List of 1940 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1940 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.

Date	Title	Ref
January 3	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	[1]
January 10		[1]
January 17		[1]
January 24	The Grapes of Wrath	[1]
January 31	Gone with the Wind	[1]
February 7		[2]
February 14		[2]
February 21		[2]
February 28		[2]
March 6	Pinocchio	[3]
March 13		[3]
March 20		[3]
March 27		[3]
April 3		[4]
April 10	The Grapes of Wrath	[4]
April 17	Rebecca †	[4]
April 24	Pinocchio	[4]
May 1	The Grapes of Wrath	[5]
May 8		[5]
May 15		[5]
May 22		[5]
May 29		[5]
June 5		[6]
June 12		[6]
June 19		[6]
June 26	His Girl Friday	[6]
July 3	The Grapes of Wrath	[7]
July 10		[7]
July 17		[7]
July 24	His Girl Friday	[7]
July 31		[7]
August 7	The Grapes of Wrath	[8]
August 14		[8]
August 21		[8]
August 28		[8]
September 4		[9]
September 11		[9]
September 18		[9]
September 25		[9]
October 2		[10]
October 9		[10]
October 16	Boom Town	[10]
October 23	North West Mounted Police	[10]
October 30		[10]
November 6		[11]
November 13		[11]
November 20	Fantasia	[11]
November 27		[11]
December 4		[12]
December 11		[12]
December 18		[12]
December 25		[12]

References

1. "Variety (January 1940)". 1940.
2. "Variety (February 1940)". 1940.
3. "Variety (March 1940)". 1940.
4. "Variety (April 1940)". 1940.
5. "Variety (May 1940)". 1940.
6. "Variety (June 1940)". 1940.
7. "Variety (July 1940)". 1940.
8. "Variety (August 1940)". 1940.
9. "Variety (September 1940)". 1940.
10. "Variety (October 1940)". 1940.
11. "Variety (November 1940)". 1940.
12. "Variety (December 1940)". 1940.

Chronology

Preceded by 1939

1940

Succeeded by 1941