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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 bodata@the-numbers.com.
1930 Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
| |
|
Name |
Movies |
Total Box Office |
|
Average |
| 1 |
|
Clark Gable |
4 |
$205,648,470 |
|
$51,412,118 |
| 2 |
|
Leslie Howard |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 3 |
|
George Reeves |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 4 |
|
Evelyn Keyes |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 5 |
|
Olivia de Havilland |
2 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$99,340,235 |
| 6 |
|
Hattie McDaniel |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 7 |
|
Butterfly McQueen |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 8 |
|
Barbara O'Neil |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 9 |
|
Ward Bond |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 10 |
|
Thomas Mitchell |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 11 |
|
Ann Rutherford |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 12 |
|
Vivien Leigh |
1 |
$198,680,470 |
|
$198,680,470 |
| 13 |
|
Billie Burke |
2 |
$29,802,232 |
|
$14,901,116 |
| 14 |
|
Jack Haley |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 15 |
|
Margaret Hamilton |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 16 |
|
Frank Morgan |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 17 |
|
Judy Garland |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 18 |
|
Bart Lahr |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 19 |
|
Pat Walshe |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 20 |
|
Clara Blandick |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 21 |
|
Charles Grapewin |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 22 |
|
Ray Bolger |
1 |
$28,202,232 |
|
$28,202,232 |
| 23 |
|
Jean Arthur |
3 |
$15,080,000 |
|
$5,026,667 |
| 24 |
|
Frank Puglia |
3 |
$13,500,000 |
|
$4,500,000 |
| 25 |
|
James Stewart |
2 |
$13,000,000 |
|
$6,500,000 |
| 26 |
|
Mae Clarke |
1 |
$12,000,000 |
|
$12,000,000 |
| 27 |
|
Boris Karloff |
1 |
$12,000,000 |
|
$12,000,000 |
| 28 |
|
Robert Armstrong |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 29 |
|
Fay Wray |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 30 |
|
Jeanette MacDonald |
3 |
$9,268,000 |
|
$3,089,333 |
| 31 |
|
Claude Rains |
1 |
$9,000,000 |
|
$9,000,000 |
| 32 |
|
Harry Carey |
1 |
$9,000,000 |
|
$9,000,000 |
| 33 |
|
Donald Meek |
3 |
$7,382,000 |
|
$2,460,667 |
| 34 |
|
Shirley Ross |
2 |
$5,868,000 |
|
$2,934,000 |
| 35 |
|
Leif Erickson |
2 |
$5,100,000 |
|
$2,550,000 |
| 36 |
|
Lionel Barrymore |
2 |
$4,900,000 |
|
$2,450,000 |
| 37 |
|
Myrna Loy |
2 |
$4,600,000 |
|
$2,300,000 |
| 38 |
|
Ginger Rogers |
3 |
$4,320,000 |
|
$1,440,000 |
| 39 |
|
Greta Garbo |
3 |
$4,200,000 |
|
$1,400,000 |
| 40 |
|
Ethel Merman |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 41 |
|
John Carradine |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 42 |
|
Alice Faye |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 43 |
|
Don Ameche |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 44 |
|
Tyrone Power |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 45 |
|
Ann Miller |
1 |
$4,000,000 |
|
$4,000,000 |
| 46 |
|
John Barrymore |
1 |
$3,400,000 |
|
$3,400,000 |
| 47 |
|
Bing Crosby |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 48 |
|
Anthony Quinn |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 49 |
|
Nelson Eddy |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 50 |
|
William Powell |
1 |
$3,000,000 |
|
$3,000,000 |
| 51 |
|
Fred Astaire |
2 |
$2,882,000 |
|
$1,441,000 |
| 52 |
|
Spencer Tracy |
1 |
$2,868,000 |
|
$2,868,000 |
| 53 |
|
Edna May Oliver |
2 |
$2,700,000 |
|
$1,350,000 |
| 54 |
|
George E. Stone |
2 |
$2,538,000 |
|
$1,269,000 |
| 55 |
|
Claudette Colbert |
1 |
$2,500,000 |
|
$2,500,000 |
| 56 |
|
Reginald Owen |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 57 |
|
Dame May Whitty |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 58 |
|
Charles Boyer |
1 |
$2,100,000 |
|
$2,100,000 |
| 59 |
|
Gary Cooper |
1 |
$2,080,000 |
|
$2,080,000 |
| 60 |
|
Cary Grant |
1 |
$2,000,000 |
|
$2,000,000 |
| 61 |
|
Mae West |
1 |
$2,000,000 |
|
$2,000,000 |
| 62 |
|
Lucille Ball |
1 |
$1,782,000 |
|
$1,782,000 |
| 63 |
|
Edmund Gwenn |
1 |
$1,600,000 |
|
$1,600,000 |
| 64 |
|
Donald Crisp |
2 |
$1,600,000 |
|
$800,000 |
| 65 |
|
Dick Powell |
1 |
$1,438,000 |
|
$1,438,000 |
| 66 |
|
Melvyn Douglas |
1 |
$1,200,000 |
|
$1,200,000 |
| 67 |
|
Bela Lugosi |
1 |
$1,200,000 |
|
$1,200,000 |
| 68 |
|
Walter Brennan |
1 |
$1,100,000 |
|
$1,100,000 |
| 69 |
|
Wallace Beery |
1 |
$1,100,000 |
|
$1,100,000 |
| 70 |
|
Erick von Stroheim |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 71 |
|
Pierre Fresnay |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 72 |
|
Jean Gabin |
2 |
$342,979 |
|
$171,490 |
| 73 |
|
Marcel Dalio |
1 |
$342,979 |
|
$342,979 |
| 74 |
|
Charlie Chaplin |
1 |
$18,165 |
|
$18,165 |
| 75 |
|
Lew Ayres |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 76 |
|
Basil Rathbone |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 77 |
|
Michel Simon |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 78 |
|
David Niven |
2 |
|
|
$ |
| 79 |
|
Michele Morgan |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 80 |
|
Errol Flynn |
2 |
|
|
$ |
| 81 |
|
Pierre Brasseur |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 82 |
|
Melville Cooper |
1 |
|
|
$ |
| 83 |
|
Jean Harlow |
1 |
-$1 |
|
-$1 |
|
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Saturday, January 05, 2013