1929 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Box office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunny Side Up | Fox Film Corporation | $3,300,000[1] |
| 2 | The Broadway Melody | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $2,800,000[1] |
| 3 | The Cock-Eyed World | Fox Film Corporation | $2,600,000[1] |
| 4 | Gold Diggers of Broadway | Warner Bros. | $2,540,000[2] |
| 5 | Welcome Danger | Paramount Pictures | $2,100,000[3] |
| 6 | On with the Show! | Warner Bros. | $1,741,000[2] |
| 7 | Say It with Songs | $1,715,000[2] | |
| 8 | Rio Rita | RKO Radio Pictures | $1,700,000[1] |
| 9 | The Desert Song | Warner Bros. | $1,594,000[2] |
| 10 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $1,500,000[1] |
1) Sunny Side Up
| Sunny Side Up | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by | B. G. DeSylva Lew Brown Ray Henderson |
| Starring | Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell |
| Music by | B. G. DeSylva Lew Brown Ray Henderson |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer John Schmitz |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 121 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.3 million[1][2] |
2) The Broadway Melody
| The Broadway Melody | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg Lawrence Weingarten |
| Written by | Sarah Y. Mason (continuity) Norman Houston (dialogue) James Gleason (dialogue) Uncredited: Earl Baldwin (titles) |
| Story by | Edmund Goulding |
| Starring | Charles King Anita Page Bessie Love Jed Prouty |
| Music by | (see article) |
| Cinematography | John Arnold |
| Edited by | Sam S. Zimbalist Uncredited: William LeVanway (silent version) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $379,000[3] |
| Box office | $4.4 million[3] |
3) The Cock-Eyed World
| The Cock-Eyed World | |
|---|---|
Original German film poster
| |
| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Written by | Raoul Walsh William K. Wells Wilbur Morse Jr. Maxwell Anderson Wilson Mizner Laurence Stallings Tom Barry |
| Starring | Victor McLaglen Edmund Lowe Lili Damita |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Edited by | Jack Dennis |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date
| August 3, 1929 |
Running time
| 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.7 million[1][2] |
4) Gold Diggers of Broadway
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Robert Lord (scenario & dialogue)[1] De Leon Anthony (titles)[1] |
| Based on | The Gold Diggers (1919 play) by Avery Hopwood |
| Starring | Winnie Lightner Nick Lucas |
| Music by | Joseph Burke (music) Al Dubin (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill Ray Rennahan (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 105 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $532,000[2] |
| Box office | $3,967,000 (worldwide rental)[3] |
5) Welcome Danger
| Welcome Danger | |
|---|---|
Film poster
| |
| Directed by | Clyde Bruckman Malcolm St. Clair (uncredited) |
| Written by | Paul Gerard Smith Felix Adler Lex Neal Clyde Bruckman |
| Starring | Harold Lloyd Barbara Kent |
| Cinematography | Henry O. Kohler Walter Lundin |
| Edited by | Bernard W. Burton Carl Himm |
Production
company |
Harold Lloyd Corporation
|
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
| October 12, 1929 |
Running time
| 115 minutes (sound version) 10,796 feet (silent version) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $979,828[1] |
| Box office | $3,000,000[1] |
6) On with the Show!
| On with the Show! | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Alan Crosland Larry Ceballos (ensemble dir.)[1] |
| Written by | Robert Lord (scenario & dialogue)[1] |
| Based on | Shoestring by Humphrey Pearson |
| Starring | Joe E. Brown Betty Compson Arthur Lake Ethel Waters Louise Fazenda |
| Music by | Harry Akst |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | William Holmes |
| Color process | Two-strip Technicolor |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date
| May 28, 1929 |
Running time
| 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $493,000[2][3] |
| Box office | $2,415,000 (worldwide rentals)[4][2][3] |
7) Say It with Songs
| Say It with Songs | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Joseph Jackson Darryl F. Zanuck Harvey Gates |
| Starring | Al Jolson |
| Music by | Dave Dreyer Billy Rose |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date
| August 6, 1929[1] |
Running time
| 105 minutes 95 minutes (extant) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $470,000[2] |
| Box office | $2,266,000 (worldwide rentals)[2][3] |
8) Rio Rita
| Rio Rita | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Luther Reed |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. |
| Written by | Luther Reed |
| Based on | the play by Guy Bolton and Frederick A. Thompson |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels John Boles Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee |
| Music by | Victor Baravalle (director) Joseph McCarthy (lyrics) Harry Tierney (music) |
| Cinematography | Robert Kurrle (Technicolor) Lloyd Knechtel |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date
| September 15, 1929 |
Running time
| Original release: 141 minutes; Surviving reissue: 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $678,000[1] |
| Box office | $2,400,000[1] |
9) The Desert Song
| The Desert Song | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Gates |
| Story by | Otto A. Harbach Oscar Hammerstein II Frank Mandel |
| Based on | The Desert Song (1926 operetta) Music: Sigmund Romberg Book & Lyrics: Otto A. Harbach Oscar Hammerstein II Frank Mandel[1] |
| Starring | John Boles Carlotta King Louise Fazenda Myrna Loy |
| Music by | Irving Berlin Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Otto Harbach |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill (Technicolor) |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson Furusawa[2] |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 125 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $354,000[3] |
| Box office | $3,022,000[3] |
10) The Hollywood Revue of 1929
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg Harry Rapf |
| Written by | Al Boasberg Robert E. Hopkins Joseph W. Farnham |
| Starring | Conrad Nagel Jack Benny |
| Music by | Gus Edwards Arthur Freed ("Singin' in the Rain") Nacio Herb Brown ("Singin' in the Rain") |
| Cinematography | John Arnold Max Fabian Irving G. Ries John M. Nickolaus |
| Edited by | William S. Gray Cameron K. Wood |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date
| June 20, 1929 (Los Angeles)[1] |
Running time
| 130 minutes (roadshow) 118 min (Turner library print) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $426,000[2][3] |
| Box office | $2,421,000 (worldwide rental)[3] |
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