Box office digest (May-Dec 1946)
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BOX OFFICE DIGEST
i3
BATTING AVERAGES for 1946
PRODUCERS AND ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Pictures %
Sam Zimbalist 1 214
Paul Jones 2 210
Arthur Freed 2 209
Carey Wilson 1. 183
Virginia Van Upp 1 181
C. Sanford-L. Picker 1 181
Dore Schary 1 177
David Lewis 1 174
Henry Blanke -.1 173
Karl Tunberg 1 168
Leon Gordon .1 168
Darrell Ware 1 168
Walter Morosco 1 161
Orville O. Dull 1 154
Robert Buckner 1 151
William Pereira 1 151
Edwin Knopf . 1 146
Herbert Biberman 1 143
Cliff Reid 1 141
Felix Jackson 1 136
Joe Gershenson 2 127
Sol Lesser 1 127
John Houseman -.1 ..126
Fred Kohlmar 1 123
Paul Malvern 1 122
Sid Rogell 1 121
Wolfgang Reinhardt 1 ..121
Adrian Scott 1 121
Milton Bren 1... 118
Alex Gottlieb 1 112
George Haight 1 Ill
Bryan Foy 3 107
Lamar Trotti 1 105
Jack Grant 1 104
DIRECTORS
ACTORS
ACTRESSES
Hal Walker
Pictures
1
%
.243
Bob Hope
Pictures
1
%
.243
George Sidney
1
.221
Bing Crosby
1
.243
Victor Fleming
1
214
Clark Gable
1
214
Vincent Minnelli
1
.192
Cornel Wilde ....
1
.181
Tay Garnett
1
.183
Joel McCrea
1
177
G. Sherman-H. Levin
..... 1
181
Brian Donlevy ..
1
.177
Joe Mankiewicz
1
181
Rav Milland
.... 1
168
Charles Vidor 1 181
Stuart Gilmore 1 177
Robert Siodmak 1 177
Victor Saville 1 168
Mitchell Leisen 1 168
Walter Lang 1 161
Leonide Moguy 1 154
Jean Renoir 1 153
S. Sylvan Simon 1 151
Curtis Bernhardt 2 151
John Berry 2 ...151
Richard Whorf 1 146
Edwin L. Marin 1 143
Compton Bennett 1 142
Norman Taurog 1 141
Irving Pichel 2 .139
Lew Seiler 1 136
Richard Wallace 1 136
Win. Seiter
1 ...
132
Henry Hathaway
1
123
E. H. Griffith
1.
.123
Harold Schuster
1
122
George Waggner
1
122
Jean Negulesco
1
121
Harold Clurman
1.
121
VI Green
1...
.118
Buzz Berkeley
1
112
Harry Beaumont
I
111
Edgar Ulmer
1. ...
104
John Payne 1 161
Wallace Beery ..1 154**
Sonny Tufts 2 152
George Raft 1 151
Paul Henreid 1 151
Robert Walker 1 146
Randolph Scott 1 143
William Bendix 2 142
Lawrence Olivier 1. 142
William Powell 1 141
Dennis O’Keefe 1 136
Dana Andrews 1 136
Abbott & Costello ..1 132
Johnny W'eissmuller 1 127
Pat O'Brien 1 123
Robert Donat 1.. 118
George Murphy 1.. Ill
Rex Harrison 1 ..102
INDEPENDENT
PRODUCERS
Pictures %
William Goetz 1 174
Ben Bogeaus 1 153
Walt Disney 1... 152
Seymour Nebenzal 1 151
Jules Levey 1 143
Sydney Box ' 1 142
Phil Ryan 1 123
Robert Golden 1 122
Alexander Korda 1 118
Herbert Wilcox .1 ..102
Pictures
%
Judy Garland
1
.221
Greer Garson
1
214
Dorothy Lamour ....
2......
184
Lana Turner
1
..183
Gene Tierney
1
.181
Rita Hayworth
1
181
Dorothy McGuire
1
177
Claudette Colbert ....
1
174
Barbara Stanwyck ..
1
.173
Gene Tierney
1
172
.Paulette Goddard ....
2
161 *000*
Maureen O’Hara ....
i
161
Margaret O’Brien ....
i... ...
154
Olivia De Havilland
,.i
.151
Ida Lupino
i.
151
Joan Fontaine 1 151
June Allyson 1 146
Ann Dvorak ...1 143
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
Constance Moore
1
.107
Joan Bennett
1
105
Ann Neagle ...
1
102
PRODUCER
DIRECTORS
Pictures %
Howard Hughes 1 231
Laurence Olivier 1 142
Lewis Milestone 1 136
Kurt Neumann ..1.. 127
Jos. Kane .1 107
Alexander Korda 1 118
Herbert Wilcox ..1 102
• ALL FEATURES RELEASED IN 1946 •
A
OVER $500,000
B
FROM $250,000 TO $500,000
C
FROM $150,000 TO $250,000
D
BELOW $150,000
The Road to Utopia PAR. ...234
Adventure MGM. ...226
The Harvey Girls MGM. ...221
The Kid From Brooklyn RKO .208
The Outlaw UA....204
Ziegfeld Follies
Bandit of Sherwood Forest
MGM 196
RKO ...187
RKO .185
Kitty
Dragonwyck
Gilda
PARD .183
FOX. ...181
COL ...181
Tomorrow is Forever
My Reputation
The Green eYars
Make Mine Music
.. RKO ...174 WAR .173 ... MGM 172 RKO .172
PAR 161
Sailor Takes a Wife Sentimental Journey Diary of a Chambermaid ...
Blue Dahlia
Whistle Stop
MGM 153
FOX . 155
UA 153 PAR 152 UA 151 RKO ...151
Devotion
WAR ...151
Abilene Town
The Seventh Veil
UA 143 UNIV. 142 UA . 142
Because of Him
Doll Face
UNIV... 136
.... FOX. 136
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Vacation from Marriage
Cinderella Jones
Three Strangers
Yank in London
Behind Green Lights ...
Bedlam
Murder in Music Hall Meet Me On Broadway Letter for Evie Shock
\ — Continued
Hoodlum Saint
Miss Susie Slagle's
Masquerade in Mexico Walk in the Sun
Little Giant
Deadline at Dawn Breakfast in Hollywood
.. RKO. .132 Wife of Monte Cristo PRC 104
MGM 118 AAan in Grey UNIV.. 91
WAR .118 Allotment Wives MONO 90
WAR 113 — —
FOX 102 Tokyo Rose PAR. .. 87
Dick Tracy RKO. .. 86
FOX. .. 98 Woman Who Came Back REP.. 84
. ..RKO. .. 96 Song of Mexico REP.... 83
REP. .. 94 Spider Woman Strikes Back UNIV... 83
COL.... 92 House of Horrors UNIV... 83
..MGM.... 88 Hotel Reserve RKO ... 83
FOX .... 88 Smooth as Silk UNIV .... 83
Made Me a Killer PAR ... 83
■ Game of Death RKO. .. 82
Strange Impersonation REP.... 82
Gay Blades REP 82
A Guy Could Change REP 82
...MGM. ...132 Idea Girl UNIV 82
PAR 131 River Boat Rhythm RKO ... 82
PAR .131 Terror by Night UNIV... 82
FOX .131 Mr. Gregory MONO . 82
Pillow of Death UNIV.... 81
UNIV . 127 Out of the Depths COL 81
.RKO. 121 Close Call for Boston Blackie COL 81
UA....121 Notorious Lone Wolf COL . . 81
Tangier UNIV. ...118
Tars and Spars COL. ...118
Up Goes Maisie MGM....1 1 1
In Old Sacramento REP... .107
How Do You Do?
PRC ... 77
Black Market Babies MONO ... 97
Strangler of the Swamp PRC. .. 83
Life With Blondie COI — 83
The Red Dragon MONO. .. 81
Face of Marble MONO.... 81
Fear MONO. .. 81
I Ring Doorbells PRC ... 81
The Flying Serpent PRC ... 81
The Shadow Returns MONO ... 80
Devil Bats Daughter PRC ... 78
Mask of Diijon PRC ... 78
Junior Prom MONO. .. 78
Live Wires MONO 78
Col. Effington's Raid
FOX... .105