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1954 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

1954 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
Highest-grossing films of 1954
RankTitleStudioBox-office gross rental
1White ChristmasParamount Pictures$12,000,000[1]
2The Caine MutinyColumbia Pictures$8,700,000[1]
320,000 Leagues Under the SeaWalt Disney/Buena Vista Distribution$8,000,000[1]
4The Glenn Miller StoryUniversal Pictures$7,600,000[1]
5The Country GirlParamount Pictures$6,500,000[1]
6The High and the Mighty
A Star is Born
Warner Bros.$6,100,000[1]
7Seven Brides for Seven BrothersMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$5,526,000[2]
8Rear WindowParamount Pictures$5,300,000[1]
9Magnificent ObsessionUniversal Pictures$5,200,000[1]
10Three Coins in the Fountain
There's No Business Like Show Business
20th Century Fox$5,000,000[3]

1) White Christmas

White Christmas
White Christmas film.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Produced byRobert Emmett Dolan
Written by
Starring
Music byIrving Berlin
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Edited byFrank Bracht
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 14, 1954
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$30 million[3]

2) The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny
Mutiny 0.jpg
original film poster
Directed byEdward Dmytryk
Produced byStanley Kramer
Written byMichael Blankfort (add'l dialogue)[1]
Screenplay byStanley Roberts
Based onThe Caine Mutiny
1951 novel
by Herman Wouk
Starring
Music byMax Steiner
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited by
Production
company
Stanley Kramer Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 24, 1954 (New York City)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$21.8 million[3]

3) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20000leaguesposter.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Fleischer
Produced byWalt Disney (uncredited)
Screenplay byEarl Felton
Based onTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Starring
Music byPaul Smith
Joseph S. Dubin (orchestration)
CinematographyFranz Planer
Edited byElmo Williams
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Distribution
Release date
  • December 23, 1954
Running time
127 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$28.2 million[2]


4) The Glenn Miller Story

The Glenn Miller Story
Glenn miller story.jpg
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed byAnthony Mann
Produced byAaron Rosenberg
Written byValentine Davies
Oscar Brodney
StarringJames Stewart
June Allyson
Music byGlenn Miller
Joseph Gershenson
Henry Mancini
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byRussell F. Schoengarth
Distributed byUniversal-International
Release date
10 February 1954 (NYC)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$7 million[1]

5) The Country Girl

The Country Girl
The country girl.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Seaton
Produced byWilliam Perlberg
Screenplay byGeorge Seaton
Based onThe Country Girl
by Clifford Odets
Starring
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyJohn F. Warren
Edited byEllsworth Hoagland
Production
company
Perlberg-Seaton Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 11, 1954 (Los Angeles)
  • December 25, 1954 (New York City)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$6.5 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

6) The High and the Mighty
A Star is Born


The High and the Mighty
The High and the Mighty poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Produced byRobert Fellows
John Wayne
Screenplay byErnest K. Gann
Based onThe High and the Mighty
1953 novel
by Ernest K. Gann
StarringJohn Wayne
Claire Trevor
Laraine Day
Robert Stack
Jan Sterling
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
CinematographyArchie Stout
Edited byRalph Dawson
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
(1954–1995)
Public domain
(1995–2005)
Paramount Pictures
(2005–current)
Release date
  • July 3, 1954
Running time
147 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.47 million[1]
Box office$8.5 million[2]

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1954 film poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Cukor
Produced bySidney Luft
Screenplay byMoss Hart
Story by
Based onA Star Is Born
by
Starring
Music byRay Heindorf
CinematographySam Leavitt
Edited byFolmar Blangsted
Production
company
Transcona Enterprises
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
Running time
  • 182 minutes (Premiere)
  • 154 minutes (General release)
  • 176 minutes (Restoration)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$6.1 million (rentals)[2][3]
7) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954 poster).jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byStanley Donen
Produced byJack Cummings
Screenplay byAlbert Hackett
Frances Goodrich
Dorothy Kingsley
Based onThe Sobbin' Women
by Stephen Vincent Benét
StarringHoward Keel
Jane Powell
Jeff Richards
Matt Mattox
Marc Platt
Jacques d'Amboise
Tommy Rall
Russ Tamblyn
Julie Newmar
Ruta Kilmonis
Norma Doggett
Virginia Gibson
Betty Carr
Nancy Kilgas
Ian Wolfe
Marjorie Wood
Russell Simpson
Howard Petrie
Music byGene de Paul
Johnny Mercer
Adolph Deutsch
Saul Chaplin
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • July 15, 1954 (Houston, Texas)[1]
  • July 22, 1954 (New York)
  • December 20, 1954 (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,540,000[2]
Box office$9,403,000[2][3]

8) Rear Window

Rear Window
Rear Window film poster.png
Original theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Hitchcock
Produced byAlfred Hitchcock
Screenplay byJohn Michael Hayes
Based on"It Had to Be Murder"
by Cornell Woolrich
Starring
Music byFranz Waxman
CinematographyRobert Burks
Edited byGeorge Tomasini
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Patron Inc.
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1954 (US)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million[1]
Box office$36.8 million[2]

9) Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession
Magnificent obsession.jpeg
Directed byDouglas Sirk
Produced byRoss Hunter
Written byRobert Blees
Screenplay byWells Root
Sarah Y. Mason
Victor Heerman
Finley Peter Dunne
Based onMagnificent Obsession
by Lloyd C. Douglas
StarringJane Wyman
Rock Hudson
Barbara Rush
Agnes Moorehead
Otto Kruger
Music byFrank Skinner
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byMilton Carruth
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 4, 1954 (U.S.)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.2 million (est. US/ Canada rentals)[1]

10) Three Coins in the Fountain
There's No Business Like Show Business

Three Coins in the Fountain
Three coins.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Negulesco
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Written byJohn Patrick
Starring
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byWilliam Reynolds
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 20, 1954 (USA)
Running time
102 minutes
Budget$1.7 million[1]
Box office$5 million (US rentals);[2][3] $12 million (worldwide rentals)[4]

Irving Berlin's There's No Business Like Show Business
There's No Business Like Show Business movie poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Produced bySol C. Siegel
Screenplay byPhoebe Ephron
Henry Ephron
Story byLamar Trotti
StarringEthel Merman
Donald O'Connor
Marilyn Monroe
Dan Dailey
Johnnie Ray
Mitzi Gaynor
Music byIrving Berlin (songs)
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
December 16, 1954 (New York City premiere)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,340,000[1]
Box office$5,103,555[2]
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