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 40ties.
- 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.
1940 Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
|
|
Name |
Movies |
Total Box Office |
|
Average |
1 |
|
Ingrid Bergman |
6 |
$82,427,242 |
|
$13,737,874 |
2 |
|
Hattie McDaniel |
2 |
$75,000,000 |
|
$37,500,000 |
3 |
|
Bing Crosby |
7 |
$74,900,000 |
|
$10,700,000 |
4 |
|
Cary Grant |
8 |
$64,164,742 |
|
$8,020,593 |
5 |
|
Gregory Peck |
7 |
$61,582,000 |
|
$8,797,429 |
6 |
|
Judy Garland |
12 |
$58,356,000 |
|
$4,863,000 |
7 |
|
George Sanders |
4 |
$56,000,000 |
|
$14,000,000 |
8 |
|
Lionel Barrymore |
6 |
$53,120,000 |
|
$8,853,333 |
9 |
|
Angela Lansbury |
4 |
$47,600,000 |
|
$11,900,000 |
10 |
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
4 |
$41,964,742 |
|
$10,491,186 |
11 |
|
Frank Puglia |
5 |
$39,262,500 |
|
$7,852,500 |
12 |
|
Dick Simmons |
6 |
$36,950,000 |
|
$6,158,333 |
13 |
|
Vincent Price |
4 |
$36,300,000 |
|
$9,075,000 |
14 |
|
Keenan Wynn |
7 |
$35,150,000 |
|
$5,021,429 |
15 |
|
Claude Rains |
2 |
$34,927,242 |
|
$17,463,621 |
16 |
|
Esther Williams |
9 |
$34,713,000 |
|
$3,857,000 |
17 |
|
Gary Cooper |
2 |
$34,200,000 |
|
$17,100,000 |
18 |
|
Leo G. Carroll |
4 |
$33,500,000 |
|
$8,375,000 |
19 |
|
Gene Kelly |
8 |
$33,456,000 |
|
$4,182,000 |
20 |
|
June Lockhart |
3 |
$33,300,000 |
|
$11,100,000 |
21 |
|
Jennifer Jones |
2 |
$32,900,000 |
|
$16,450,000 |
22 |
|
Cornel Wilde |
3 |
$32,800,000 |
|
$10,933,333 |
23 |
|
June Allyson |
7 |
$32,600,000 |
|
$4,657,143 |
24 |
|
Myrna Loy |
2 |
$32,350,000 |
|
$16,175,000 |
25 |
|
Walter Huston |
2 |
$32,200,000 |
|
$16,100,000 |
26 |
|
Joan Leslie |
2 |
$31,300,000 |
|
$15,650,000 |
27 |
|
Van Johnson |
7 |
$31,063,000 |
|
$4,437,571 |
28 |
|
Gladys Cooper |
4 |
$30,588,000 |
|
$7,647,000 |
29 |
|
Ward Bond |
5 |
$30,263,000 |
|
$6,052,600 |
30 |
|
Gene Lockhart |
2 |
$30,100,000 |
|
$15,050,000 |
31 |
|
Harry Carey |
2 |
$29,412,000 |
|
$14,706,000 |
32 |
|
Hedy Lamarr |
1 |
$28,800,000 |
|
$28,800,000 |
33 |
|
Victor Mature |
1 |
$28,800,000 |
|
$28,800,000 |
34 |
|
Jeanne Crain |
3 |
$28,400,000 |
|
$9,466,667 |
35 |
|
Cyd Charisse |
7 |
$28,100,000 |
|
$4,014,286 |
36 |
|
Howard Da Silva |
2 |
$27,400,000 |
|
$13,700,000 |
37 |
|
Celeste Holm |
3 |
$25,800,000 |
|
$8,600,000 |
38 |
|
Reginald Owen |
3 |
$25,588,000 |
|
$8,529,333 |
39 |
|
Walter Brennan |
2 |
$25,412,000 |
|
$12,706,000 |
40 |
|
John Wayne |
4 |
$25,212,000 |
|
$6,303,000 |
41 |
|
Jessica Tandy |
2 |
$25,132,000 |
|
$12,566,000 |
42 |
|
Fred Astaire |
3 |
$24,700,000 |
|
$8,233,333 |
43 |
|
Gig Young |
2 |
$24,400,000 |
|
$12,200,000 |
44 |
|
Betty Grable |
3 |
$24,000,000 |
|
$8,000,000 |
45 |
|
Jane Wyman |
3 |
$23,700,000 |
|
$7,900,000 |
46 |
|
Fredric March |
1 |
$23,600,000 |
|
$23,600,000 |
47 |
|
Lana Turner |
3 |
$23,000,000 |
|
$7,666,667 |
48 |
|
Greer Garson |
2 |
$22,632,000 |
|
$11,316,000 |
49 |
|
Kathryn Grayson |
5 |
$22,000,000 |
|
$4,400,000 |
50 |
|
Dame May Whitty |
3 |
$21,600,000 |
|
$7,200,000 |
51 |
|
Dean Stockwell |
3 |
$21,532,000 |
|
$7,177,333 |
52 |
|
Akim Tamiroff |
2 |
$21,300,000 |
|
$10,650,000 |
53 |
|
Clark Gable |
3 |
$20,972,000 |
|
$6,990,667 |
54 |
|
Spencer Tracy |
3 |
$20,535,000 |
|
$6,845,000 |
55 |
|
Mary Astor |
3 |
$19,800,000 |
|
$6,600,000 |
56 |
|
George Murphy |
1 |
$19,500,000 |
|
$19,500,000 |
57 |
|
Ronald Reagan |
1 |
$19,500,000 |
|
$19,500,000 |
58 |
|
Humphrey Bogart |
2 |
$18,587,500 |
|
$9,293,750 |
59 |
|
Bess Flowers |
3 |
$17,572,000 |
|
$5,857,333 |
60 |
|
Walter Pidgeon |
3 |
$17,200,000 |
|
$5,733,333 |
61 |
|
Peter Lawford |
4 |
$17,200,000 |
|
$4,300,000 |
62 |
|
Dickie Moore |
1 |
$16,400,000 |
|
$16,400,000 |
63 |
|
June Carlson |
1 |
$16,000,000 |
|
$16,000,000 |
64 |
|
Richard Greene |
1 |
$16,000,000 |
|
$16,000,000 |
65 |
|
Linda Darnell |
1 |
$16,000,000 |
|
$16,000,000 |
66 |
|
Ava Gardner |
3 |
$15,900,000 |
|
$5,300,000 |
67 |
|
Leif Erickson |
2 |
$15,700,000 |
|
$7,850,000 |
68 |
|
Hume Cronyn |
2 |
$15,600,000 |
|
$7,800,000 |
69 |
|
Rita Hayworth |
2 |
$15,200,000 |
|
$7,600,000 |
70 |
|
Van Heflin |
2 |
$14,700,000 |
|
$7,350,000 |
71 |
|
Hugh Marlowe |
2 |
$14,450,000 |
|
$7,225,000 |
72 |
|
Harry Carey, Jr. |
2 |
$14,412,000 |
|
$7,206,000 |
73 |
|
Frank Sinatra |
3 |
$14,200,000 |
|
$4,733,333 |
74 |
|
Jimmy Durante |
4 |
$13,900,000 |
|
$3,475,000 |
75 |
|
Gene Tierney |
1 |
$13,800,000 |
|
$13,800,000 |
76 |
|
Lena Horne |
3 |
$13,800,000 |
|
$4,600,000 |
77 |
|
Edward G. Robinson |
2 |
$13,325,000 |
|
$6,662,500 |
78 |
|
Margaret O'Brien |
1 |
$12,800,000 |
|
$12,800,000 |
79 |
|
Lee J. Cobb |
1 |
$12,500,000 |
|
$12,500,000 |
80 |
|
Claudette Colbert |
2 |
$12,172,000 |
|
$6,086,000 |
81 |
|
John Garfield |
1 |
$12,000,000 |
|
$12,000,000 |
82 |
|
James Cagney |
1 |
$11,800,000 |
|
$11,800,000 |
83 |
|
Lucille Ball |
3 |
$11,200,000 |
|
$3,733,333 |
84 |
|
Ray Milland |
1 |
$11,000,000 |
|
$11,000,000 |
85 |
|
Mickey Rooney |
3 |
$10,800,000 |
|
$3,600,000 |
86 |
|
Red Skelton |
3 |
$10,550,000 |
|
$3,516,667 |
87 |
|
Joan Fontaine |
2 |
$10,500,000 |
|
$5,250,000 |
88 |
|
Paul Henreid |
1 |
$10,462,500 |
|
$10,462,500 |
89 |
|
Conrad Veidt |
1 |
$10,462,500 |
|
$10,462,500 |
90 |
|
Peter Lorre |
1 |
$10,462,500 |
|
$10,462,500 |
91 |
|
Ginger Rogers |
2 |
$10,400,000 |
|
$5,200,000 |
92 |
|
Ricardo Montalban |
3 |
$10,150,000 |
|
$3,383,333 |
93 |
|
Dana Andrews |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
94 |
|
Dan Dailey |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
95 |
|
Leo Genn |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
96 |
|
John Payne |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
97 |
|
Olivia de Havilland |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
98 |
|
Robert E. Scott |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
99 |
|
Glenn Langan |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
100 |
|
Glenn Ford |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
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