1941 in film

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
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1 Sergeant York Warner Bros. $6,075,000[1]
2 How Green Was My Valley 20th Century Fox $3,000,000[2]
3 Honky Tonk Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $2,893,000[3]
4 Louisiana Purchase Paramount Pictures $2,800,000[4]
5 A Yank in the R.A.F. 20th Century Fox $2,750,000[2]
6 Charley's Aunt $2,400,000[2]
7 Babes on Broadway Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $2,363,000[3]
8 Sun Valley Serenade 20th Century Fox $2,250,000[2]
9 Caught in the Draft
Ball of Fire		 Paramount Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions		 $2,200,000[4][5]
10 The Little Foxes
Road to Zanzibar		 RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Paramount Pictures		 $2,100,000[4]

Events
  • January 17 – Gone with the Wind goes into general release after touring in a roadshow version during 1940. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, it sold an estimated 60 million tickets in 1941 alone. Adjusted for inflation with numerous rereleases, it remains the highest grossing domestic film of all time with $1.8 billion.[6]
  • May 1 – Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released.
  • July 2 – Sergeant York, the film biopic of World War I hero Alvin C. York, starring Gary Cooper in the title role, was released. A critical and a commercial success, it became the highest-grossing picture of 1941 and earned Cooper the first of two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
  • October 3 – The Maltese Falcon, considered one of the greatest films noir, is released.
  • October 23 – Dumbo was released, becoming Disney's only big hit in the 1940s and one of the most acclaimed animated films ever made. Praised for mastering sophisticated simplicity and economic story, it is the favorite film of Animation Pioneer John Lasseter.

Academy Awards
Main article: 14th Academy Awards

1941 film releases

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Notable films released in 1941

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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. Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 219
  3. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  4. Annual US Box Office Chart of 1941
  5. "101 Pix Gross in Millions." Variety, January 6, 1943. p. 58.
  6. "All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-07.
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