyrone Power, Betty Grable |
| 5. | How Green Was My Valley | John Ford | 20th Century Fox | Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara |
| 6. | Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | RKO | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten |
| 7. | Sullivan's Travels | Preston Sturges | Paramount | Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake |
| 8. | Moon Over Miami | Walter Lang | 20th Century Fox | Betty Grable, Don Ameche |
| 9. | Buck Privates | Arthur Lubin | Universal | Bud Abbott, Lou Costello |
| 10. | Ziegfeld Girl | Robert Z. Leonard | MGM | James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr |
| 11. | Ball of Fire | Howard Hawks | RKO | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck |
| 12. | The Maltese Falcon | John Huston | Warner Bros. | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor |
| 13. | That Night in Rio | Irving Cummings | 20th Century Fox | Alice Faye, Don Ameche |
| 14. | Meet John Doe | Frank Capra | Warner Bros. | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck |
| 15. | Suspicion | Alfred Hitchcock | RKO | Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant |
| 16. | Hold Back the Dawn | Mitchell Leisen | Paramount | Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland |
| 17. | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Alexander Hall | Columbia | Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains |
| 18. | I Wanted Wings | Mitchell Leisen | Paramount | Ray Milland, William Holden |
| 19. | Dive Bomber | Michael Curtiz | Warner Bros. | Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray |
| 20. | I Wake Up Screaming | H. Bruce Humberstone | 20th Century Fox | Betty Grable, Victor Mature |
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