| Rank | Film – Actors | Annual Rental Grosses | Total Rental Grosses |
| 1 | SERGEANT YORK Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan | $6,135,710 | |
| 2 | GONE WITH THE WIND Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh [Re-issue] | $5,560,000 | |
| 3 | HONKY TONK Clark Gable, Lana Turner | $2,893,000 | |
| 4 | LOUISIANA PURCHASE Bob Hope, Vera Zorina | $2,800,000 | |
| 5 | HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara | $2,447,000 | |
| 6 | BABES ON BROADWAY Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland | $2,363,000 | |
| 7 | CAUGHT IN THE DRAFT Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour | $2,200,000 | |
| 8 | THE LITTLE FOXES Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall | $2,100,000 | |
| 9 | ROAD TO ZANZIBAR Bing Crosby, Bob Hope | $2,100,000 | |
| 10 | A YANK IN THE R.A.F. Tyrone Power, Betty Grable | $2,063,000 | |
| 11 | MEN OF BOYS TOWN Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney | $2,009,000 | |
| 12 | NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard | $2,000,000 | |
| 13 | IN THE NAVY Bud Abbott, Lou Costello | $1,900,000 | |
| 14 | ZIEGFELD GIRL James Stewart, Judy Garland | $1,891,000 | |
| 15 | THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland | $1,871,000 | |
| 16 | BALL OF FIRE Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck | $1,856,000 | $2,200,000 |
| 17 | PENNY SERENADE Cary Grant, Irene Dunne | $1,800,000 | |
| 18 | MEET JOHN DOE Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck | $1,800,000 | $2,000,000 |
| 19 | DIVE BOMBER Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray | $1,755,000 | |
| 20 | BLOOD AND SAND Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell | $1,750,000 |
Complete Annual US Box Office Top 85 Chart of 1941
with grosses is available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Annual-Top-Film-Rentals-1912-ebook/dp/B071KL8DLM
Box Office Madness 