| Year | FILM – Actors | Rank | Wks | Adjusted Gross |
| 1939 | RULERS OF THE SEA Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood | 6 | $24,220,000 | |
| 1942 | STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM Bing Crosby, Bob Hope | 1 | 2 | $249,890,000 |
| 1942 | THIS GUN FOR HIRE Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake | 5 | $70,480,000 | |
| 1942 | THE GLASS KEY Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake | 6 | $61,030,000 | |
| 1942 | LUCKY JORDAN Alan Ladd, Helen Walker | 7 | $51,260,000 | |
| 1943 | CHINA Loretta Young, Alan Ladd | 2 | $149,140,000 | |
| 1944 | AND NOW TOMORROW Alan Ladd, Loretta Young | 1 | 1 | $113,530,000 |
| 1945 | SALTY O’ROURKE Alan Ladd, Gail Russell | 1 | 1 | $128,510,000 |
| 1945 | DUFFY’S TAVERN Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby | 2 | $138,400,000 | |
| 1946 | THE BLUE DAHLIA Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake | 3 | $135,930,000 | |
| 1946 | O.S.S. Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald | 5 | $138,000,000 | |
| 1946 | TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy | 1 | 1 | $217,490,000 |
| 1947 | CALCUTTA Alan Ladd, Gail Russell | 4 | $138,200,000 | |
| 1947 | WILD HARVEST Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour | 6 | $126,040,000 | |
| 1948 | SAIGON Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake | 3 | $97,310,000 | |
| 1948 | BEYOND GLORY Alan Ladd, Donna Reed | 4 | $103,800,000 | |
| 1948 | WHISPERING SMITH Alan Ladd, Robert Preston | 1 | 2 | $123,260,000 |
| 1949 | THE GREAT GATSBY Alan Ladd, Betty Field | 3 | $75,220,000 | |
| 1949 | CHICAGO DEADLINE Alan Ladd, Donna Reed | 2 | $78,980,000 | |
| 1950 | CAPTAIN CAREY, USA Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix | 8 | $61,110,000 | |
| 1950 | BRANDED Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman | 2 | $82,740,000 | |
| 1951 | APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert | 3 | $47,330,000 | |
| 1951 | RED MOUNTAIN Alan Ladd, Lizabeth Scott | 3 | $65,280,000 | |
| 1952 | THE IRON MISTRESS Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo | 1 | 1 | $97,920,000 |
| 1953 | THUNDER IN THE EAST Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr | 7 | $57,670,000 | |
| 1953 | DESERT LEGION Alan Ladd, Richard Conte | 5 | $47,580,000 | |
| 1953 | SHANE Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur | 2 | $259,500,000 | |
| 1953 | BOTANY BAY Alan Ladd, James Mason | 7 | $54,780,000 | |
| 1953 | PARATROOPER Alan Ladd, Leo Genn | 8 | $50,460,000 | |
| 1954 | SASKATCHEWAN Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters | 3 | $86,500,000 | |
| 1954 | HELL BELOW ZERO Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel | 10 | $65,360,000 | |
| 1954 | DRUM BEAT Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton | 4 | $115,330,000 | |
| 1954 | THE BLACK KNIGHT Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina | 8 | $65,360,000 | |
| 1955 | THE McCONNELL STORY Alan Ladd, June Allyson | 5 | $134,560,000 | |
| 1955 | HELL ON FRISCO BAY Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson | 7 | $76,890,000 | |
| 1956 | SANTIAGO Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà | 9 | $69,200,000 | |
| 1957 | THE BIG LAND Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo | 7 | ||
| 1957 | BOY ON A DOLPHIN Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren | 4 | $103,800,000 | |
| 1958 | THE PROUD REBEL Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland | 7 | $51,900,000 | |
| 1958 | THE BADLANDERS Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine | $33,560,000 | ||
| 1960 | ALL THE YOUNG MEN Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier | 5 | $67,840,000 | |
| 1964 | THE CARPETBAGGERS George Peppard, Carroll Baker | 1 | 6 | $288,330,000 |
NUMBER ONE BOX OFFICE HITS: 7
TOP TEN BOX OFFICE HITS: 41
TOTAL BOX OFFICE GROSS: $4,204,290,000 (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-1940s-ebook/dp/B071WQYHYY/
Box Office Madness 