Domestic Release Schedule for 1939

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1939.

See also: Top 1939 Worldwide - Most Popular 1939

Current Release Schedule 1940 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1939
January 1 The Bronze Buckaroo (Limited)    
 
January 6 Pacific Liner (Limited)    
 
January 7 The Phantom Creeps (Limited) Universal    
 
January 13 Burn ’Em Up O’Connor (Limited) MGM    
 
January 27 Jesse James (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
March, 1939
March 3 Stagecoach (Limited) United Artists    
 
March 17 Goofy and Wilbur (Limited)    
The Little Princess (Limited)    
 
March 29 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Wide) $1,100,000  
 
March 31 The Hound of the Baskervilles (Limited)    
April, 1939
April 22 Dark Victory (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
April 27 Donald’s Cousin Gus (Limited)    
May, 1939
May 5 Union Pacific (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
May 19 It's A Wonderful World (Limited)    
 
May 25 Only Angels Have Wings (Limited) Columbia    
June, 1939
June 2 Young Mr. Lincoln (Limited) 20th Century Fox    
July, 1939
July 24 Beau Geste (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
August, 1939
August 1 Mr. Wong in Chinatown (Limited)    
 
August 19 Each Dawn I Die (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
August 25 The Wizard of Oz (Wide) Warner Bros. $35,037,326  
September, 1939
September 1 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Limited)    
The Women (Limited) MGM    
 
September 29 Dancing Co-Ed (Limited)    
Honeymoon in Bali (Limited)    
Rio (Limited) Universal    
 
September 30 Espionage Agent (Limited) Warner Bros.    
October, 1939
October 13 Jamaica Inn (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
October 17 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,000,000  
 
October 27 The Cat and the Canary (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
Disputed Passage (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
October 28 The Roaring Twenties (Limited)    
 
October 29 Le Quai de brumes (Limited) $22,542  
November, 1939
November 3 Ninotchka (Wide) $1,200,000  
 
November 4 Kid Nightingale (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
November 11 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
November 17 Another Thin Man (Limited) MGM    
 
November 30 Destry Rides Again (Limited) Universal    
December, 1939
December 15 Gone with the Wind (Exclusive) MGM $198,680,470  
 
December 29 The Cisco Kid and the Lady (Limited)    
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures