Most Popular Movies 1940
This chart shows the 1940 movie releases that have attracted the most interest on The Numbers web site over the past 24 hours. A share of 100 corresponds to 1 percent of the total views for all 1940 releases.
See also: Domestic Release Schedule for 1940 - Top 1940 Worldwide
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| Santa Fe Trail |
| Director: Michael Curtiz |
| Lead Roles: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Havilland |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 28, 1940 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Western, Hand Animation, Historical Fiction |
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| Foreign Correspondent |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 16, 1940 (Limited) by United Artists |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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International BO: $549 |
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| The Philadelphia Story |
| Director: George Cukor |
| Lead Roles: Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven, Katharine Hepburn as Tracey Samantha Lord, James Stewart as Mike Connor |
| Initial Theatrical Release: December 5, 1940 (Limited) by MGM |
| Keywords: Romance |
| Classification: Based on Play, Romantic Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $3,000,000 |
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International BO: $7,145 |
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| Boom Town |
| Director: Jack Conway |
| Lead Roles: Clark Gable as Big John “The Moose”, Spencer Tracy as Jonathan ‘Square John’/‘Shorty’ Sand, Claudette Colbert as Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bartlett McMasters, Hedy Lamarr as Karen Vanmeer |
| Initial Theatrical Release: August 30, 1940 (Wide) by MGM |
| Keywords: Romance, Rags to Riches, Romantic Drama, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Riches to Rags, Suicide, Infidelity |
| Classification: Original Screenplay, Drama, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $9,172,000 |