List of 1938 box office number-one films in the United States

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This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1938 per Variety's weekly National Boxoffice Survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.

Number-one films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1] [2]
DateTitleRef
January 5 Stage Door [3]
January 12 [3]
January 19 [3]
January 26 [3]
February 2 [4]
February 9 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs † [4]
February 16 [4]
February 23 [4]
March 2 [5]
March 9 [5]
March 16 [5]
March 23 [5]
March 30 Jezebel [5]
April 6 [6]
April 13 [6]
April 20 [6]
April 27 [6]
May 4 [7]
May 11 [7]
May 18 The Adventures of Robin Hood [7]
May 25 [7]
June 1 [8]
June 8 [8]
June 15 [8]
June 22 [8]
June 29 [8]
July 6 [9]
July 13 [9]
July 20 [9]
July 27 [9]
August 3 [10]
August 10 Four Daughters [10]
August 17 [10]
August 24 [10]
August 31 [10]
September 7 [11]
September 14 Boys Town [11]
September 21 [11]
September 28 [11]
October 5 You Can't Take It with You [12]
October 12 [12]
October 19 [12]
October 26 [12]
November 2 [13]
November 9 [13]
November 16 [13]
November 23 [13]
November 30 [13]
December 7 [14]
December 14 [14]
December 21 [14]
December 28 [14]

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 "Variety (January 1938)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 21, 1938 – via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety129-1938-02
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety129-1938-03
  6. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety130-1938-04
  7. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety130-1938-05
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Variety (Jun 1938)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 21, 1938 – via Internet Archive.
  9. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety131-1938-07
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 https://ia801409.us.archive.org/17/items/variety131-1938-08/variety131-1938-08.pdf
  11. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety131-1938-09
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Variety (October 1938)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. September 21, 1938 – via Internet Archive.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 https://archive.org/details/variety132-1938-11
  14. 1 2 3 4 https://archive.org/details/variety132-1938-12
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