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==Top-grossing films (U.S.)== The top ten 1937 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;" |+ Highest-grossing films of 1937 |- ! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' | ''[[Saratoga (film)|Saratoga]]'' |rowspan="3"|MGM | $2,432,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''2''' | ''[[Maytime (1937 film)|Maytime]]'' | $2,183,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''3''' | ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]'' | $2,002,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''4''' | ''[[Stella Dallas (1937 film)|Stella Dallas]]'' | [[United Artists]] | $2,000,000<ref name=StanwyckBook>{{cite book|first=Axel|last=Madsen|title=Stanwyck: A Biography|date=2015|isbn=978-1-5040-0861-7|quote=Released in August 1937, ''Stella Dallas'' grossed more than $2 million.}}</ref><ref name=Reid>{{cite book|first=John Howard|last=Reid|title=140 All-Time Must-See Movies for Film Lovers Now Available On DVD|date=2012|isbn=978-1-105-75295-7|quote=UA's top domestic box office hit of 1937, with gross rentals close to $2 million.}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''5''' | ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]'' |rowspan="3"|MGM | $1,946,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''6''' | ''[[Broadway Melody of 1938]]'' | $1,889,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''7''' | ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]'' | $1,688,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''8''' | ''[[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|Lost Horizon]]'' | [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] | $1,683,000<ref name=ColumbiaBook>{{cite book|first=Bernard F.|last=Dick|title=Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio|date=1992|isbn=978-0-8131-5215-8|quote=''Lost Horizon'' was probably least successful. It was budgeted at $1.66 million, but the combined U.S. and Canadian gross was only $1,683 million, thus barely covering production costs.}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''9''' | ''[[A Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races]]'' | MGM | $1,602,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''10''' | ''[[Thin Ice (1937 film)|Thin Ice]]'' | [[20th Century Fox]] | $1,590,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990}}</ref> |- |}
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