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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| Pride and Prejudice |
| Director: Robert Z. Leonard |
| Initial Theatrical Release: July 26, 1940 (Limited) by MGM |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Drama, Live Action |
2
| His Girl Friday |
| Director: Howard Hawks |
| Lead Roles: Cary Grant as Walter Burns, Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson |
| Initial Theatrical Release: January 18, 1940 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
3
| Fantasia |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 13, 1940 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Family Musical, Segments, Animated Inanimate Objects, Demons, Dinosaurs, Limited Dialogue |
| Classification: Compilation, Musical, Hand Animation, Multiple Creative Types |
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Domestic BO: $83,320,000 |
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International BO: $832 |
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| The Ghost Breakers |
| Director: George Marshall |
| Lead Roles: Bob Hope as Larry Lawrence, Paulette Goddard as Mary Carter |
| Initial Theatrical Release: June 21, 1940 (Limited) by Paramount Pictures |
| Keywords: Horror Comedy, Haunted House |
| Classification: Based on Play, Comedy, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
5
| The Letter |
| Director: William Wyler |
| Lead Roles: Bette Davis as Leslie Crosbie |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 15, 1940 (Limited) by Warner Bros. |
| Classification: Based on Play, Drama, Live Action, Contemporary Fiction |
6
| Escape |
| Director: Mervyn LeRoy |
| Lead Roles: Norma Shearer as Countess Ruby von Treck, Robert Taylor as Mark Preysing |
| Initial Theatrical Release: November 1, 1940 (Limited) |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Thriller/Suspense, Live Action, Historical Fiction |
7
| 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 |
8
| Pinocchio |
| Director: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske |
| Lead Roles: Dick Jones as Pinocchio, Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket |
| Initial Theatrical Release: February 9, 1940 (Wide) by Walt Disney |
| Keywords: Living Toys, Human Animal Transformation, Fairy Godmother, Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Marooned, Rescue, Prologue, Coming of Age, Juvenile Delinquent, Kidnap, Family Adventure |
| Classification: Based on Fiction Book/Short Story, Adventure, Hand Animation, Kids Fiction |
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Domestic BO: $84,300,000 |