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The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1948 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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| 1 | The Red Shoes | General Film | $5,000,000 [1] |
| 2 | Red River | United Artists | $4,506,825 [2] |
| 3 | The Paleface | Paramount | $4,500,000 [1] |
| 4 | Johnny Belinda | Warner Bros. | $4,266,000 [3] |
| 5 | Easter Parade | MGM | $4,144,000 [4] |
| 6 | The Three Musketeers | $4,124,000 [4] | |
| 7 | The Snake Pit | 20th Century Fox | $4,100,000 [1] |
| 8 | The Emperor Waltz | Paramount | $4,000,000 [1] |
| 9 | Homecoming | MGM | $3,699,000 [4] |
| 10 | Sitting Pretty | 20th Century Fox | $3,550,000 [5] |
| Category/Organization | 6th Golden Globe Awards March 16, 1949 | 21st Academy Awards March 24, 1949 |
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| Best Film | Johnny Belinda The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | Hamlet |
| Best Director | John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | |
| Best Actor | Laurence Olivier Hamlet | |
| Best Actress | Jane Wyman Johnny Belinda | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Walter Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ellen Corby I Remember Mama | Claire Trevor Key Largo |
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Richard Schweizer The Search | John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Best Screenplay, Original | Richard Schweizer The Search | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Hamlet | Monsieur Vincent |
| Rank | Actor/Actress |
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| 1. | Bing Crosby |
| 2. | Betty Grable |
| 3. (tie) | Bud Abbott Lou Costello |
| 4. | Gary Cooper |
| 5. | Bob Hope |
| 6. | Humphrey Bogart |
| 7. | Clark Gable |
| 8. | Cary Grant |
| 9. | Spencer Tracy |
| 10. | Ingrid Bergman |
United States unless stated
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