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The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
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The following is an overview of 1927 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The top ten 1927 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The King of Kings | Pathé Exchange | $2,641,687 [1] |
| 2 | The Jazz Singer | Warner Bros. | $1,974,000 [2] |
| 3 | 7th Heaven | Fox Film | $1,750,000 [3] |
| 4 | The Gaucho | United Artists | $1,400,000 [4] |
| 5 | The Patent Leather Kid Jesse James | First National Paramount | $1,200,000 [3] [5] |
| 6 | Wings | Paramount | $1,100,000 [6] |
| 7 | My Best Girl | United Artists | $1,027,757 [7] |
| 8 | Love | MGM | $946,000 [8] |
| 9 | The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg | $894,000 [8] | |
| 10 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Fox Film | $818,000 [9] |
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1927 [14]
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The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry.
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards —Dark Victory, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Wuthering Heights—range in genre and are considered classics.
The year 1938 in film involved some significant events.
The following is an overview of 1936 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1929 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The following is an overview of 1928 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Although some films released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. This year is notable for the introduction of the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, Mickey Mouse, in the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first film to include a soundtrack completely created in post production.
The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1924 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1923 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1922 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
This is an overview of 1921 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.
1917 in film was a particularly fruitful year for the art form, and is often cited as one of the years in the decade which contributed to the medium the most, along with 1913. Secondarily the year saw a limited global embrace of narrative film-making and featured innovative techniques such as continuity cutting. Primarily, the year is an American landmark, as 1917 is the first year where the narrative and visual style is typified as "Classical Hollywood".
The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.
The film had the solid success it deserved; in its premiere New York engagement, at the Rialto,My Best Girl grossed $81,000 in its three week run, recouping a sixth of its production cost of $483,103 at just one theater. Its total domestic gross amounted to $1,027,757.
Sunrise ended up amassing domestic rentals of $818,000.