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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946 • Not Rated • 2h 52m • Drama, War • RKO Radio Pictures

Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!

🍅 97% 93% MC 93 LB 4.24 IMDb 8.1

The Best Years of Our Lives Box Office

Domestic Total
$23.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$23.6M
Domestic only
Budget$2.1M
1946 Rank#3
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byWilliam Wyler
ScreenplayRobert E. Sherwood
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
CinematographyGregg Toland
Music byHugo Friedhofer
StarringMyrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Harold Russell
StudioRKO Radio Pictures

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