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The year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first American full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs .

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1937
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs RKO/Walt Disney $3,996,000 [1] [2]
2 Saratoga MGM $2,432,000 [3]
3 Maytime $2,183,000 [3]
4 The Good Earth $2,002,000 [3]
5 Stella Dallas United Artists $2,000,000 [4] [5]
6 Broadway Melody of 1938 MGM$1,889,000 [3]
7 Captains Courageous $1,688,000 [3]
8 Lost Horizon Columbia $1,683,000 [6]
9 A Day at the Races MGM$1,602,000 [3]
10 Thin Ice 20th Century Fox $1,590,000 [7]

Events

Academy Awards

Top ten money-making stars

RankActor/Actress
1. Shirley Temple
2. Clark Gable
3. Robert Taylor
4. Bing Crosby
5. William Powell
6. Jane Withers
7. (tie) Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
8. Sonja Henie
9. Gary Cooper
10. Myrna Loy

1937 film releases

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Notable films released in 1937

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Jewell, Richard B. (1994). "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 14 (S1): 1–11. doi:10.1080/01439689408604545.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  4. ↑ Madsen, Axel (2015). Stanwyck: A Biography. ISBN   978-1-5040-0861-7. Released in August 1937, Stella Dallas grossed more than $2 million.
  5. ↑ Reid, John Howard (2012). 140 All-Time Must-See Movies for Film Lovers Now Available On DVD. ISBN   978-1-105-75295-7. UA's top domestic box office hit of 1937, with gross rentals close to $2 million.
  6. ↑ Dick, Bernard F. (1992). Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. ISBN   978-0-8131-5215-8. Lost Horizon was probably least successful. It was budgeted at $1.66 million, but the combined U.S. and Canadian gross was only $1,683 million, thus barely covering production costs.
  7. ↑ "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety . October 15, 1990.
  8. ↑ First Actor to Portray Sherlock Holmes on TV; Guinness World Records online; retrieved November 2016

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