AD



1948 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


1948 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
Highest-grossing films of 1948
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1The Red ShoesThe Rank Organisation/Eagle-Lion Films$5,000,000[1]
2Red RiverUnited Artists$4,506,825[2]
3The PalefaceParamount Pictures$4,500,000[1]
4Johnny BelindaWarner Bros.$4,266,000[3]
5Easter ParadeMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$4,144,000[4]
6The Three Musketeers$4,124,000[4]
7The Snake Pit
Joan of Arc
20th Century Fox
RKO Radio Pictures
$4,100,000[5]
8The Emperor WaltzParamount Pictures$4,000,000[5]
9HomecomingMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$3,699,000[4]
10Sitting Pretty20th Century Fox$3,600,000[6]

1) The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes (1948 movie poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Michael Powell
  • Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay by
  • Michael Powell
  • Emeric Pressburger
  • Keith Winter
Based on"The Red Shoes"
by Hans Christian Andersen
Starring
Music byBrian Easdale
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Edited byReginald Mills
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Eagle-Lion Films (US)
Release date
  • 6 September 1948 (UK)
  • 22 October 1948 (US)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
French
Budget> £500,000[a]
Box office> $5 million[1]

2) Red River

Red River
Red River (1948) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHoward Hawks
Produced byHoward Hawks
Screenplay by
Based onThe Chisholm Trail
1946 The Saturday Evening Post
by Borden Chase
Starring
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byChristian Nyby
Production
company
Monterey Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
August 26, 1948[1]
Running time
133 minutes (Pre-release) 127 minutes (Theatrical)
CountryUnited States
Language
  • English
Budget$2.7 million[2]
Box office$4,506,825 (US rentals)[3]

3) The Paleface

The Paleface
Poster - Paleface, The (1948) 01.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byNorman Z. McLeod
Produced byRobert L. Welch
Screenplay byEdmund Hartmann
Frank Tashlin
StarringBob Hope
Jane Russell
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyRay Rennahan
Edited byEllsworth Hoagland
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 24, 1948
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[1]
Box office$4.5 million (US/ Canada rentals) [2]

4) Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda
X-johnnybelindalenda48-jjp.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Negulesco
Produced byJerry Wald
Screenplay byAllen Vincent
Irma von Cube
Based onJohnny Belinda
1940 play
by Elmer Blaney Harris
StarringJane Wyman
Lew Ayres
Charles Bickford
Agnes Moorehead
Music byMax Steiner
CinematographyTed McCord
Edited byDavid Weisbart
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 14, 1948
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,631,000[1]
Box office$4.1 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2][3] or $6,987,000[1]

5) Easter Parade

Easter Parade
Easter Parade poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Walters
Produced byArthur Freed
Screenplay bySidney Sheldon
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Story byFrances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
StarringJudy Garland
Fred Astaire
Music byScore:
Johnny Green
Roger Edens
Songs and Music:
Irving Berlin
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byAlbert Akst
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • June 30, 1948
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,655,000[1][2]
Box office$5,803,000[1]

6) The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
Three Musketeers 1948.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Written byAlexandre Dumas, père (novel)
Robert Ardrey
StarringGene Kelly
Van Heflin
June Allyson
Vincent Price
Lana Turner
Angela Lansbury
Music byHerbert Stothart
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byRobert J. Kern
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • October 20, 1948
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,474,000[1][2]
Box office$8,412,000[3]

7) The Snake Pit
Joan of Arc


The Snake Pit
Snakepit1948 62862n.jpg
Directed byAnatole Litvak
Produced byRobert Bassler
Anatole Litvak
Darryl F. Zanuck
Screenplay byFrank Partos
Millen Brand
Arthur Laurents (uncredited)
Based onThe Snake Pit
by Mary Jane Ward
StarringOlivia de Havilland
Mark Stevens
Leo Genn
Celeste Holm
Music byAlfred Newman
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
November 4, 1948
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.8 million[1]
Box office$4.1 million (US/Canada rentals) [2][3]

Joan of Arc
Joan of arc (1948 film poster).jpg
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Fleming
Produced byWalter Wanger
Screenplay byMaxwell Anderson
Andrew Solt
Based onJoan of Lorraine
by Maxwell Anderson
StarringIngrid Bergman
Music byHugo Friedhofer
CinematographyJoseph Valentine
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Production
company
Sierra Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 1948 (Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • September 2, 1950 (US)[1]
Running time
145 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,650,506[2][3]
Box office$5,768,142[2]
8) The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz
TheEmperorWaltz.JPG
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBilly Wilder
Produced byCharles Brackett
Written by
  • Billy Wilder
  • Charles Brackett
Starring
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byDoane Harrison
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 2, 1948
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.8 million[1][2]
Box office$4 million (US/ Canada rentals) [3][4]

9) Homecoming

Homecoming
Homecoming1948.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Produced by
Written bySidney Kingsley
Screenplay by
Based onThe Homecoming of Ulysses
Starring
Music byBronislau Kaper
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byJohn Dunning
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 29, 1948
Running time
113 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,654,000[1]
Box office$5,594,000[1]

10) Sitting Pretty


Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty (1948 film).jpg
theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Produced bySamuel G. Engel
Screenplay byF. Hugh Herbert
Based onBelvedere
1947 novel
by Gwen Davenport
StarringRobert Young
Maureen O'Hara
Clifton Webb
Music byAlfred Newman
CinematographyNorbert Brodine
Edited byHarmon Jones
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 10, 1948
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.6 million (US rentals)[1]
Related Searches:

1948 hollywood movies
1948 hollywood blvd
1948 n hollywood st
1948 west hollywood
1948 jefferson street hollywood fl
1948 harrison street hollywood fl
1948 tyler street hollywood fl
1948 fillmore street hollywood fl
hollywood affair 1948
1948 hollywood blvd hollywood fl
hollywood 1948
1948 wiley street hollywood fl
1948 jefferson st hollywood fl 33020
1948 fillmore st hollywood fl 33020
hollywood in 1948

Previous
Next Post »