1930 in film

Top-grossing films

The top ten 1930 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1930
RankTitleStudioBox office gross rental
1 Whoopee! United Artists $2,655,000[1]
2 Check and Double Check RKO Radio Pictures $1,810,000[2]
3 Common Clay Fox Film Corporation $1,700,000[1]
4 Hell's Angels United Artists $1,600,000[3]
5 All Quiet on the Western Front Universal Pictures $1,500,000[1]
6 The Big House Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $1,300,000[4]
7 Min and Bill $1,223,000[4]
8 Song o' My Heart Fox Film Corporation $1,200,000[1]
9 Son of the Gods Warner Bros. $1,069,000[5]
10 Hold Everything $1,018,000[5]

Events
  • February 23: Silent screen legend Mabel Normand dies at the age of 37 in Monrovia, California after a lengthy battle with tuberculosis.
  • March 10: Release of Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. Ada Cornaro has her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque makes her film debut.
  • April 6: William Fox sells his interest in Fox Film for $18 million and Harley L. Clarke becomes president.[6][7]
  • September 3: The Hollywood Reporter is first published.
  • September 19: The Love Parade receives a record six Academy Award nominations.
  • November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm and a very early form of 70mm film. It is the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era, costing over $2 million. The film is praised for its aesthetic quality and realism that will not become commonplace until many decades later. However, due to the new film format and the film's release during the Great Depression, the film will go on to become a financial failure at the box office.
  • November 15: Howard Hughes epic film Hell's Angels is released and features Jean Harlow in her first major role as well as some impressive aerial sequences. The film is a huge success and would go on to gross $8 million and launch Harlow as one of the 1930s' biggest stars.

Academy Awards
Main article: 3rd Academy Awards

Notable films released in 1930

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References
  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
  3. Balio, Tino (1976). United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950: The Company Built by the Stars, Volume 1. ISBN 0-299-06940-0. During the seven years it was in United Artists distribution, Hell's Angels grossed $1.6 million in the domestic market, of which Hughes' share was $1.2 million.
  4. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  5. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 10 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  6. "Fox Controversy is Settled". The Film Daily. April 7, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  7. "The Fox Reorganization". Variety. April 9, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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