Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1939
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1939 | |||
| January 1 | The Bronze Buckaroo (Limited) | ||
| January 6 | Pacific Liner (Limited) | ||
| January 7 | The Phantom Creeps (Limited) | Universal | |
| January 13 | Burn ’Em Up O’Connor (Limited) | MGM | |
| Son of Frankenstein (Limited) | |||
| January 14 | King of the Underworld (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| January 27 | Jesse James (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| January 28 | They Made Me a Criminal (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| March 1939 | |||
| March 3 | The Oklahoma Kid (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| Stagecoach (Limited) | United Artists | ||
| March 13 | Rough Riders’ Round-Up (Limited) | Republic Pictures | |
| March 17 | Goofy and Wilbur (Limited) | ||
| The Little Princess (Limited) | |||
| March 24 | Midnight (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| March 29 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (Wide) | $1,100,000 | |
| March 31 | The Hound of the Baskervilles (Limited) | ||
| April 1939 | |||
| April 22 | Dark Victory (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 24 | Juarez (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 27 | Donald’s Cousin Gus (Limited) | ||
| May 1939 | |||
| May 5 | Union Pacific (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| May 19 | It's A Wonderful World (Limited) | ||
| May 20 | You Can’t Get Away with Murder (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May 25 | Only Angels Have Wings (Limited) | Columbia | |
| June 1939 | |||
| June 2 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| Young Mr. Lincoln (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| June 19 | In Old Caliente (Limited) | Republic Pictures | |
| July 1939 | |||
| July 24 | Beau Geste (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| August 1939 | |||
| August 1 | Mr. Wong in Chinatown (Limited) | ||
| August 16 | The Old Maid (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| August 19 | Each Dawn I Die (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| August 25 | The Wizard of Oz (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $35,572,006 |
| September 1939 | |||
| September 1 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Limited) | ||
| The Women (Limited) | MGM | ||
| September 29 | Dancing Co-Ed (Limited) | ||
| Honeymoon in Bali (Limited) | |||
| Rio (Limited) | Universal | ||
| September 30 | Espionage Agent (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| October 1939 | |||
| October 13 | Jamaica Inn (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| October 17 | Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $9,000,000 |
| October 27 | The Cat and the Canary (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| Disputed Passage (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | ||
| October 28 | The Roaring Twenties (Limited) | ||
| October 29 | Le Quai de brumes (Limited) | $35,962 | |
| November 1939 | |||
| November 3 | Ninotchka (Wide) | $1,200,000 | |
| November 4 | Kid Nightingale (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| November 11 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| November 17 | Another Thin Man (Limited) | MGM | |
| November 30 | Destry Rides Again (Limited) | Universal | |
| December 1939 | |||
| December 2 | The Return of Doctor X (Limited) | ||
| December 15 | Gone with the Wind (Exclusive) | MGM | $198,680,470 |
| December 29 | The Cisco Kid and the Lady (Limited) | ||
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| December 30 | Invisible Stripes (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |