#9,827 All-time worldwide

#3 1935 releases

Movie profile

Top Hat

Name: Top Hat
Genre: Music, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1935-08-29
Duration: 99 min

1935 · 99 min · RKO Radio Pictures

Music Comedy Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $3.2M

Budget $609,000

Gross minus budget $2.6M

ROI 5.26x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$358,624

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Top Hat ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,827 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1935 releases #3 Release-year chart position of 18 titles Ranked against movies released in 1935. Studio / company #11 RKO Radio Pictures of 54 titles Position inside the mapped RKO Radio Pictures movie set. Primary genre #384 Music of 578 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#9,824 Traces of Red 1992 · $3.2M #9,825 Any Number Can Play 1949 · $3.2M #9,826 The Limey 1999 · $3.2M #9,828 Sweethearts 1938 · $3.2M #9,828 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 · $3.2M #9,828 Road to Singapore 1940 · $3.2M

Quick answer

How did Top Hat (1935) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Top Hat (1935) earned a reported $3.2M worldwide against a reported $609.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.26x. In this database it currently ranks #9,827 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #3 among 1935 releases.

Worldwide gross: $3,202,000
Budget: $609,000
Gross minus budget: $2,593,000
ROI: 5.26x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Aug 29, 1935
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyRKO Radio Pictures Release year chart1935 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1935, Top Hat is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Comedy, Romance title from RKO Radio Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.2M, reported production budget is $609,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.6M, ROI is 5.26x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,827 all-time in the current chart set and #3 among 1935 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.