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Adventure box office · May 1939

Adventure Box Office, May 1939: Top-Grossing Releases

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) is the highest-grossing adventure movie released in May 1939, with $8.6K worldwide. 1 adventure film released in May 1939 reports a worldwide gross, $8.6K in all.

May 1939 releases with a gross
1
combined worldwide
$8.6K
Only Angels Have Wings (1939), the #1
$8.6K
The chart

The Only Adventure Release of May 1939 With a Reported Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in May 1939.

  1. 1 Only Angels Have Wings (1939) movie poster
    Only Angels Have Wings (1939) May 12, 1939 · English · Adventure, Drama, Romance $8.6K worldwide
    May 12, 1939 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6K
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Adventure Box Office in 1939, Month by Month

The months of 1939 with their totals: August leads with $25.6M, led by The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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Adventure Box Office May 1939: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 1 film as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing adventure movie in May 1939?

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) leads with $8.6K worldwide.

How much did adventure movies released in May 1939 earn?

1 adventure film released in May 1939 reports a worldwide gross, $8.6K in all, or $8.6K per film on average.

How many adventure movies released in May 1939 made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Only Angels Have Wings (1939), earned $8.6K.

How is the May 1939 adventure box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in May 1939. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the May 1939 adventure box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.