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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives , which won seven Academy Awards.
The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | $10,170,000 [1] |
2 | The Jolson Story | Columbia | $7,600,000 [2] |
3 | Blue Skies | Paramount | $5,700,000 [2] |
4 | Saratoga Trunk | Warner Bros. | $5,148,000 [3] |
5 | The Razor's Edge | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000 [2] |
6 | Night and Day | Warner Bros. | $4,990,000 [3] |
7 | Notorious | RKO | $4,850,000 [4] |
8 | The Yearling | MGM | $4,768,000 [5] |
9 | Till the Clouds Roll By | $4,748,000 [5] | |
10 | Road to Utopia | Paramount | $4,500,000 [2] |
Category/Organization | 4th Golden Globe Awards February 26, 1947 | 19th Academy Awards March 13, 1947 |
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Best Film | The Best Years of Our Lives | |
Best Director | Frank Capra It's a Wonderful Life | William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Actor | Gregory Peck The Yearling | Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Actress | Rosalind Russell Sister Kenny | Olivia de Havilland To Each His Own |
Best Supporting Actor | Clifton Webb The Razor's Edge | Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Supporting Actress | Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge |
United States unless stated
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