Box Office Vs Oscars, 1939-1988

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B o x O f f i c e F i l m Re n t a l s V s O s c a r s

1939 1943
Best Film: Gone With the Wind Best Film: Casablanca
1. Gone With the Wind - $77,641,106 1. This Is the Army - $8,301,000
2. The Wizard of Oz - $4,544,851 2. For Whom the Bell TolIs - $7,100,000
3. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - $1,500,000 3. The Outlaw - $5,075,000
3. Jesse James - $1,500,000 4. The Song of Bernadette - $5,000,000
3. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - $1,500,000 5. Stage Door Canteen - $4,339,532

1940 1944
Best Film: Rebecca Best Film: Going My Way
1. Fantasia - $41,660,000 1. Going My Way - $6,500.000
2. Pinocchio - $40,442,000 2. Meet Me in St. Louis - $5,132,202
3. Boom Town - $4,586,415 3. Since Vou Went Away - $4,924,756
4. Rebecca - $1,500,000 4. 30 Seconds over Tokyo - $4,471,080
4. Santa Fe Trail - $1,500,000 5. White Cliffs of Dover - $4,045,250

1941 1945
Best Film: How Green Was My Valley Best Film: The Lost Weekend
1. Sergeant York - $6,135,707 1. The Bells of St. Mary's - $8,000,000
2. Dive Bomber - $1,500,000 2. Leave Her to Heaven - $5,500,000
2. Honky Tonk - $1,500,000 3. Spellbound - $4,970,583
2. The Philadelphia Story - $1,500,000 4. Anchors Aweigh - $4,778,679
2. A Yank in the R.A.F. - $1,500,000 5. The Valley of Decision - $4,566,374

1942 1946
Best Film: Mrs. Miniver Best Film: The Best Years of Our Lives
1. Bambi - $47,265,000 1. Song of the South - $29,228,717
2. Mrs. Miniver - $5,390,009 2. The Best Years of Our Lives - $11,300,000
3. Yankee Doodle Dandy - $4.719,681 2. Duel in the Sun - $11,300,000
4. Random Harvest - $4,665,501 4. The Jolson Story - $7,600,000
5. Casablanca - $4,145,178 5. Blue Skies - $5,700,000

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1947 1953
Best Film: Gentleman's Agreement Best Film: From Here to Eternity
1. Welcome Stranger - $5,000,000 1. Peter Pan - $37,584,000
2. The Egg and I - $4,506,825 2. The Robe - $17,500,000
3. Unconquered - $4,500,000 3. From Here to Eternity - $12,200,000
4. Life with Father - $4,306,876 4. Shane - $9,000,000
5. Forever Amber - $4,266,000 5. How to Marry a Millionaire - $7,300,000

1948 1954
Best Film: Hamlet Best Film: On the Waterfront
1. The Red Shoes - $5,000,000 1. White Christmas - $12,000,000
2. Red River - $4,506,825 2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - $11,267,000
3. The Paleface - $4,500,000 3. Rear Window - $9,812,271
4. The Three Musketeers - $4,306,876 4. The Caine Mutiny - $8,700,000
5. Johnny Belinda - $4,266,000 5. The Glenn Miller Story - $7,590,994

1949 1955
Best Film: All the King's Men Best Film: Marty
1. Samson and Delilah - $11,500,000 1. Lady and the Tramp - $40,249,000
2. Battleground - $5,051,143 2. Cinerama Holiday - $12,000,000
3. Jolson Sings Again - $5,000,000 3. Mister Roberts - $8,500,000
3. The Sands of Iwo Jima - $5,000,000 4. Battle Cry - $8,100,000
5. I Was a Male War Bride - $4,100,000 5. Oklahoma! - $7,100,000

1950 1956
Best Film: All About Eve Best Film: Around the World in 80 Days
1. Cinderella - $41,087,000 1. The Ten Commandments - $43,000,000
2. King Solomon's Mines - $5,586,000 2. Around the World in 80 Days - $23,120,000
3. Annie Get Your Gun - $4,919,394 3. Giant - $14,000,000
4. Cheaper by the Dozen - $4,425,000 4. Seven Wonders of the World - $12,500,000
5. Father of the Bride- $4,054,405 5. The King and I - $8,500,000

1951 1957
Best Film: An American in Paris Best Film: The Bridge on the River Kwai
1. Quo Vadis? - $11,901,662 1. The Bridge on the River Kwai - $17,195,000
2. Alice in Wonderland - $7,196,000 2. Peyton Place - $11,500,000
3. Show Boat - $5,533,000 3. Sayonara - $10,500,000
4. David and Bathsheba - $4,720,000 4. Old Yeller - $10,050,000
5. The Great Caruso - $4,531,000 5. Raintree County - $5,962,839

1952 1958
Best Film: The Greatest Show on Earth Best Film: Gigi
1. This Is Cinerama - $15,400,000 1. South Pacific - $17,500,000
2. The Greatest Show on Earth -$14,000,000 2. Auntie Mame - $9,300,000
3. The Snows of Kilimanjaro - $6,500,000 3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - $8,785,162
4. Ivanhoe - $6,258,000 4. No Time for Sergeants - $7,500,000
5. Hans Christian Andersen - $6,000,000 5. Gigi - $7,321.423

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1959 1965
Best Film: Ben-Hur Best Film: The Sound of Music
1. Ben-Hur - $36,992,088 1. The Sound of Music - $79,975,000
2. Sleeping Beauty - $21,998,000 2. Doctor Zhivago - $47,116,811
3. The Shaggy Dog - $12,317,000 3. Thunderball - $28,621,434
4. Operation Petticoat - $9,321,555 4. Those Magnificent Men in Their... - $14,000,000
5. Darby O'Gill and the Little People - $8,336,000 5. That Darn Cat - $12,628,000

1960 1966
Best Film: The Apartment Best Film: A Man for All Seasons
1. Swiss Family Robinson - $20,178,000 1. Hawaii - $15,553,018
2. Psycho - $11,200,000 2. The Bible - $15,000,000
3. Spartacus - $10,300,454 3. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? - $14,500,000
4. Exodus - $8,331,582 4. A Man for Ali Seasons - $12,750,000
5. The Alamo - $7,918,776 5. Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN - $10,164,000

1961 1967
Best Film: West Side Story Best Film: In the Heat of the Night
1. 101 Dalmatians - $68,648,000 1. The Jungle Book - $60,964,000
2. West Side Story - $19,645,570 2. The Graduate - $44,090,729
3. The Guns of Navarone - $13,000,000 3. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - $25,500,000
4. EI Cid - $12,000,000 4. Bonnie and Clyde - $22,800,000
5. The Absent Minded Professor - $11,426,000 5. The Dirty Dozen - $20,403,826

1962 1968
Best Film: Lawrence of Arabia Best Film: Oliver!
1. How the West Was Won - $20,932,883 1. Funny Girl - $26,325,000
2. Lawrence of Arabia - $20,310,000 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey - $25,521,917
3. The Longest Day - $17,600,000 3. The Odd Couple - $20,000,000
4. In Search of the Castaways - $9,975,000 4. Bullitt - $19,000,000
5. The Music Man - $8,100,000 5. Romeo and Juliet - $17,473,000

1963 1969
Best Film: Tom Jones Best Film: Midnight Cowboy
1. Cleopatra - $26,000,000 1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - $46,039,000
2. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad,Mad World - $20,849,786 2. The Love Bug - $23,150,000
3. Tom Jones - $16,925,988 3. Midnight Cowboy - $20,499,282
4. Irma La Douce - $11,921,784 4. Easy Rider - $19,100,000
5. The Sword in the Stone - $10,475,000 5. Helio, Dolly! - $15,200,000

1964 1970
Best Film: My Fair Lady Best Film: Patton
1. Mary Poppins - $45,000,000 1. Love Story - $50,000,000
2. Goldfinger - $22,997,706 2. Airport - $45,220,118
3. The Carpetbaggers - $15,500,000 3. M*A*S*H - $36,720,000
4. My Fair Lady - $12,000,000 4. Patton - $28,100,000
5. From Russia with Love - $9,924,279 5. The Aristocats - $26,462,000

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1971 1977
Best Film: The French Connection Best Film: Annie Hall
1. Riddler on the Roof - $38,251,196 1. Star Wars - $270,918,000
2. Billy Jack - $32,500,000 2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - $82,750,000
3. The French Connection - $26,315,000 3. Saturday Night Fever - $74,100,000
4. Summer of '42 - $20,500,000 4. Smokey and the Bandit - $58,949,939
5. Diarnonds Are Forever - $19,726,829 5. The Goodbye Girl - $41,839,170

1972 1978
Best Film: The Godfather Best Film: The Deer Hunter
1. The Godfather - $86,691,000 1. Grease - $96,300,000
2. The Poseidon Adventure - $42,000,000 2. Superman - $82,800,000
3. What's Up Doc? - $28,000,000 3. National Lampoon's Animal House - $70,826,000
4. Deliverance - $22,600,000 4. Every Which Way but Loose - $51,900,000
5. Jeremiah Johnson - $21,900,000 5. Jaws 2 - $50,431,964

1973 1979
Best Film: The Sting Best Film: Kramer vs. Kramer
1. The Exorcist - $89,000,000 1. Kramer vs. Kramer - $59,986,335
2. The Sting - $78,212,000 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture - 56,000,000
3. American Graffiti - $55,128,175 3. The Jerk - $42,989,656
4. Papillon - $22,500,000 4. Rocky II - $42,169,387
5. The Way We Were - $22,457,000 5. Alien - $40,300,000

1974 1980
Best Film: The Godfather: Part II Best Film: Ordinary People
1. The Towering Inferno - $52,000,000 1. The Empire Strikes Back - $173,814,000
2. Blazing Saddles - $47,800,000 2. 9 to 5 - $59,100,000
3. Young Frankenstein - $38,823,000 3. Stir Crazy - $58,364,420
4. Earthquake - $35,849,994 4. Airplane! - $40,610,000
5. The Trial of Billy Jack - $31,100,000 5. Any Which Way You Can - $40,500,000

1975 1981
Best Film: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Best Film: Chariots of Fire
1. Jaws - $129,549,325 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark - $115,598,000
2. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - $59,939,701 2. Superman II - $65,100,000
3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show - $49,782,690 3. On Golden Pond - $61,174,744
4. Shampoo - $23,822,000 4. Arthur - $42,000,000
5. Dog Day Afternoon - $22,500,000 5. Stripes - $40,886,589

1976 1982
Best Film: Rocky Best Film: Gandhi
1. Rocky - $56,524,972 1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - $228,618,939
2. A Star Is Born - $37,100,000 2. Tootsie - $96,292,736
3. King Kong - $36,915,000 3. Rocky III - $66,262,796
4. Silver Streak - $30,018,000 4. An Officer and a Gentleman - $55,223,000
5. All the President's Men - $30,000,000 5. Porky's - $54,000,000

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1983 1986
Best Film: Terms of Endearment Best Film: Platoon
1. Return of the Jedi - $168,002,414 1. Top Gun - $79,400,000
2. Terms of Endearment - $50,250,000 2. "Crocodile" Dundee - $70,227,000
3. Trading Places - $40,600,000 3. Platoon - $69,742,143
4. Wargames - $38,519,833 4. Karate Kid II - $58,362,026
5. Superman III - $37,200,000 5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - $56,820,071

1984 1987
Best Film: Amadeus Best Film: The Last Emperor
1. Ghostbusters - $130,211,324 1. Three Men and a Baby - $81,313,000
2. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - $109,000,000 2. Beverly Hills Cop II - $80,857,776
3. Beverly Hills Cop - $108,000,000 3. Fatal Attraction - $70,000,000
4. Gremlins - $79,500,000 4. Good Morning, Vietnam - $58,103,000
5. The Karate Kid - $43,432,881 5. The Untouchables - $36,866,530

1985 1988
Best Film: Out of Africa Best Film: Rain Man
1. Back to the Future - $104,408,738 1. Rain Man - $80,000,000
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II - $78,919,250 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - $78,000,000
3. Rocky IV - $76,023,246 3. Coming to America - $65,000,000
4. The Color Purple - $47,900,000 4. "Crocodile" Dundee II - $57,300,000
5. Out of Africa - $43,103,469 5. Twins - $55,000,000

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