The box office digest annual (May 1938)
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ALL MAJOR FEATURES RELEASED IN 1938
A
Over $500,000
%
Snow White . RK0..244
In Old Chicago . FOX.. 182
Happy Landing . FOX.. 152
Marco Polo . UA..146
The Buccaneer . PAR.. 142
Girl of the Golden West . MGM..141
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife . PAR .141
Mad About Music . UNIV..141
B
From $200,000 to $500,000
EXPLANATION
The percentage after each title represents the box office business that each picture has averaged in American Theaters — some 145% over normal business, and others 60% below normal.
The pictures listed in these four groups are classified as to nega¬ tive cost only, and NOT according to how they are sold to exhibitors.
c
From $100,000 to $200,000
D
Below $100,000
Goldwyn Follies
UA. .132
A Yank at Oxford . MGM..128
Jezebel . WAR.. 124
Bringing Up Baby . RKO. .121
Tom Sawyer . UA..121
Hollywood Hotel . WAR.. 117
Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Farm . FOX. .116
Sally, Irene and Mary . FOX . Ill
Big Broadcast of 1938 . PAR.. 101
Baroness and the Butler . FOX.. 101
Every Day’s a Holiday . PAR.. 100
Gold Is Where You Find It. .WAR. . .97
Merilly We Live . MGM...91
Radio City Revels . RKO. .88
The Divorce of Lady X . UA...86
%
Bad Man of Brimstone . MGM..128
A Slight Case of Murder ... .W A R .. 110
Judge Hardy’s Children . MGM...91
Everybody Sing . MGM...89
Penitentiary . COL. .88
Of Human Hearts . MGM...83
Hawaii Calls . RKO.. .82
Swing Your Lady . WAR . .81
Arsene Lupin Returns . MGM...80
Checkers . FOX... 80
Paradise for Three . MGM...80
The First 100 Years . MGM...80
I Was a Spy . GB. . .80
Wide Open Faces . COL . . .78
I Met My Love Again . PAR... 77
Love Is a Headache . MGM...74
Start Cheering . COL... 74
The Rat . RKO. .68
Action for Slander . U A ... 68
Look Out For Love . GB. ..64
Romance in the Dark . PAR . .64
Wife of General Ling . GB. ..62
%
Tip Off Girls . PAR. . 86
Over the Wall . WAR. . 81
The Invisible Menace . WAR. . 81
Tarzan’s Revenge . FOX... 80
City Girl . FOX. . .80
Blondes at Work . WAR... 78
Little Miss Roughneck . COL... 78
Change of Heart . FOX.. .78
Mr. Moto’s Gamble . FOX.. .78
Bulldog Drummonds Peril ... PAR. . .78
No Time To Marry . COL. ..77
Scandal Street . PAR... 77
Double Danger . RKO. .77
Lone Wolf in Paris . COL.. .77
Crashing Hollywood . RKO.,.77
Walking Down Broadway .... FOX ... 76 The Crime of Dr. Hallett . . . U N I V . . .76
Women in Prison . COL. ..76
Everybody’s Doing It . RKO... 76
The Kid Comes Back . WAR.. .74
Dangerous To Know . PAR . . .74
Condemned Woman . RKO... 74
Patient in Room 18 . REP... 74
Love on a Budget . FOX... 73
Island in the Sky . FOX.. .73
International Settlement ....FOX.. .73 Prescription for Romance. .. U N I V .. .73
Dare Devil Drivers . WAR... 72
Love, Honor and Beha ve . . . . W AR . . .72
Night Spot . RKO. . .72
She Loved a Fireman . WAR... 72
The Jury’s Secret . UNIV...71
The Black Doll . UNIV.. 71
Partners in Crime . PAR.. .68
Glamorous Night . REP.. 68
Sez O'Reilly to McNabb . GB...66
%
King of Newsboys . REP.. 81
Making the Headlines . COL.. 80
The Wrong Road . REP.. .76
Sergeant Murphy . WAR. 76
Spy Ring . UNIV. . .76
Outside of Paradise . REP... 75
Lady Behave . REP... 74
Mama Runs Wild . REP.. 74
Escape Bv Night . REP. .. 73
When G-Men Step In . COL . .72
The Duke Comes Back . REP. . . 71
Exiled to Shanghai . REP. . 71
Telephone Operator . MONO.. .71
Who Killed Gail Preston? _ COL.. .68
Saleslady . MONO. . .68
Port of Missing Girls . MONO... 67
Maid’s Night Out . RKO. . 62
Gaiety Girls . U A . . .46
The Scarlet Pimpernel . UA...41