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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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