The Best of Everything
Joan Crawford Box Office
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If you have financial information for any of the films missing from the MGM or Warners lists, or for films post-Warners, please e-mail me.
Thanks to Ritchie for info on "The Only Thing," "The Boob," "Rain," "Gorgeous Hussy," "Ice Follies," "Women," "Strange Cargo," and "Susan and God"; as well as for all of the Warners info and box-office rankings for 1930 and 1931.
Thanks to Mat Ether for Joan's box-office rankings for 1928, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, and 1952. |
NOTE: This incomplete MGM list also includes data for First National's "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" and United's "Rain."
MGM Data Source: The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Appendix 1: "MGM Film Grosses, 1924 - 1948" from the Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio, Vol. 12, No. 2 [1992] |
All amounts given in $1,000 increments---e.g., "156" = $156,000 and "1,099" = $1,099,000.
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FILM (and year released) |
COST |
DOMESTIC GROSS |
FOREIGN GROSS |
TOTAL GROSS |
PROFIT |
LOSS |
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Old Clothes (1925) |
No info. |
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The Only Thing (1925) |
308 |
320 |
70 |
390 |
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80 |
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Sally, Irene, and Mary (1925) |
156 |
373 |
98 |
471 |
141 |
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The Boob (1926) |
108 |
142 |
41 |
183 |
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30 |
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) Joan on loan-out to First National. |
150 |
No info. |
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Paris (1926) |
198 |
275 |
92 |
367 |
33 |
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The Taxi Dancer (1927) |
143 |
263 |
100 |
363 |
67 |
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Winners of the Wilderness (1927) |
86 |
158 |
125 |
283 |
74 |
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The Understanding Heart (1927) |
248 |
427 |
109 |
536 |
70 |
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The Unknown (1927) |
217 |
578 |
269 |
847 |
362 |
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Twelve Miles Out (1927) |
462 |
655 |
238 |
893 |
125 |
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Spring Fever (1927) |
314 |
386 |
119 |
505 |
115 |
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West Point (1928) |
205 |
502 |
190 |
692 |
238 |
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Rose-Marie (1928) |
494 |
679 |
293 |
972 |
165 |
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Across to Singapore (1928) |
290 |
548 |
333 |
881 |
306 |
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The Law of the Range (1928) |
52 |
139 |
102 |
241 |
87 |
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Four Walls (1928) |
255 |
605 |
198 |
803 |
289 |
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Our Dancing Daughters (1928) |
178 |
757 |
342 |
1,099 |
304 |
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Dream of Love (1928) |
221 |
339 |
232 |
571 |
138 |
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The Duke Steps Out (1929) |
218 |
714 |
206 |
920 |
343 |
--- |
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Hollywood Revue of 1929 |
426 |
1,527 |
894 |
2,421 |
1,135 |
--- |
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Our Modern Maidens (1929) |
283 |
675 |
182 |
857 |
248 |
--- |
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Untamed (1929) |
229 |
714 |
260 |
974 |
508 |
--- |
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Montana Moon (1930) |
277 |
751 |
209 |
960 |
326 |
--- |
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Our Blushing Brides (1930) |
337 |
874 |
337 |
1,211 |
412 |
--- |
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Paid (1930) |
385 |
920 |
311 |
1,231 |
415 |
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Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) |
234 |
848 |
420 |
1,268 |
524 |
--- |
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Laughing Sinners (1931) |
338 |
624 |
141 |
765 |
156 |
--- |
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This Modern Age (1931) |
361 |
708 |
183 |
891 |
218 |
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Possessed (1931) |
378 |
1,030 |
492 |
1,522 |
611 |
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Grand Hotel (1932) |
700 |
1,235 |
1,359 |
2,594 |
947 |
--- |
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Letty Lynton (1932) |
347 |
754 |
418 |
1,172 |
390 |
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Rain (1932) Joan on loan-out to United. |
591 |
538 |
166 |
704 |
--- |
198 |
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Today We Live (1933) |
663 |
590 |
445 |
1,035 |
--- |
23 |
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Dancing Lady (1933) |
923 |
1,490 |
916 |
2,406 |
744 |
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Sadie McKee (1934) |
612 |
838 |
464 |
1,302 |
226 |
--- |
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Chained (1934) |
544 |
1,301 |
687 |
1,988 |
732 |
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Forsaking All Others (1934) |
392 |
1,399 |
800 |
2,199 |
1,132 |
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No More Ladies (1935) |
765 |
1,117 |
506 |
1,623 |
166 |
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I Live My Life (1935) |
586 |
921 |
557 |
1,478 |
384 |
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The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) |
1,119 |
1,458 |
561 |
2,019 |
116 |
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Love on the Run (1936) |
578 |
1,141 |
721 |
1,862 |
677 |
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) |
741 |
1,107 |
690 |
1,797 |
460 |
--- |
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The Bride Wore Red (1937) |
960 |
852 |
425 |
1,277 |
--- |
271 |
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Mannequin (1938) |
595 |
1,066 |
568 |
1,634 |
475 |
--- |
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The Shining Hour (1938) |
1,068 |
942 |
425 |
1,367 |
--- |
137 |
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Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) |
1,108 |
725 |
448 |
1,213 |
--- |
343 |
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The Women (1939) |
1,688 |
1,610 |
660 |
2,270 |
--- |
262 |
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The Women 1947 re-release |
--- |
81 |
64 |
145 |
52 |
--- |
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Strange Cargo (1940) |
1,252 |
1,311 |
603 |
1,924 |
21 |
--- |
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Susan and God (1940) |
1,103 |
817 |
279 |
1,096 |
--- |
433 |
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A Woman's Face (1941) |
1,343 |
1,077 |
830 |
1,907 |
--- |
131 |
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When Ladies Meet (1941) |
640 |
1,162 |
684 |
1,846 |
607 |
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They All Kissed the Bride (1942) |
No info. |
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Reunion in France (1942) |
1,054 |
1,046 |
817 |
1,863 |
222 |
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Above Suspicion (1943) |
1,143 |
1,509 |
798 |
2,307 |
475 |
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Warners Film Grosses, 1944 - 1952
NOTE: Profit and loss were not included in the Warners financial data source. The chart below also includes blank spots for Joan's Warner Years loan-outs to Fox for "Daisy Kenyon" and to Columbia for "Harriet Craig," as well as the post-ledger Warners film "This Woman Is Dangerous" -- in the hope that this information will soon turn up.
Warners Data Source: The William Schaefer Ledger, Appendix 1, "Warner Bros. Film Grosses, 1921 - 1951" in the Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio, Vol. 15, No. 1 [1995] |
All amounts given in $1,000 increments---e.g., "156" = $156,000 and "1,099" = $1,099,000.
|
FILM (and year released) |
COST |
DOMESTIC GROSS |
FOREIGN GROSS |
TOTAL GROSS |
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Hollywood Canteen (1944) |
2,126 |
3,831 |
1,621 |
5,452 |
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Mildred Pierce (1945) |
1,453 |
3,483 |
2,155 |
5,638 |
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Humoresque (1946) |
2,164 |
2,281 |
1,118 |
3,399 |
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Possessed (1947) |
2,592 |
1,987 |
1,085 |
3,072 |
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Daisy Kenyon (1947) Joan on loan-out to Fox. |
No info. |
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Flamingo Road (1949) |
1,528 |
2,263 |
633 |
2,896 |
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It's a Great Feeling (1949) |
1,452 |
2,059 |
645 |
2,713 |
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) |
1,233 |
1,540 |
671 |
2,211 |
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Harriet Craig (1950) Joan on loan-out to Columbia. |
No info. |
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Goodbye My Fancy (1951) |
1,312 |
1,130 |
228 |
1,358 |
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This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) |
No info. |
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1930-1936. Source: Quigley Publications/Motion Picture Herald
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1930 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
1935 |
1936 |
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Joan Crawford Clara Bow William Haines Janet Gaynor Colleen Moore Greta Garbo Al Jolson Richard Barthelmess Rin Tin Tin Tom Mix |
Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Joan Crawford Norma Shearer Marie Dressler Wallace Beery Clara Bow Al Jolson Colleen Moore Greta Garbo |
Marie Dressler Janet Gaynor Joan Crawford Charles Farrell Greta Garbo Norma Shearer Wallace Beery Clark Gable Will Rogers Joe E. Brown |
Marie Dressler Will Rogers Janet Gaynor Eddie Cantor Wallace Beery Jean Harlow Clark Gable Mae West Norma Shearer Joan Crawford |
Will Rogers Clark Gable Janet Gaynor Wallace Beery Mae West Joan Crawford Bing Crosby Shirley Temple Marie Dressler Norma Shearer |
Shirley Temple Will Rogers Clark Gable Astaire/ Rogers Joan Crawford Claudette Colbert Dick Powell Wallace Beery Joe E. Brown James Cagney |
Shirley Temple Clark Gable Astaire/ Rogers Robert Taylor Joe E. Brown Dick Powell Joan Crawford Claudette Colbert Jeanette MacDonald Gary Cooper |
Below is
a chart published by Time, Inc., in 1969, showing top US box-office stars from
1932 through 1940,
which corresponds with the data above. (Unfortunately,
Joan falls off this chart after 1936.)
Additional Motion Picture Herald Box Office Rankings
(courtesy of Mat Ether; click to see scans of articles)
1952: Joan at #25 (Circuit list)
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