Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1946
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1946 | |||
| January 7 | Lightning Raiders (Limited) | ||
| January 18 | Because of Him (Limited) | Universal | |
| The Harvey Girls (Limited) | $4,100,000 | ||
| January 25 | My Reputation (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| January 28 | Three Strangers (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| February 1946 | |||
| February 1 | Terror By Night (Limited) | Universal | |
| February 6 | The Spiral Staircase (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| February 17 | Ambush Trail (Limited) | ||
| February 21 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (Wide) | Sony Pictures | $3,000,000 |
| February 27 | Road to Utopia (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| March 1946 | |||
| March 14 | Gilda (Limited) | $10,000,000 | |
| March 20 | Romance of the West (Limited) | ||
| March 27 | Gentlemen With Guns (Limited) | Producers Releasing Corporation | |
| March 29 | House of Horrors (Limited) | ||
| April 1946 | |||
| April 12 | Thunder Town (Limited) | ||
| April 16 | The Blue Dahlia (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| April 23 | Lost City of the Jungle (Limited) | Universal | |
| May 1946 | |||
| May 2 | The Postman Always Rings Twice (Limited) | $12,000,000 | |
| May 3 | Her Kind of Man (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| May 13 | Without Reservations (Wide) | $3,000,000 | |
| May 26 | O.S.S. (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| June 1946 | |||
| June 1 | Cluny Brown (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | |
| June 5 | Ghost Of Hidden Valley (Limited) | Producers Releasing Corporation | |
| June 6 | Two Sisters from Boston (Limited) | $3,600,000 | |
| June 14 | Janie Gets Married (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| June 28 | Dead of Night (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 30 | Colorado Serenade (Limited) | Producers Releasing Corporation | |
| July 1946 | |||
| July 2 | Night and Day (Limited) | $7,500,000 | |
| July 6 | A Stolen Life (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| July 10 | Tumbleweed Trail (Limited) | ||
| July 11 | Easy to Wed (Limited) | $4,100,000 | |
| July 17 | Canyon Passage (Limited) | Universal | |
| Prairie Badmen (Limited) | |||
| July 23 | Till the End of Time (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| July 24 | Courage of Lassie (Limited) | ||
| August 1946 | |||
| August 2 | Black Angel (Limited) | Universal | |
| August 10 | A Night in Casablanca (Limited) | United Artists | |
| August 15 | Make Mine Music (Wide) | ||
| Down Missouri Way (Limited) | |||
| Holiday in Mexico (Limited) | $3,700,000 | ||
| Notorious (Limited) | $24,464,742 | ||
| August 21 | Overland Riders (Limited) | ||
| August 23 | Step by Step (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| August 30 | The Killers (Limited) | ||
| August 31 | The Big Sleep (Limited) | ||
| September 1946 | |||
| September 6 | Crack-Up (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| September 14 | Shadow of a Woman (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| September 22 | Outlaws Of The Plains (Limited) | Producers Releasing Corporation | |
| October 1946 | |||
| October 1 | Driftin’ River (Limited) | Producers Releasing Corporation | |
| October 10 | The Jolson Story (Wide) | $19,000,000 | |
| So Dark the Night (Limited) | Columbia | ||
| October 11 | Bath Day (Limited) | ||
| October 12 | Nobody Lives Forever (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| October 16 | Blue Skies (Wide) | Paramount Pictures | $14,300,000 |
| Margie (Limited) | $10,000,000 | ||
| October 17 | My Darling Clementine (Limited) | ||
| October 18 | Deception (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| October 24 | The Cockeyed Miracle (Limited) | MGM | |
| October 29 | Nocturne (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| November 1946 | |||
| November 5 | Don Ricardo Returns (Limited) | ||
| November 12 | Song of the South (Wide) | Walt Disney | $65,000,000 |
| November 15 | Les Enfants du Paradis (Limited) | $36,986 | |
| November 16 | The Chase (Limited) | ||
| November 18 | Stars Over Texas (Limited) | ||
| November 21 | The Best Years of Our Lives (Wide) | RKO Radio Pictures | $23,600,000 |
| November 23 | The Verdict (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| December 1946 | |||
| December 1 | Wild West (Limited) | ||
| December 18 | The Yearling (Wide) | $5,200,000 | |
| December 20 | It's a Wonderful Life (Limited) | $12,241,691 | |
| The Locket (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | ||
| December 25 | The Beast with Five Fingers (Limited) | ||
| Humoresque (Limited) | |||
| A Matter of Life and Death (Limited) | Universal | ||
| December 31 | Duel in the Sun (Wide) | $20,400,000 | |