Joan's Box Office
MGM Warners 1930s Box-Office Star Rankings
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.
Joan's MGM Years Film Grosses, 1925 - 1943
(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.
|
FILM (and year released) |
COST |
DOMESTIC GROSS |
FOREIGN GROSS |
TOTAL GROSS |
PROFIT |
LOSS |
|
Old Clothes (1925) |
No info. |
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The Only Thing (1925) |
308 |
320 |
70 |
390 |
--- |
80 |
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Sally, Irene, and Mary (1925) |
156 |
373 |
98 |
471 |
141 |
--- |
|
The Boob (1926) |
108 |
142 |
41 |
183 |
--- |
30 |
|
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 |
--- |
|
The Taxi Dancer (1927) |
143 |
263 |
100 |
363 |
67 |
--- |
|
Winners of the Wilderness (1927) |
86 |
158 |
125 |
283 |
74 |
--- |
|
The Understanding Heart (1927) |
248 |
427 |
109 |
536 |
70 |
--- |
|
The Unknown (1927) |
217 |
578 |
269 |
847 |
362 |
--- |
|
Twelve Miles Out (1927) |
462 |
655 |
238 |
893 |
125 |
--- |
|
Spring Fever (1927) |
314 |
386 |
119 |
505 |
115 |
--- |
|
West Point (1928) |
205 |
502 |
190 |
692 |
238 |
--- |
|
Rose-Marie (1928) |
494 |
679 |
293 |
972 |
165 |
--- |
|
Across to Singapore (1928) |
290 |
548 |
333 |
881 |
306 |
--- |
|
The Law of the Range (1928) |
52 |
139 |
102 |
241 |
87 |
--- |
|
Four Walls (1928) |
255 |
605 |
198 |
803 |
289 |
--- |
|
Our Dancing Daughters (1928) |
178 |
757 |
342 |
1,099 |
304 |
--- |
|
Dream of Love (1928) |
221 |
339 |
232 |
571 |
138 |
--- |
|
The Duke Steps Out (1929) |
218 |
714 |
206 |
920 |
343 |
--- |
|
Hollywood Revue of 1929 |
426 |
1,517 |
894 |
2,421 |
1,135 |
--- |
|
Our Modern Maidens (1929) |
283 |
675 |
182 |
857 |
248 |
--- |
|
Untamed (1929) |
229 |
714 |
260 |
974 |
508 |
--- |
|
Montana Moon (1930) |
277 |
751 |
209 |
960 |
326 |
--- |
|
Our Blushing Brides (1930) |
337 |
874 |
337 |
1,211 |
412 |
--- |
|
Paid (1930) |
385 |
920 |
311 |
1,231 |
415 |
--- |
|
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) |
234 |
848 |
420 |
1,268 |
524 |
--- |
|
Laughing Sinners (1931) |
338 |
624 |
141 |
765 |
156 |
--- |
|
This Modern Age (1931) |
361 |
708 |
183 |
891 |
218 |
--- |
|
Possessed (1931) |
378 |
1,030 |
492 |
1,522 |
611 |
--- |
|
Grand Hotel (1932) |
700 |
1,235 |
1,359 |
2,594 |
947 |
--- |
|
Letty Lynton (1932) |
347 |
754 |
418 |
1,172 |
390 |
--- |
|
Rain (1932) Joan on loan-out to United. |
591 |
538 |
166 |
704 |
--- |
198 |
|
Today We Live (1933) |
663 |
590 |
445 |
1,035 |
--- |
23 |
|
Dancing Lady (1933) |
923 |
1,490 |
916 |
2,406 |
744 |
--- |
|
Sadie McKee (1934) |
612 |
838 |
464 |
1,302 |
226 |
--- |
|
Chained (1934) |
544 |
1,301 |
687 |
1,988 |
732 |
--- |
|
Forsaking All Others (1934) |
392 |
1,399 |
800 |
2,199 |
1,132 |
--- |
|
No More Ladies (1935) |
765 |
1,117 |
506 |
1,623 |
166 |
--- |
|
I Live My Life (1935) |
586 |
921 |
557 |
1,478 |
384 |
--- |
|
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) |
1,119 |
1,458 |
561 |
2,019 |
116 |
--- |
|
Love on the Run (1936) |
578 |
1,141 |
721 |
1,862 |
677 |
--- |
|
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1936) |
No info. |
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The Bride Wore Red (1937) |
No info. |
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Mannequin (1938) |
No info. |
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The Shining Hour (1938) |
No info. |
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|
Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) |
1,108 |
725 |
448 |
1,213 |
--- |
343 |
|
The Women (1939) |
1,688 |
1,610 |
660 |
2,270 |
--- |
262 |
|
The Women |
--- |
81 |
64 |
145 |
52 |
--- |
|
Strange Cargo (1940) |
1,252 |
1,311 |
603 |
1,924 |
21 |
--- |
|
Susan and God (1940) |
1,103 |
817 |
279 |
1,096 |
--- |
433 |
|
A Woman's Face (1941) |
No info. |
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When Ladies Meet (1941) |
No info. |
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They All Kissed the Bride (1942) |
No info. |
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Reunion in France (1942) |
No info. |
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Above Suspicion (1943) |
No info. |
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Joan's Warners Years 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 fond 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 |
|
Hollywood Canteen (1944) |
2,126 |
3,831 |
1,621 |
5,452 |
|
Mildred Pierce (1945) |
1,453 |
3,483 |
2,155 |
5,638 |
|
Humoresque (1946) |
2,164 |
2,281 |
1,118 |
3,399 |
|
Possessed (1947) |
2,592 |
1,987 |
1,085 |
3,072 |
|
Daisy Kenyon (1947) Joan on loan-out to Fox. |
No info. |
|
|
|
|
Flamingo Road (1949) |
1,528 |
2,263 |
633 |
2,896 |
|
It's a Great Feeling (1949) |
1,452 |
2,059 |
645 |
2,713 |
|
The Damned Don't Cry (1950) |
1,233 |
1,540 |
671 |
2,211 |
|
Harriet Craig (1950) Joan on loan-out to Columbia. |
No info. |
|
|
|
|
Goodbye My Fancy (1951) |
1,312 |
1,130 |
228 |
1,358 |
|
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) |
No info. |
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Joan's 1930s Box-Office Star Rankings
Source: Quigley Publications/Motion Picture Herald.
|
1930 |
1931 |
1932 |
1933 |
1934 |
1935 |
1936 |
|
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 the chart after 1936.)