Boom Town (1940)

Boom Town
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $9,172,000Details
OpusData ID: 38540100
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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$2,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.6 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,694 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,311 $9,172,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 1940 (Wide) by MGM
MPAA Rating: Not Rated Passed
Running Time: 119 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Fantasia
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Keywords: Romance, Romantic Drama, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Rags to Riches, Riches to Rags, Suicide, Infidelity
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,694 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000) 4,905 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,071 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,101-5,200) 5,107 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700) 614 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,147 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 101-200) 200 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $9,172,000

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Daily Box Office Performance

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Leading Cast

Clark Gable    Big John “The Moose”
Spencer Tracy    Jonathan ‘Square John’ / ‘Shorty’ Sand
Claudette Colbert    Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bartlett McMasters
Hedy Lamarr    Karen Vanmeer

Supporting Cast

Bess Flowers    Worker in McMaster’s Office
Frank Morgan    Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill    Harry Compton
Minna Gombell    Spanish Eva
Joe Yule    Ed Murphy
Chill Wills    Harmony Jones

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jack Conway    Director
John Lee Mahin    Screenwriter
James Edward Grant    Screenwriter
Sam Zimbalist    Producer
Blanche Sewell    Editor
Franz Waxman    Composer
Harold Rosson    Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons    Art Director
Eddie Imazu    Art Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Metrics

Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Production Budget:$2,000,000 (worldwide box office is 4.6 times production budget)

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,694 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,311 $9,172,000

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: August 30th, 1940 (Wide) by MGM
MPAA Rating: Not Rated Passed
Running Time: 119 minutes
Comparisons: vs. Fantasia
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Romance, Romantic Drama, Love Triangle, Relationships Gone Wrong, Rags to Riches, Riches to Rags, Suicide, Infidelity
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Historical Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

Leading Cast

Clark Gable    Big John “The Moose”
Spencer Tracy    Jonathan ‘Square John’ / ‘Shorty’ Sand
Claudette Colbert    Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bartlett McMasters
Hedy Lamarr    Karen Vanmeer

Supporting Cast

Bess Flowers    Worker in McMaster’s Office
Frank Morgan    Luther Aldrich
Lionel Atwill    Harry Compton
Minna Gombell    Spanish Eva
Joe Yule    Ed Murphy
Chill Wills    Harmony Jones

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Jack Conway    Director
John Lee Mahin    Screenwriter
James Edward Grant    Screenwriter
Sam Zimbalist    Producer
Blanche Sewell    Editor
Franz Waxman    Composer
Harold Rosson    Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons    Art Director
Eddie Imazu    Art Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,601-5,700) 5,694 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 4,901-5,000) 4,905 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 3,001-3,100) 3,071 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 5,101-5,200) 5,107 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 601-700) 614 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 1,101-1,200) 1,147 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 101-200) 200 $9,172,000
All Time Domestic Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 201-300) 201 $9,172,000

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 8,301-8,400) 8,311 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 7,201-7,300) 7,241 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Original Screenplay Movies (Rank 4,601-4,700) 4,632 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Live Action Movies (Rank 7,201-7,300) 7,299 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies (Rank 801-900) 893 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,951 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Not Rated Movies (Rank 601-700) 691 $9,172,000
All Time Worldwide Box Office for MGM Movies (Rank 201-300) 207 $9,172,000