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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 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 data@the-numbers.com.
1940 Top 100 Stars at the Box Office
| |
|
Name |
Movies |
Total Box Office |
|
Average |
| 1 |
|
Hattie McDaniel |
2 |
$75,000,000 |
|
$37,500,000 |
| 2 |
|
Bing Crosby |
7 |
$74,900,000 |
|
$10,700,000 |
| 3 |
|
Ingrid Bergman |
6 |
$65,962,500 |
|
$10,993,750 |
| 4 |
|
Gregory Peck |
7 |
$61,582,000 |
|
$8,797,429 |
| 5 |
|
Judy Garland |
12 |
$58,356,000 |
|
$4,863,000 |
| 6 |
|
George Sanders |
4 |
$56,000,000 |
|
$14,000,000 |
| 7 |
|
Lionel Barrymore |
6 |
$53,120,000 |
|
$8,853,333 |
| 8 |
|
Cary Grant |
8 |
$47,700,000 |
|
$5,962,500 |
| 9 |
|
Angela Lansbury |
4 |
$47,600,000 |
|
$11,900,000 |
| 10 |
|
Frank Puglia |
5 |
$39,262,500 |
|
$7,852,500 |
| 11 |
|
Dick Simmons |
6 |
$36,950,000 |
|
$6,158,333 |
| 12 |
|
Vincent Price |
4 |
$36,300,000 |
|
$9,075,000 |
| 13 |
|
Keenan Wynn |
7 |
$35,150,000 |
|
$5,021,429 |
| 14 |
|
Esther Williams |
9 |
$34,713,000 |
|
$3,857,000 |
| 15 |
|
Gary Cooper |
2 |
$34,200,000 |
|
$17,100,000 |
| 16 |
|
Leo G. Carroll |
4 |
$33,500,000 |
|
$8,375,000 |
| 17 |
|
Gene Kelly |
8 |
$33,456,000 |
|
$4,182,000 |
| 18 |
|
June Lockhart |
3 |
$33,300,000 |
|
$11,100,000 |
| 19 |
|
Jennifer Jones |
2 |
$32,900,000 |
|
$16,450,000 |
| 20 |
|
Cornel Wilde |
3 |
$32,800,000 |
|
$10,933,333 |
| 21 |
|
June Allyson |
7 |
$32,600,000 |
|
$4,657,143 |
| 22 |
|
Myrna Loy |
2 |
$32,350,000 |
|
$16,175,000 |
| 23 |
|
Walter Huston |
2 |
$32,200,000 |
|
$16,100,000 |
| 24 |
|
Joan Leslie |
2 |
$31,300,000 |
|
$15,650,000 |
| 25 |
|
Van Johnson |
7 |
$31,063,000 |
|
$4,437,571 |
| 26 |
|
Gladys Cooper |
4 |
$30,588,000 |
|
$7,647,000 |
| 27 |
|
Ward Bond |
5 |
$30,263,000 |
|
$6,052,600 |
| 28 |
|
Gene Lockhart |
2 |
$30,100,000 |
|
$15,050,000 |
| 29 |
|
Harry Carey |
2 |
$29,412,000 |
|
$14,706,000 |
| 30 |
|
Victor Mature |
1 |
$28,800,000 |
|
$28,800,000 |
| 31 |
|
Hedy Lamarr |
1 |
$28,800,000 |
|
$28,800,000 |
| 32 |
|
Jeanne Crain |
3 |
$28,400,000 |
|
$9,466,667 |
| 33 |
|
Cyd Charisse |
7 |
$28,100,000 |
|
$4,014,286 |
| 34 |
|
Howard Da Silva |
2 |
$27,400,000 |
|
$13,700,000 |
| 35 |
|
Celeste Holm |
3 |
$25,800,000 |
|
$8,600,000 |
| 36 |
|
Reginald Owen |
3 |
$25,588,000 |
|
$8,529,333 |
| 37 |
|
Alfred Hitchcock |
4 |
$25,500,000 |
|
$6,375,000 |
| 38 |
|
Walter Brennan |
2 |
$25,412,000 |
|
$12,706,000 |
| 39 |
|
John Wayne |
4 |
$25,212,000 |
|
$6,303,000 |
| 40 |
|
Jessica Tandy |
2 |
$25,132,000 |
|
$12,566,000 |
| 41 |
|
Fred Astaire |
3 |
$24,700,000 |
|
$8,233,333 |
| 42 |
|
Gig Young |
2 |
$24,400,000 |
|
$12,200,000 |
| 43 |
|
Betty Grable |
3 |
$24,000,000 |
|
$8,000,000 |
| 44 |
|
Jane Wyman |
3 |
$23,700,000 |
|
$7,900,000 |
| 45 |
|
Fredric March |
1 |
$23,600,000 |
|
$23,600,000 |
| 46 |
|
Lana Turner |
3 |
$23,000,000 |
|
$7,666,667 |
| 47 |
|
Greer Garson |
2 |
$22,632,000 |
|
$11,316,000 |
| 48 |
|
Kathryn Grayson |
5 |
$22,000,000 |
|
$4,400,000 |
| 49 |
|
Dame May Whitty |
3 |
$21,600,000 |
|
$7,200,000 |
| 50 |
|
Dean Stockwell |
3 |
$21,532,000 |
|
$7,177,333 |
| 51 |
|
Akim Tamiroff |
2 |
$21,300,000 |
|
$10,650,000 |
| 52 |
|
Clark Gable |
3 |
$20,972,000 |
|
$6,990,667 |
| 53 |
|
Spencer Tracy |
3 |
$20,535,000 |
|
$6,845,000 |
| 54 |
|
Mary Astor |
3 |
$19,800,000 |
|
$6,600,000 |
| 55 |
|
Ronald Reagan |
1 |
$19,500,000 |
|
$19,500,000 |
| 56 |
|
George Murphy |
1 |
$19,500,000 |
|
$19,500,000 |
| 57 |
|
Humphrey Bogart |
2 |
$18,587,500 |
|
$9,293,750 |
| 58 |
|
Claude Rains |
2 |
$18,462,500 |
|
$9,231,250 |
| 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 |
|
Linda Darnell |
1 |
$16,000,000 |
|
$16,000,000 |
| 64 |
|
June Carlson |
1 |
$16,000,000 |
|
$16,000,000 |
| 65 |
|
Richard Greene |
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 |
|
Lena Horne |
3 |
$13,800,000 |
|
$4,600,000 |
| 76 |
|
Gene Tierney |
1 |
$13,800,000 |
|
$13,800,000 |
| 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 |
|
Peter Lorre |
1 |
$10,462,500 |
|
$10,462,500 |
| 89 |
|
Paul Henreid |
1 |
$10,462,500 |
|
$10,462,500 |
| 90 |
|
Ginger Rogers |
2 |
$10,400,000 |
|
$5,200,000 |
| 91 |
|
Ricardo Montalban |
3 |
$10,150,000 |
|
$3,383,333 |
| 92 |
|
Robert E. Scott |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 93 |
|
Dana Andrews |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 94 |
|
Dan Dailey |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 95 |
|
Glenn Langan |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 96 |
|
Donald Meek |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 97 |
|
John Payne |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 98 |
|
June Haver |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 99 |
|
Olivia de Havilland |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
| 100 |
|
Leo Genn |
1 |
$10,000,000 |
|
$10,000,000 |
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Sunday, July 13, 2008