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1927 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


1927 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
Highest-grossing films of 1927
RankTitleStudioBox office gross rental
1WingsParamount Pictures$3,600,000[1]
2The Jazz SingerWarner Bros.$1,974,000[2]
37th HeavenFox Film$1,800,000[3]
4The King of KingsPathé Exchange$1,500,000[3]
5The Patent Leather KidFirst National Pictures$1,200,000[3]

1) Wings

Wings
Wings poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Produced byLucien Hubbard
Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
B.P. Schulberg
Otto Hermann Kahn
(uncredited)[1][a]
Written byTitles:
Julian Johnson
Screenplay byHope Loring
Louis D. Lighton
Story byJohn Monk Saunders
StarringClara Bow
Charles (Buddy) Rogers
Richard Arlen
Gary Cooper
Music byJ.S. Zamecnik (uncredited)
CinematographyHarry Perry
Edited byE. Lloyd Sheldon
Lucien Hubbard (uncredited)
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 12, 1927
Running time
Original release:
111 minutes[2]
Restoration:
144 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
BudgetUS$ 2 million ($28,850,173 adjusted for inflation)[4]

2) The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer 1927 Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Produced byDarryl F. Zanuck
Screenplay byAlfred A. Cohn
Based onThe Jazz Singer
by Samson Raphaelson
StarringAl Jolson
May McAvoy
Warner Oland
Yossele Rosenblatt
Music byLouis Silvers
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byHarold McCord
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 6, 1927
Running time
89 minutes
96 minutes (with Overture and Exit Music)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$422,000[1]
Box office$2.6 million (gross rental)[1]

3) 7th Heaven

7th Heaven
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Borzage
Produced byWilliam Fox
Written by
Screenplay byBenjamin Glazer
Based onSeventh Heaven
by Austin Strong
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byBarney Wolf
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • May 6, 1927 (Los Angeles)
  • May 25, 1927 (New York City)
  • September 10, 1927 (New York City (re-release))
Running time
110 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$1.3 million[1]
Box office$2.5 million[2]

4) The King of Kings

The King of Kings
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Directed byCecil B. DeMille
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
Written byJeannie Macpherson
StarringH.B. Warner
Dorothy Cumming
Ernest Torrence
Joseph Schildkraut
James Neill
Music byHugo Riesenfeld
Josiah Zuro
CinematographyJ. Peverell Marley
F.J. Westerberg
Edited byAnne Bauchens
Harold McLernon
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • April 19, 1927
Running time
155 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English/Aramaic intertitles
Box office$1.5 million[1]

5) The Patent Leather Kid

The Patent Leather Kid
Poster of the movie The Patent Leather Kid.jpg
Film poster
Directed byAlfred Santell
Produced byAlfred Santell
Richard A. Rowland
Written byRupert Hughes (story)
Winifred Dunn (scenario)
StarringRichard Barthelmess
Music byCecil Copping (at opening)
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Ralph Hammeras
Alvin Knechtel
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1927
Running time
?130-150 minutes(per IMDb) / 12 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$1.2 million[1]
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