| Year | FILM – Actors | Rank | Wks | Adjusted Gross |
| 1933 | DANCING LADY Joan Crawford, Clark Gable | 2 | $103,110,000 | |
| 1934 | THE GAY DIVORCEE Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 1 | $81,010,000 |
| 1935 | ROBERTA Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire | 1 | 4 | $105,750,000 |
| 1935 | TOP HAT Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 4 | $128,450,000 |
| 1936 | FOLLOW THE FLEET Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 2 | $106,010,000 |
| 1936 | SWING TIME Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 3 | $112,380,000 |
| 1936 | DANCING LADY Joan Crawford, Clark Gable [Re-issue] | 9 | $4,770,000 | |
| 1937 | SHALL WE DANCE Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 2 | $88,230,000 |
| 1937 | A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Fred Astaire, George Burns | 2 | $44,510,000 | |
| 1938 | CAREFREE Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 2 | $77,020,000 | |
| 1939 | THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 1 | 1 | $84,240,000 |
| 1940 | BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell | 4 | $49,880,000 | |
| 1940 | SECOND CHORUS Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard | 3 | $47,040,000 | |
| 1941 | YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth | 2 | $89,960,000 | |
| 1942 | HOLIDAY INN Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire | 1 | 3 | $243,480,000 |
| 1942 | YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth | 3 | $102,520,000 | |
| 1943 | THE SKY’S THE LIMIT Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie | 7 | $84,110,000 | |
| 1945 | YOLANDA AND THE THIEF Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer | 2 | $60,350,000 | |
| 1946 | ZIEGFELD FOLLIES William Powell, Judy Garland | 1 | 2 | $177,910,000 |
| 1946 | BLUE SKIES Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby | 1 | 1 | $281,740,000 |
| 1948 | EASTER PARADE Fred Astaire, Judy Garland | 1 | 2 | $181,220,000 |
| 1949 | THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers | 2 | $120,350,000 | |
| 1950 | THREE LITTLE WORDS Fred Astaire, Red Skelton | 1 | 1 | $113,540,000 |
| 1950 | LET’S DANCE Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire | 2 | $90,260,000 | |
| 1951 | ROYAL WEDDING Fred Astaire, Jane Powell | 1 | 3 | $84,870,000 |
| 1952 | THE BELLE OF NEW YORK Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen | 4 | $43,740,000 | |
| 1953 | THE BAND WAGON Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse | 1 | 1 | $73,530,000 |
| 1955 | DADDY LONG LEGS Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron | 1 | 1 | $96,110,000 |
| 1957 | FUNNY FACE Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire | 1 | 2 | $86,500,000 |
| 1957 | SILK STOCKINGS Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse | 3 | $77,850,000 | |
| 1959 | ON THE BEACH Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner | 1 | 4 | $162,920,000 |
| 1961 | THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY Fred Astaire, Debbie Reynolds | 1 | 4 | $77,720,000 |
| 1962 | THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon | 6 | $65,490,000 | |
| 1968 | FINIAN’S RAINBOW Fred Astaire, Petula Clark | 2 | $72,630,000 | |
| 1969 | MIDAS RUN Richard Crenna, Anne Heywood | 4 | $10,900,000 | |
| 1974 | THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly | 1 | 3 | $111,790,000 |
| 1974 | THE TOWERING INFERNO Paul Newman, Steve McQueen | 1 | 6 | $451,820,000 |
| 1975 | BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire | 26 | $11,820,000 | |
| 1976 | THE AMAZING DOBERMANS James Franciscus, Barbara Eden | 11 | $7,310,000 | |
| 1976 | THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT, PART II Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly | 5 | $24,370,000 | |
| 1981 | GHOST STORY Fred Astaire, John Houseman | 3 | $69,320,200 |
NUMBER ONE BOX OFFICE HITS: 20
TOP TEN BOX OFFICE HITS: 38
TOTAL BOX OFFICE GROSS: $4,106,530,200 (Adjusted in 2016 USD)
Complete US Box Office Charts (week-by-week)
with grosses are available here:
https://www.amazon.com/Weekly-Grossing-Film-Charts-1930s-ebook/dp/B072K3LTPF/
Box Office Madness 