Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1949
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1949 | |||
| January 1 | I Was a Male War Bride (Wide) | $7,750,000 | |
| Neptune's Daughter (Wide) | $3,450,000 | ||
| On the Town (Wide) | $2,900,000 | ||
| February 1949 | |||
| February 4 | Criss Cross (Limited) | Universal | |
| February 11 | Riders of the Range (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| February 13 | It Always Rains on Sunday (Wide) | Rialto Pictures | $7,176 |
| March 1949 | |||
| March 1 | Wake of the Red Witch (Limited) | Republic Pictures | |
| March 4 | Alias Nick Beal (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| March 10 | Blondies Big Deal (Limited) | Columbia | |
| Little Women (Limited) | |||
| March 18 | The Queen of Spades (Wide) | Monogram Pictures | |
| March 23 | El Paso (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| April 1949 | |||
| April 1 | Impact (Limited) | ||
| April 16 | My Dream is Yours (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| April 22 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (Limited) | ||
| Portrait of Jennie (Limited) | Selznick Releasing Organization | ||
| April 29 | The Set Up (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| April 30 | The Secret Garden (Limited) | ||
| April TBD | Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Limited) | MGM | |
| May 1949 | |||
| May 1 | Stampede (Limited) | Allied Artists | |
| May 5 | Red Canyon (Limited) | Universal | |
| May 19 | Canadian Pacific (Limited) | ||
| May 27 | Africa Screams (Limited) | United Artists | |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (Limited) | |||
| The Doolins of Oklahoma (Limited) | |||
| May TBD | The Window (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| June 1949 | |||
| June 8 | Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (Limited) | Universal | |
| June 16 | Roughshod (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| June 26 | Massacre River (Limited) | Allied Artists | |
| June 27 | Stagecoach Kid (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| July 1949 | |||
| July 13 | The Great Gatsby (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| July 26 | She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Limited) | $5,400,000 | |
| July 27 | Come to the Stable (Limited) | $8,000,000 | |
| July 28 | Scene of the Crime (Limited) | ||
| July 29 | In the Good Old Summertime (Wide) | $3,400,000 | |
| August 1949 | |||
| August 25 | Madame Bovary (Limited) | ||
| August 30 | Task Force (Limited) | Warner Bros. | |
| September 1949 | |||
| September 8 | Blondie Hits the Jackpot (Limited) | Columbia | |
| Under Capricorn (Limited) | Warner Bros. | ||
| September 22 | That Midnight Kiss (Limited) | MGM | |
| September 23 | Goofy Gymnastics (Limited) | ||
| September 29 | Pinky (Wide) | $8,400,000 | |
| September 30 | Red Light (Limited) | United Artists | |
| October 1949 | |||
| October 1 | Trapped (Limited) | ||
| October 5 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (Wide) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| October 6 | The Heiress (Limited) | Paramount Pictures | |
| October 10 | Intruder in the Dust (Limited) | MGM | |
| Thieves’ Highway (Limited) | 20th Century Fox | ||
| October 31 | Samson and Delilah (Wide) | $28,800,000 | |
| November 1949 | |||
| November 3 | That Forsyth Woman (Limited) | ||
| November 5 | They Live by Night (Limited) | ||
| November 15 | The Fallen Idol (Wide) | Rialto Pictures | $198,324 |
| November 25 | Tension (Limited) | MGM | |
| November TBD | Tokyo Joe (Limited) | ||
| December 1949 | |||
| December 1 | The Threat (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| December 12 | The Bicycle Thief (Wide) | $361,712 | |
| December 14 | Sands of Iwo Jima (Limited) | $7,800,000 | |
| December 21 | Twelve O'Clock High (Limited) | $6,450,000 | |
| December 24 | Holiday Affair (Limited) | RKO Radio Pictures | |