Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ralph Sipperly DIRECTOR: F. W. Murnau CINEMATOGRAPHY: Karl Struss, Charles Rosher MUSIC: Hugo Riesenfeld, Carli Elinor PRODUCTION: Fox Film Corporation

Box Office Performance

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans earned $1,636,000 in worldwide box office revenue.

Profitability Assessment

Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.

INDUSTRY IMPACT

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: Won 3 Oscars. 9 wins & 2 nominations total

Awards Won: ★ Academy Award for Best Actress — Janet Gaynor (1st Academy Awards) ★ Academy Award for Best Cinematography — Charles Rosher (1st Academy Awards) ★ Academy Award for Best Cinematography — Karl Struss (1st Academy Awards)

Nominations: ○ Academy Award for Best Actress (1st Academy Awards) ○ Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1st Academy Awards) ○ Academy Award for Best Production Design (1st Academy Awards)

Additional Recognition: Academy Award wins (1929)

* Best Unique and Artistic Picture (This Oscar, only awarded at the 1st Academy Awards, was at the time as prestigious as Outstanding Picture, but the Academy has since decided that the higher honor went to Wings in the latter category.) * Best Actress in a Leading Role – Janet Gaynor (At this time acting awards were given for an actor's entire body of work in a year, so the award was for her work on this film, 7th Heaven, and Street Angel) * Best Cinematography – Charles Rosher and Karl Struss

Academy Award nominations (1929)

* Best Art Direction – Rochus Gliese

Other distinctions

* 1989: Inclusion into the National Film Registry * 2002, 2012: Ranked in the top 10 of the decennial Sight & Sound critics' poll * AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions: No. 63 * AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains: The Woman from the City (Nominated Villain) * AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition): No. 82

CRITICAL RECEPTION

The film received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregator holds an approval rating of 'fresh' 98%, based on 65 reviews. The site's consensus reads, "Boasting masterful cinematography to match its well-acted, wonderfully romantic storyline, Sunrise is perhaps the final—and arguably definitive—statement of the silent era."

Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times hailed Sunrise as "A Film Masterpiece".