1941 in film

The year 1941 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Citizen Kane.

List of years in film
In television
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1941 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1941
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Sergeant York Warner Bros. $6,075,000[1]
2 Honky Tonk MGM $2,893,000[2]
3 Louisiana Purchase Paramount $2,750,000[3]
4 How Green Was My Valley 20th Century $2,447,000[4]
5 Caught in the Draft Paramount $2,200,000[4]
6 A Yank in the R.A.F. 20th Century $2,063,000[4]
7 Men of Boys Town MGM $2,009,000[2]
8 Ziegfeld Girl $1,891,000[2]
9 They Died with Their Boots On Warner Bros. $1,871,000[1]
10 Ball of Fire RKO $1,856,000[5][6]

Events

Academy Awards

1941 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1941

United States unless stated

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Serials

Comedy film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Film Debuts

References

  1. 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 28 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
  4. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
  5. Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "RKO Film Grosses, 1929-1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (1): 37–49. doi:10.1080/01439689400260031.
  6. Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/01439689408604545.
  7. "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07.
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