#1 of 1 #1 movie of December 1940
1940 · Comedy, Romance
$415K worldwide
$404.5K US & Canada · 97% $10.5K elsewhere · 3%
Box office · December 1940
December 1940 Box Office: The Highest-Grossing December Releases
The Philadelphia Story (1940) is the highest-grossing movie released in December 1940, with $415K worldwide. 1 film released in December 1940 reports a worldwide gross, $415K in all, 97% of it from the US & Canada.
- December 1940 releases with a gross
- 1
- combined worldwide
- $415K
- The Philadelphia Story (1940), the #1
- $415K
- earned in the US & Canada
- 97%
#1 of 1 The chart
The Only Release of December 1940 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 December 1940.
- 1 Dec 5, 1940 US and Canada: $404.5K Rest of the world: $10.5K Worldwide: $415K
Archive
Box Office in 1940, Month by Month
The months of 1940 with their totals: January leads with $404.7M, led by Gone with the Wind (1940).
- January $404.7M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
- February $121.9M #1 Pinocchio (1940)
- March $7.3K #1 The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- April $113.3K #1 Rebecca (1940)
- May $31.1K #1 Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- June No grosses
- July No grosses
- August $782 #1 Foreign Correspondent (1940)
- September No grosses
- October $972.7K #1 The Great Dictator (1940)
- November $10.2K #1 The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- December $415K #1 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
FAQ
Box Office December 1940: 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 movie in December 1940?
The Philadelphia Story (1940) leads with $415K worldwide, $404.5K of it in the US & Canada.
How much did movies released in December 1940 earn?
1 film released in December 1940 reports a worldwide gross, $415K in all, or $415K per film on average.
How many movies released in December 1940 made $1 billion?
None. The biggest, The Philadelphia Story (1940), earned $415K.
How is the December 1940 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 December 1940. 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 December 1940 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.