--- description: The box office in 22 U.S. cities found these films leading the pack during February, according to Variety:1) Joan of Arc (Sierra; RKO Radio) 2) Wake of the Red Witch (Republic)3) A Letter to Three... title: Cinema: Box Office image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Cinema: Box Office (14 Mar 1949) by [TIME](/author/time/) Mar 14, 1949 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Mar 14, 1949 5:00 AM CUT The box office in 22 U.S. cities found these films leading the packduring February, according to Variety: 1) Joan of Arc (Sierra; RKO Radio) 2) Wake of the Red Witch (Republic) 3) A Letter to Three Wives (20th Century-Fox) 4) The Snake Pit (20th Century-Fox) 5> The Red Shoes (J. Arthur Rank; Eagle Lion) Cinema: Box Office ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6785619/cinema-box-office-7/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6785619/cinema-box-office-7/"},"headline":"Cinema: Box Office (14 Mar 1949)","datePublished":"1949-03-14T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-21T04:31:14.309Z","description":"The box office in 22 U.S. cities found these films leading the pack during February, according to Variety:1) Joan of Arc (Sierra; RKO Radio) 2) Wake of the Red Witch (Republic)3) A Letter to Three...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6785619/cinema-box-office-7/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6785619/cinema-box-office-7/","name":"Cinema: Box Office (14 Mar 1949)"}}]}] ```