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Notes
- This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures are based on the total amount of US revenue generated by the movies a star has appeared in during the 30ties.
- The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to data@the-numbers.com.
1930 Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
| |
|
Name |
Movies |
Total Box Office |
|
Average |
| 1 |
|
Clark Gable |
4 |
$206,580,470 |
|
$51,645,118 |
| 2 |
|
Ward Bond |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 3 |
|
Ann Rutherford |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 4 |
|
Vivien Leigh |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 5 |
|
Leslie Howard |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 6 |
|
Hattie McDaniel |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 7 |
|
Olivia de Havilland |
2 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$99,340,235 |
| 8 |
|
Billie Burke |
2 |
$27,752,232 |
|
$13,876,116 |
| 9 |
|
Judy Garland |
1 |
$26,152,232 |
|
$26,152,232 |
| 10 |
|
Jean Arthur |
3 |
$15,080,000 |
|
$5,026,667 |
| 11 |
|
Frank Puglia |
3 |
$13,500,000 |
|
$4,500,000 |
| 12 |
|
James Stewart |
2 |
$13,000,000 |
|
$6,500,000 |
| 13 |
|
Boris Karloff |
1 |
$12,000,000 |
|
$12,000,000 |
| 14 |
|
Mae Clarke |
1 |
$12,000,000 |
|
$12,000,000 |
| 15 |
|
Jeanette MacDonald |
3 |
$10,200,000 |
|
$3,400,000 |
| 16 |
|
Robert Armstrong |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 17 |
|
Fay Wray |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 18 |
|
Harry Carey |
1 |
$9,000,000 |
|
$9,000,000 |
| 19 |
|
Claude Rains |
1 |
$9,000,000 |
|
$9,000,000 |
| 20 |
|
Donald Meek |
3 |
$8,600,000 |
|
$2,866,667 |
| 21 |
|
Shirley Ross |
2 |
$6,800,000 |
|
$3,400,000 |
| 22 |
|
Ginger Rogers |
3 |
$6,400,000 |
|
$2,133,333 |
| 23 |
|
Leif Erickson |
2 |
$5,100,000 |
|
$2,550,000 |
| 24 |
|
Lionel Barrymore |
2 |
$4,900,000 |
|
$2,450,000 |
| 25 |
|
Myrna Loy |
2 |
$4,600,000 |
|
$2,300,000 |
| 26 |
|
Greta Garbo |
3 |
$4,200,000 |
|
$1,400,000 |
| 27 |
|
Fred Astaire |
2 |
$4,100,000 |
|
$2,050,000 |
| 28 |
|
John Carradine |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 29 |
|
Alice Faye |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 30 |
|
Tyrone Power |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 31 |
|
Ethel Merman |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 32 |
|
Ann Miller |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 33 |
|
Don Ameche |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 34 |
|
Spencer Tracy |
1 |
$3,800,000 |
|
$3,800,000 |
| 35 |
|
George E. Stone |
2 |
$3,400,000 |
|
$1,700,000 |
| 36 |
|
John Barrymore |
1 |
$3,400,000 |
|
$3,400,000 |
| 37 |
|
Anthony Quinn |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 38 |
|
William Powell |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 39 |
|
Bing Crosby |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 40 |
|
Lucille Ball |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 41 |
|
Nelson Eddy |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 42 |
|
Edna May Oliver |
2 |
$2,700,000 |
|
$1,350,000 |
| 43 |
|
Claudette Colbert |
1 |
$2,500,000 |
|
$2,500,000 |
| 44 |
|
Dick Powell |
1 |
$2,300,000 |
|
$2,300,000 |
| 45 |
|
Charles Boyer |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 46 |
|
Reginald Owen |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 47 |
|
Dame May Whitty |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 48 |
|
Gary Cooper |
1 |
$2,080,000 |
|
$2,080,000 |
| 49 |
|
Mae West |
1 |
$2,000,000 |
|
$2,000,000 |
| 50 |
|
Cary Grant |
1 |
$2,000,000 |
|
$2,000,000 |
| 51 |
|
Donald Crisp |
2 |
$1,600,000 |
|
$800,000 |
| 52 |
|
Edmund Gwenn |
1 |
$1,600,000 |
|
$1,600,000 |
| 53 |
|
Melvyn Douglas |
1 |
$1,200,000 |
|
$1,200,000 |
| 54 |
|
Bela Lugosi |
1 |
$1,200,000 |
|
$1,200,000 |
| 55 |
|
Wallace Beery |
1 |
$1,100,000 |
|
$1,100,000 |
| 56 |
|
Walter Brennan |
1 |
$1,100,000 |
|
$1,100,000 |
| 57 |
|
Erick von Stroheim |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 58 |
|
Pierre Fresnay |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 59 |
|
Jean Gabin |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 60 |
|
Marcel Dalio |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 61 |
|
Charlie Chaplin |
1 |
$18,165 |
|
$18,165 |
| 62 |
|
David Niven |
2 |
|
|
$ |
| 63 |
|
Basil Rathbone |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 64 |
|
Melville Cooper |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 65 |
|
Lew Ayres |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 66 |
|
Errol Flynn |
2 |
|
|
$ |
| 67 |
|
Jean Harlow |
1 |
-$1 |
|
-$1 |
|
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Friday, June 13, 2008