The year 1946 in film involved some significant events, including the release of the decade's highest-grossing film, The Best Years of Our Lives, which won seven Academy Awards.
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The top ten 1946 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Best Years of Our Lives | RKO | $10,170,000[1] |
2 | Duel in the Sun | Selznick International | $8,700,000[1] |
3 | The Jolson Story | Columbia | $7,600,000[2] |
4 | Blue Skies | Paramount | $5,700,000[2] |
5 | Saratoga Trunk | Warner Bros. | $5,148,000[3] |
6 | The Razor's Edge | 20th Century Fox | $5,000,000[2] |
7 | Night and Day | Warner Bros. | $4,990,000[3] |
8 | Notorious | RKO | $4,850,000[4] |
9 | The Yearling | MGM | $4,768,000[5] |
10 | Till the Clouds Roll By | $4,748,000[5] |
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