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North America (US and Canada) Domestic Movie Chart for 1946
Note: We only have detailed box office data from 1977 onwards. For earlier years the total box office is sometimes assigned to the release year of a movie, while the
box office amount could have been earned during two or even more years.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates.
See Movie Index 1946 for an overview of all movies released in 1946.
Top Grossing Movies of 1946
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date | Distributor | Genre | 1946 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Song of the South |
Nov 12, 1946 |
Walt Disney |
Musical |
$49,504,170 |
123,760,425 |
| 2 |
Notorious |
Aug 15, 1946 |
|
Thriller/Suspense |
$24,464,742 |
61,161,855 |
| 3 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
Nov 21, 1946 |
RKO Radio Pictures |
Drama |
$23,600,000 |
59,000,000 |
| 4 |
Duel in the Sun |
Dec 31, 1946 |
|
Western |
$20,400,000 |
51,000,000 |
| 5 |
The Jolson Story |
Oct 10, 1946 |
|
|
$19,000,000 |
47,500,000 |
| 6 |
Blue Skies |
Oct 16, 1946 |
Paramount Pictures |
Musical |
$14,300,000 |
35,750,000 |
| 7 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
May 2, 1946 |
|
|
$12,000,000 |
30,000,000 |
| 8 |
Margie |
Oct 16, 1946 |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
25,000,000 |
| 9 |
Gilda |
Mar 14, 1946 |
|
|
$10,000,000 |
25,000,000 |
| 10 |
Night and Day |
Jul 2, 1946 |
|
|
$7,500,000 |
18,750,000 |
| 11 |
The Yearling |
Dec 18, 1946 |
|
Western |
$5,200,000 |
13,000,000 |
| 12 |
The Harvey Girls |
Jan 18, 1946 |
|
Musical |
$4,100,000 |
10,250,000 |
| 13 |
Easy to Wed |
Jul 11, 1946 |
|
|
$4,100,000 |
10,250,000 |
| 14 |
Holiday in Mexico |
Aug 15, 1946 |
|
|
$3,700,000 |
9,250,000 |
| 15 |
Two Sisters from Boston |
Jun 6, 1946 |
|
|
$3,600,000 |
9,000,000 |
| 16 |
Without Reservations |
May 13, 1946 |
|
|
$3,000,000 |
7,500,000 |
| 17 |
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest |
Feb 21, 1946 |
Sony Pictures |
Adventure |
$3,000,000 |
7,500,000 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $217,468,912 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 543,672,280 |
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
