1940 in film

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The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including the premieres of the Walt Disney films Pinocchio and Fantasia.

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten 1940 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1940
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Boom Town MGM $3,664,000[1]
2 The Great Dictator United Artists $3,500,000[2]
3 Rebecca United Artists/Selznick International $3,000,000[3]
4 North West Mounted Police Paramount $2,750,000[4]
5 Strike Up the Band MGM $2,265,000[1]
6 Northwest Passage $2,169,000[1]
7 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante $1,945,000[1]
8 The Fighting 69th Warner Bros. $1,822,000[5]
9 Santa Fe Trail $1,748,000[5]
10 Kitty Foyle RKO $1,710,000[6][7]

Events

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Academy Awards

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1940 film releases

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United States unless stated

January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Notable films released in 1940

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Serials

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Short film series

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Animated short film series

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Births

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Deaths

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Debuts

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Susan Sackett, The Hollywood Reporter Book of Box Office Hits Billboard Books, 1996 p 28
  3. ^ Chapman, James (2018). Hitchcock and the Spy Film. ISBN 978-1-78076-844-1. Although his most successful films of the war years were Selznick pictures – Rebecca (with a domestic box office gross of $3 million) and Spellbound ($4.9 million), with Rebecca also winning the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1940 – Hitchcock seems on the whole to have preferred his other assignments where he evidently enjoyed greater creative freedom.
  4. ^ "DeMille's Topper". Variety. 3 September 1941. p. 24.
  5. ^ a b 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 20 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/01439689408604545.
  8. ^ Coveney, Michael (28 January 2017). "Sir John Hurt obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  9. ^ Anderson, Tre'vell (July 16, 2017). "George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, dies at 77". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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