1942 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Box-office gross rental |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs. Miniver | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $5,358,000[1] |
| 2 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Warner Bros. | $4,800,000[2] |
| 3 | Random Harvest | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $4,650,000[1] |
| 4 | Reap the Wild Wind | Paramount Pictures | $4,000,000[3] |
| 5 | Star Spangled Rhythm | $3,850,000[4] | |
| 6 | Holiday Inn Road to Morocco | $3,800,000[5] | |
| 7 | The Pride of the Yankees | RKO Radio Pictures/Samuel Goldwyn Productions | $3,671,000[5] |
| 8 | Wake Island The Black Swan Springtime in the Rockies | Paramount Pictures 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox | $3,500,000[6][7] |
| 9 | To the Shores of Tripoli | 20th Century Fox | $3,000,000[7] |
| 10 | For Me and My Gal | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $2,894,000[1] |
1) Mrs. Miniver
| Mrs. Miniver | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | William Wyler |
| Produced by | Sidney Franklin |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Wimperis George Froeschel James Hilton Claudine West |
| Based on | Mrs. Miniver 1939 book (from newspaper column Mrs. Miniver) by Jan Struther |
| Starring | Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart Daniele Amfitheatrof uncredited |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 133 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
| Budget | $1.34 million[2] |
| Box office | $8.9 million[2] |
2) Yankee Doodle Dandy
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
| |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner William Cagney (associate) |
| Written by | Robert Buckner Edmund Joseph Julius J. Epstein (uncredited) Philip G. Epstein (uncredited) |
| Starring | James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf |
| Music by | Score and Songs George M. Cohan Score Adaptation: Ray Heindorf Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | George Amy |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,532,000[1] |
| Box office | $6,523,000[1] |
3) Random Harvest
| Random Harvest | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Produced by | Sidney Franklin |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Wimperis George Froeschel Claudine West |
| Based on | Random Harvest 1941 novel by James Hilton |
| Starring | Ronald Colman Greer Garson Philip Dorn Susan Peters |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date
| December 17, 1942 |
Running time
| 125 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,210,000[1] |
| Box office | $8,147,000 (Worldwide rentals)[1] |
4) Reap the Wild Wind
| Reap the Wild Wind | |
|---|---|
DVD cover with cast out of order
| |
| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille |
| Written by | Thelma Strabel (book) |
| Screenplay by | Charles Bennett Jesse Lasky, Jr. Alan Le May Jeanie Macpherson |
| Based on | Reap the Wild Wind (1941 novel) |
| Starring | Ray Milland John Wayne Paulette Goddard Robert Preston Susan Hayward Charles Bickford |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner William Skall |
| Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Production
company |
Paramount Pictures
|
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4 million (US/ Canada rentals) [1] |
5) Star Spangled Rhythm
| Star Spangled Rhythm | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Credited director: George Marshall Co-director: Ralph Murphy "Old Black Magic": A. Edward Sutherland Contributing: Frank Tuttle Lewis Allen Paul Weatherwax (all uncredited) |
| Produced by | Joseph Sistrom |
| Written by | Sketches: Melvin Frank George S. Kaufman Norman Panama Arthur A. Ross Fred Saidy (uncredited) Arthur Phillips (uncredited) Writer: Harry Tugend |
| Starring | The Stars of Paramount Pictures |
| Music by | Score: Robert Emmett Dolan Songs: Harold Arlen (music) Johnny Mercer (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl Leo Tover |
| Edited by | Paul Weatherwax |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
| December 2, 1942 |
Running time
| 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,127,989 |
| Box office | $3,850,000 (US rentals)[1] |
6) Holiday Inn
Road to Morocco
| Holiday Inn | |
|---|---|
theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Produced by | Mark Sandrich |
| Screenplay by | Claude Binyon |
| Story by | Irving Berlin |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Irving Berlin |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
Production
company |
Paramount Pictures
|
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures (original) Universal Pictures (current) |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3,750,000 (US rentals)[2] |
| Road to Morocco | |
|---|---|
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Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Produced by | Paul Jones |
| Screenplay by | Frank Butler Don Hartman |
| Starring | Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour |
| Music by | Victor Young Songs: Johnny Burke (lyrics) Jimmy Van Heusen (music) |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
Production
company | |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4 million (US rentals)[1] |
| The Pride of the Yankees: The Life of Lou Gehrig | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn William Cameron Menzies |
| Screenplay by | Jo Swerling Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Story by | Paul Gallico |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Teresa Wright Babe Ruth Walter Brennan |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Rudolph Maté |
| Edited by | Daniel Mandell |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 128 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US rentals)[1] |
8) Wake Island
The Black Swan
Springtime in the Rockies
| Wake Island | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Produced by | Joseph Sistrom |
| Written by | W. R. Burnett Frank Butler |
| Starring | Brian Donlevy Robert Preston William Bendix |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography | William C. Mellor Theodor Sparkuhl |
| Edited by | Frank Bracht LeRoy Stone |
Production
company |
Paramount Pictures
|
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $826,000[1] |
| Box office | $3.5 million (US rentals)[2][3] |
| The Black Swan | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Robert Bassler |
| Screenplay by | Ben Hecht Seton I. Miller |
| Based on | The Black Swan by Rafael Sabatini |
| Starring | Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,493,800[1] |
| Box office | $3.5 million (US rentals)[2] $5,727,000 (worldwide)[1] |
| Springtime in the Rockies | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | William LeBaron William Goetz |
| Written by | Walter Bullock Ken Englund Jacques Thery |
| Based on | Second Honeymoon 1936 Redbook story by Philip Wylie |
| Starring | Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero |
| Music by | Alberto Colombo |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.5 million (US rentals)[1] $240,000 (United Kingdom)[2] |
| To the Shores of Tripoli | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by | Lamar Trotti |
| Story by | Steve Fisher |
| Starring | John Payne Maureen O'Hara Randolph Scott |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager Harry Jackson William V. Skall |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US rentals)[2] |
10) For Me and My Gal
| For Me and My Gal | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
| |
| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Screenplay by | Richard Sherman Fred F. Finklehoffe Sid Silvers |
| Story by | Howard Emmett Rogers |
| Starring | Judy Garland Gene Kelly George Murphy |
| Music by | Roger Edens Georgie Stoll |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
Production
company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date
|
|
Running time
| 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $841,000[1] |
| Box office | $4.4 million[1] |
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