1946 in film

The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Academy Awards.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1946
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 The Best Years of Our Lives RKO $10,170,000[1]
2 Duel in the Sun Selznick International $8,700,000[1]
3 The Jolson Story Columbia $7,600,000[2]
4 Blue Skies Paramount $5,700,000[2]
5 Saratoga Trunk Warner Bros. $5,148,000[3]
6 The Outlaw [nb 1] RKO $5,075,000[4]
7 The Razor's Edge 20th Century $5,000,000[2]
8 Night and Day Warner Bros. $4,990,000[3]
9 Notorious RKO $4,850,000[5]
10 The Yearling MGM $4,768,000[6]
  1. "The Outlaw" was filmed in 1941 and was first released in theaters in February 1943, but was quickly withdrawn due to violations of the Production Code. It was re-released in April 1946 and became a box office success.

Events

Awards

Category/Organization4th Golden Globe Awards
February 26, 1947
19th Academy Awards
March 13, 1947
Best FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives
Best DirectorFrank Capra
It's a Wonderful Life
William Wyler
The Best Years of Our Lives
Best ActorGregory Peck
The Yearling
Fredric March
The Best Years of Our Lives
Best ActressRosalind Russell
Sister Kenny
Olivia de Havilland
To Each His Own
Best Supporting ActorClifton Webb
The Razor's Edge
Harold Russell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Best Supporting ActressAnne Baxter
The Razor's Edge

Notable films released in 1946

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References

  1. "All-Time Top-Grossers", Variety 18 January 1950 p 18
  2. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  3. 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 26 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  4. "All Time Domestic Champs". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34.
  5. "Richard B. Jewell's RKO film grosses, 1929–51: The C. J. Trevlin Ledger: A comment". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994.
  6. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  7. "Alan Rickman obituary". the Guardian. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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