Domestic Release Schedule for 1940

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1940.

See also: Top 1940 Worldwide - Most Popular 1940

Current Release Schedule 1941 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
January, 1940
January 1 Come On George! (Wide)    
 
January 12 The Shop Around the Corner (Limited)    
 
January 18 His Girl Friday (Limited)    
 
January 19 Remember the Night (Limited)    
February, 1940
February 9 Pinocchio (Wide) Walt Disney $84,300,000  
Broadway Melody of 1940 (Limited) MGM    
My Little Chickadee (Limited) Universal    
March, 1940
March 14 Road to Singapore (Wide) Paramount Pictures $3,200,000  
 
March 21 Rebecca (Limited) MGM $6,000,000  
April, 1940
April 12 Dr Cyclops (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
The House of the Seven Gables (Limited) Universal    
May, 1940
May 17 Waterloo Bridge (Limited)    
 
May 31 A Bill of Divorcement (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
June, 1940
June 14 The Mortal Storm (Limited)    
 
June 21 The Ghost Breakers (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
July, 1940
July 26 Pride and Prejudice (Limited) MGM    
 
July 29 Le jour se leve (Limited) $35,321  
August, 1940
August 3 They Drive by Night (Limited)    
 
August 10 The Sea Hawk (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
August 16 Foreign Correspondent (Limited) United Artists    
 
August 30 Boom Town (Wide) MGM $9,172,000  
Dance, Girl, Dance (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
September, 1940
September 27 Strike Up the Band (Limited) MGM    
 
September 30 The Ape (Wide) Monogram Pictures    
October, 1940
October 4 The Gay Caballero (Limited)    
 
October 23 The Face at the Window (Limited) Arthur Ziehm    
 
October 25 Seven Sinners (Limited) Universal    
 
October 29 De Mayerling à Sarajevo (Limited) $5,247  
 
October 31 The Great Dictator (Limited) United Artists    
November, 1940
November 1 Escape (Limited)    
 
November 8 Arise, My Love (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
The Mark of Zorro (Limited)    
 
November 13 Fantasia (Wide) Walt Disney $83,320,000  
 
November 15 The Letter (Limited) Warner Bros.    
December, 1940
December 5 The Philadelphia Story (Limited) MGM $3,000,000  
 
December 13 Comrade X (Limited)    
 
December 28 Santa Fe Trail (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
December 29 Night Train to Munich (Limited)