Box office digest (May-Dec 1946)
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BOX OFFICE DIGEST
19
• BATTING AVERAGES for 1946 •
PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATE
Pictures
%
Hal Walker
1......
.243
PRODUCERS
Victor Fleming
1
.214
Pictures
<yc George Sidney
1
.211
Arthur Freed
1
221 Vincent Minnelli
1
.192
Sam Zinibalist
1
214 G. Sherman-H. Levin
1
.181
Paul Jones
2
210 Stuart Gilmore
1
.177
C. Sanford-L. Picker
1
181 Robert Siodmak
1
177
Dore Sehary
1
177 J°e Mankiewiez
1
.172
David Lewis
1
174 Victor Saville
1
.168
Henry Blanke
1
173 Mitchell Leisen
1
168
Karl Tunberg
1
168 Charles Vidor
1
166
Leon Gordon
1
168 Curtis Bernhardt
2
.165
Darrell Ware
1
168 Walter Lang
1
.161
Virginia Van Upp
1
166 S. Sylvan Simon
1
.154
Walter Moroseo
1
161 Leonide Moguy
1
154
Robert Buckner
1
.156 Richard Whorf
1
146
Orville O. Dull
1
.154 EtjHjn [ Marin
1
.143
Edwin Knopf
Herbert Biberman ...
1
1
143 Norman Taurog
1
141
William Pereira
1
142 Irving Pichel
2
139
Cliff Reid
1
.141 Lew Seiler
1
.136
Felix Jackson
1
■136 Richard Wallace
1
.136
Sydney Box
Joe Gershenson
1
2
John Berry
2
134
Sol Lesser
1
127 Wm. Seiter
1
132
John Houseman
1
..126 Compton Bennett
1
131
Fred Kohlmar
1
.123 Henry Hathaway
1
.123
Paul Malvern
Sid Rogell
1
1
E. H. Griffith
1
.123
Wolfgang Reinhardt
1
121 Harold Schuster
1
122
Adrian Seott ,
1
.121 George Waggner
1
122
Milton Bren
1
.118 Jean Negulesco
1
121
Alex Gottlieb
1
.112 Harold Clurman
1
121
George Haight
1
..Ill A1 Green
1
118
Bryan Foy
3
.107 Buzz Berkeley
1
112
Lamar Trotti
1
.105 Harry Beaumont
1
111
Herman Millakowsky
1
.102 John English
1
102
ACTORS
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Clark Gable
Cornel Wilde
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Ray Milland
Pictures %
1 243
1 243
1 214
1 181
1 177
1 177
1 168
John Pavne
1
. .161
Wallace Beery
1 ...
.154
George Raft
1
. .154
Sonny Tufts
2. .
.152
Robert Walker
1
...146
Randolph Scott
1 ....
...143
William Bendix
2...
.142
William Powell
1
141
Dennis O’Keefe
1
...136
Dana Andrews
1
...136
Abbott & Costello
1
.132
Johnny Weissmuller
1
...127
Pat O’Brien
1
123
Robert Donat
1
118
George Murphv
.1
111
PRODUCER
DIRECTORS
Pictures
%
Howard Hughes
I
231
Lewis Milestone ....
1
136
Kurt Neumann
1
127
Alexander Korda ..
1
118
ACTRESSES
Greer Garson
Pictures
1
%
.214
Judy Garland
1
.211
Dorothy Lamour ...
2
.184
Dorothy McGuire ...
1
177
Claudette Colbert ...
1
174
Barbara Stanwyck .
1
173
Gene Tierney
1
.172
Paulette Goddard ...
1
.168
Rita Hayworth
1
.166
Maureen O’Hara ...
1
161
Olivia De Havilland
1
.156
Ida Lupino
1
156
Margaret O’Brien 1 154
June Allyson _. 1 .146
Ann Dvorak 1 143
Joan Fontaine 1 142
Carmen Miranda 1 136
Vivian Blaine 1 136
Deanna Durbin 1 .136
Veronica Lake 1 126
Lucille Ball 1 123
Maria Montez ..1... 122
Geraldine Fitzgerald 1 121
Susan Hayward 1 121
Joan
Leslie
1
.112
Ann
Sothern
1
111
Joan
Bennett
1
...105
Vera
Hruba Ralston ..
1
...102
INDEPENDENT
PRODUCERS
William Goetz
Pictures
1
%
174
Seymour Nebenzal .
1
154
Jules Levey
1
143
Phil Rvan
1
123
Robert Golden
1
.122
Alexander Korda ...
1
118
All Features Released In 1946
The Road to Utopia
PAR
...234
Deadline At Dawn
RKO
...121
Life With Blondie ...
COL
83
Adventure
MGM
...226
Tars and Spars
COl
118
Smooth As Silk ...
....UNIV
83
The Harvey Girls
....MGM....
.221
Vacation From Marriage
MGM
118
REP
82
The Outlaw
14
.204
Cinderella Jones
..WAR
...118
A Guy Could Change
REP
82
The Spiral Staircase
RKO.
.185
Three Strangers
WAR
113
Idea Girl
. UNIV
82
Bandit of Sherwood Forest
.... RKO. ..
181
The Seventh Veil
UNIV
112
River Boat Rhythm .
RKO
82
Tomorrow is Forever
RKO
174
Up Goes Maisie
MGM...
111
UNIV
82
My Reputation
. WAR
173
Murder in Music Hall
REP
108
Mr. Gregory .
MONO
82
Sentimental Journey
FOX
...164
Col. Effington’s Raid
FOX
. .105
The Red Dragon
MONO
81
Gilda
COL
.163
Behind Green Lights
FOX ...
... 98
Pillow of Death
....UNIV
81
Sailor Takes A Wife
. MGM...
158
Black Market Babies
MONO
97
Face of Marhle
MONO
81
Whistle Stop
UA.„.
...154
Meet Me On Broadway
COL ....
.... 92
Out of the Depths
COL
81
Little Giant
. UNI V
132
Allotment Wives
MONO
90
Fear
MONO
81
Abilene Town
UA....
.143
A Letter For Eve
MGM
88
The Flying Serpent
PRC
81
Because of Him
...UNIV....
136
Shock
FOX
.... 88
I Ring Doorbells
PRC
81
Doll Face
FOX
136
Tokyo Rose
PAR
.... 87
Close Call for Boston Blackie
COL
81
Hoodlum Saint
MGM
.132
Dick Tracy
RKO
.... 86
Notorious Lone Wolf
COL
81
Miss Susie Slagle’s
PAR ....
.131
Woman Who Came Back
REP
.... 84
The Shadow Returns
MONO
80
Walk in the Sun
FOX ....
...131
Song of Mexico
REP
... 83
Mask of Diijon
PRC
78
Tangier
...UNIV...
.126
Spider Woman Strikes Back .
UNIV
.... 83
Junior Prom
MONO
78
Tarzan and Leopard Woman ..
RKO ....
. .123
House of Horrors
UNIV
.... 83
Live Wires
MONO
78
Breakfast in Hollywood
UA...
...121
Hotel Reserve
RKO
.... 83
How Do You Do?
PRC
... 77
TALKS
SHOWMAN'S
LANGUAGE