1942 in film

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The year of 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca .

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1942 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1942
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Mrs. Miniver MGM $5,358,000 [1]
2 Random Harvest $4,650,000 [1]
3 Yankee Doodle Dandy Warner Bros. $4,631,000 [2]
4 Reap the Wild Wind Paramount $4,000,000 [3]
5 Road to Morocco $3,800,000 [4]
6 Holiday Inn $3,750,000 [5]
7 Wake Island $3,500,000 [5]
8 The Pride of the Yankees RKO $3,332,000 [6] [7]
9 Kings Row Warner Bros.$3,143,000 [2]
10 For Me and My Gal MGM$2,894,000 [1]

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Notable films released in 1942

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. 1 2 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 23 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  3. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp.  358–359. ISBN   978-1-903364-66-6.
  4. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety . October 15, 1990.
  5. 1 2 "101 Pix Gross in Millions" Variety 6 Jan 1943 p 58
  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.