#1 of 9 1945 · Drama, Comedy
$502.8K worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Meet Me in St. Louis (1945) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in 1945, with $502.8K worldwide, ahead of I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) at $89.5K and Children of Paradise (1945) at $44.9K. 9 romance films released in 1945 report a worldwide gross, $684.7K in all, 66% of it from the US & Canada. By language, English leads with $639.8K across 8 romance releases.
#1 of 9 1945 · Drama, Comedy
$502.8K worldwide · 73% of the chart's total
Meet Me in St. Louis (1945) leads with $502.8K, 73% of the total. The top 5 together took $669K, 98% of what all 9 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 1945.
1945 US and Canada: $415K Rest of the world: $87.8K Worldwide: $502.8K
Nov 16, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.5K
Mar 15, 1945 US and Canada: $37K Rest of the world: $7.9K Worldwide: $44.9K
Dec 28, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.3K
Jan 20, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.5K
Oct 20, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8K
Aug 1, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.6K
Dec 25, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.4K
Aug 3, 1945 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34 January releases took the most, $515.3K from 2 films, led by Meet Me in St. Louis (1945). August was the quietest month ($2.6K). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 1940 earned the most: $403M from 11 films, led by Gone with the Wind (1940). 1945 took $684.7K.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 6 films | 6 | $1.4M | – | Born to Dance (1936) $941.8K |
| 1937 4 films · −99% | 4 | $17.5K | −99% | Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) $6.7K |
| 1938 4 films · +1057515% | 4 | $185.2M | +1057515% | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) $185.1M |
| 1939 8 films · −99% | 8 | $931.5K | −99% | Wuthering Heights (1939) $624.6K |
| 1940 11 films · +43163% | 11 | $403M | +43163% | Gone with the Wind (1940) $402.4M |
| 1941 2 films · −100% | 2 | $25.5K | −100% | The Lady Eve (1941) $15.1K |
| 1942 7 films · +7339% | 7 | $1.9M | +7339% | Reunion in France (1942) $1.9M |
| 1943 2 films · +149% | 2 | $4.7M | +149% | Casablanca (1943) $4.7M |
| 1944 1 film · −100% | 1 | $6 | −100% | The Uninvited (1944) $6 |
| 1945 9 films · +11412133% | 9 | $684.7K | +11412133% | Meet Me in St. Louis (1945) $502.8K |
English-language romance films took $639.8K across 8 films, 93% of the total, ahead of French-language romance films ($44.9K).
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2008 leads with $7.3B, led by Mamma Mia! (2008).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 9 films as the chart.
Meet Me in St. Louis (1945) leads with $502.8K worldwide, $415K of it in the US & Canada. Next come I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) at $89.5K and Children of Paradise (1945) at $44.9K.
9 romance films released in 1945 report a worldwide gross, $684.7K in all, or $76.1K per film on average.
None. The biggest, Meet Me in St. Louis (1945), earned $502.8K.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 1945. 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.
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.