Box office digest annual (1946)
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Number of Releases and Batting Averages of Producer-Distributors for Past 10 Years
1937
%
1.
MGM
. 50
Releases .
. 101
2.
United Artists
. 23
Releases .
. 99
3.
20th Century-Fox ....
. 56
Releases .
. 94
4.
Paramount .
. 54
Releases .
. 91
5.
Warner Brothers .
. 59
Releases .
. 88
6
RKO
. 53
. 82
7.
Columbia
. 42
Releases
. 81
8.
Universal .
. 34
Releases .
. 78
9.
Republic .
. 27
Releases
. 74
10.
Gaumont British .
. 17
Releases
. 73
11.
Grand National _
. 26
Releases .
. 73
12.
Monogram .
. 12
Releases .
. 72
453
Releases
1936
%
1.
MGM
. 52 Releases
107
2.
United Artists .
. 18 Releases
100
3.
20th Century-Fox .
. 59 Releases
92
4.
Warner Brothers
. 60 Releases
90
5.
Universal .
. 29 Releases .
. 90
6.
Paramount .
. 64 Releases
. 87
7.
RKO
47 Releases
. 86
8.
Columbia
. 43 Releases
84
9.
Gaumont British
. 16 Releases
82
10.
Grand National
. 4 Releases .
. 73
11.
Republic .
. 24 Releases .
. 70
416 Features
1939
%
1.
United Artists .
97
2.
20th Century-Fox _
. 54 Releases
. 96
3.
MGM
. 51 Releases
. 95
4.
Paramount .
. 51 Releases .
. 85
5.
. 84
6.
RKO-Radio
. 39 Releases .
. 82
7.
. 80
8.
Columbia .
. 35 Releases
. 78
9.
. 23 Releases .
. 69
10.
Monogram .
. 19 Releases _
. 67
11.
Grand National
. 4 Releases
. 66
12.
Gaumont British .
. 2 Releases .
. 65
392 Releases
1938
%
1.
MGM
. 45 Releases
103
2.
20th Century-Fox _
_ 52 Releases
92
3.
United Artists .
. 17 Releases
. 92
4.
Paramount
. 40 Releases .
88
5.
Warner Brothers .
. 53 Releases
87
6.
RKO
. 39 Releases
83
7.
Columbia .
. 33 Releases
. 80
8.
Universal
. 39 Releases
77
9.
Republic .
. 25 Releases
. 73
10.
Monogram .
. 14 Releases
69
11.
Grand National .
4 Releases
66
12.
Gaumont British .
. 10 Releases
59
371 Releases
1941
%
1.
MGM
100
2.
Paramount
. 36 Releases
. 93
3.
Warners-lst National
. 48 Releases
. 90
4.
20th Century-Fox
. 46 Releases
. 89
5.
RKO-Radio .
. 36 Releases .
. 86
6.
. 16 Releases .
. 84
7.
Universal . .
. 44 Releases _
. 85
8.
Republic . ...
. 28 Releases
. 81
9.
Columbia
. 45 Releases
. 77
10.
. 18 Releases .
. 65
364 Releases
1940
%
1.
MGM
47 Releases
101
2.
United Artists .
. . 21 Releases .
. 99
3.
20th Century-Fox .
' 48 Releases
93
4.
Warners-First National
46 Releases
. 90
5.
Paramount .
. 42 Releases
88
6.
RKO-Radio
48 Releases
77
7.
Universal
. 51 Releases
. 77
8.
Columbia
41 Releases
. 75
9.
Republic
70
10.
Monogram .
. 26 Releases .
. 66
395 Releases
1942
%
1.
Paramount .
. 31 Releases
108
2.
MGM
49 Releases
104
3.
Warners-First National
. 34 Releases
104
4.
United States .
. 15 Releases .
102
5.
20th Century-Fox .
. 48 Releases
99
6.
RKO-Radio
. 32 Releases
. 93
7.
Universal
. 52 Releases
. 87
8.
Columbia
. 38 Releases
.... 83
9.
Republic
. 20 Releases
80
10.
Monogram .
. 21 Releases .
68
340 Releases
1943
%
1.
Warners .
. 23
Releases
. 133
2.
MGM
. 42
Releases
. 124
3.
20th Century-Fox .
. 37
Releases .
. 117
4.
Paramount
. 34
Releases
. 113
5.
Universal .
. 55
Releases
. 101
6.
RKO .
. 45
Releases
. 101
7.
United States .
. 24
Releases
. 98
8.
Columbia .
. 46
Releases
. 90
9.
Republic .
. 34
Releases
. 79
10.
Monogram
. 31
Releases .
. 70
11.
PRC .
. 24
Releases .
. 70
382
Releases
1944
%
1.
MGM .
. 28
Releases
. 147
2.
Warner Brothers .
. 18
Releases
. 137
3.
20th Century-Fox .
. 30
Releases
. 128
4.
Paramount . .
. 32
Releases .
. 124
5.
United Artists .
. 15
Releases
. 115
6.
RKO
. 34
Releases
. 107
7.
Universal . .
. 48
Releases
. 102
8.
Columbia .
. 43
Releases
. 90
9.
Republic .
. 25
Releases
. 85
10.
Monogram .
. 29
Releases
. 79
11.
PRC .
. 24
Releases .
. 78
328
Releases
1945
%
1.
MGM .
. 26 Releases
142
2.
140
3.
Warner Bros .
. 17 Releases .
. 139
4.
. 23 Releases .
. 136
5.
United Artists .
. 18 Releases .
. 127
6.
RKO-Radio .
. 34 Releases .
. 118
7.
Universal .
. 45 Releases
. 104
8.
Columbia .
. 43 Releases .
_ 90
9.
. 32 Releases .
. 88
10.
. 15 Releases .
. 84
11.
PRC 7 . .
. 23 Releases .
. 80
300 Releases