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The year 1946 in film involved some significant events. The Best Years of Our Lives, released this year, became the highest-grossing film of the 1940s, and went on to win seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Studio | Box-office gross rental |
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1 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions | $10,170,000[1] |
2 | Duel in the Sun | Selznick International Pictures | $8,700,000[1] |
3 | The Jolson Story | Columbia Pictures | $7,600,000[2] |
4 | Blue Skies | Paramount Pictures | $5,700,000[2] |
5 | Saratoga Trunk | Warner Bros. | $5,148,000[3] |
6 | The Outlaw [nb 1] | RKO Radio Pictures | $5,100,000[2] |
7 | The Razor's Edge | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000[2] |
8 | Notorious | RKO Radio Pictures | $4,800,000[2] |
9 | The Yearling | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,768,000[4] |
10 | Road to Utopia | Paramount Pictures | $4,500,000[2] |
Category/Organization | 4th Golden Globe Awards February 26, 1947 |
19th Academy Awards March 13, 1947 |
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Best Film | The Best Years of Our Lives | |
Best Director | Frank Capra It's a Wonderful Life |
William Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Actor | Gregory Peck The Yearling |
Fredric March The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Actress | Rosalind Russell Sister Kenny |
Olivia de Havilland To Each His Own |
Best Supporting Actor | Clifton Webb The Razor's Edge |
Harold Russell The Best Years of Our Lives |
Best Supporting Actress | Anne Baxter The Razor's Edge |
United States unless stated