Domestic Release Schedule for 1936

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1936.

See also: Top 1936 Worldwide - Most Popular 1936

Current Release Schedule 1937 →
Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
February, 1936
February 5 Modern Times (Wide) Kino International $163,245  
 
February 21 Klondike Annie (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
February 22 The Story of Louis Pasteur (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
February 28 Desire (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
February 29 The Walking Dead (Limited) Warner Bros.    
March, 1936
March 6 Little Lord Fauntleroy (Wide)    
 
March 13 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
March 23 The Great Ziegfeld (Wide) $3,000,000  
April, 1936
April 13 Lash of the Penitentes (Limited) Roland C. Price Productions    
 
April 16 Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (Wide) $2,080,000  
 
April 24 Absolute Quiet (Limited) MGM    
May, 1936
May 11 Dracula’s Daughter (Limited)    
 
May 17 Show Boat (Limited) Universal    
 
May 30 It’s Love Again (Limited)    
June, 1936
June 15 Secret Agent (Limited) Gaumont British Picture Corporation of America    
 
June 26 San Francisco (Wide) $2,868,000  
July, 1936
July 6 The Phantom Rider (Limited) Universal    
 
July 20 The Devil-Doll (Limited)    
August, 1936
August 28 The Gorgeous Hussy (Limited)    
Swing Time (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
September, 1936
September 6 My Man Godfrey (Limited) Universal    
 
September 23 Dodsworth (Limited) United Artists    
October, 1936
October 9 Libeled Lady (Limited) MGM    
 
October 16 All American Chump (Limited) MGM    
 
October 17 How to Become a Detective (Wide) $6,000,000  
 
October 20 Charge of the Light Brigade, The (Wide) Warner Bros.    
 
October 23 Mister Cinderella (Limited)    
November, 1936
November 4 Toni (Limited) French Motion Picture Company    
 
November 6 Pillars of Society (Limited)    
 
November 13 Make Way for a Lady (Limited) RKO Radio Pictures    
 
November 16 The Plainsman (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 18 Go West Young Man (Limited) Paramount Pictures    
 
November 19 The Garden of Allah (Limited)    
December, 1936
December 25 After the Thin Man (Limited) MGM