1938 in film

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.

List of years in film
In television
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1938 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1938
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Boys Town MGM $2,828,000[1]
2 Alexander's Ragtime Band 20th Century Fox $2,630,000[2]
3 Test Pilot MGM $2,431,000[1]
4 You Can't Take It with You Columbia $2,137,575[3]
5 Sweethearts MGM $2,017,000[4]
6 In Old Chicago 20th Century Fox $1,964,000[2]
7 The Adventures of Robin Hood Warner Bros. $1,928,000[5]
8 Love Finds Andy Hardy MGM $1,637,000[1]
9 Marie Antoinette $1,633,000[1]
10 Too Hot to Handle $1,627,000[1]

Events

Academy Awards

1938 film releases

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1938

United States unless stated

A

B

C

D

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

O

P

R

S

T

U-V

W

Y

Z

Serials

Comedy film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Debuts

References

  1. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990.
  3. Joseph McBride, Frank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success University Press of Mississippi, 1992 p 381
  4. Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
  5. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  6. McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film (fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1887. ISBN 9781526111968.
  7. Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia (1989). 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival, 18-21 December 1989. Organizing Committee of 34th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.


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