Editing Grand Hotel (1932 film) (section)

==Reception==
===Box office===
[[File:Grand-Hotel-Astor.jpg|thumb|New York City opening of ''Grand Hotel'' at the [[Astor Theatre (New York City)|Astor Theatre]] (April 12, 1932)]]
''Grand Hotel'' was a massive commercial success upon its release. According to MGM records, the film earned $1,235,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $1,359,000 in other markets, resulting in a profit of $947,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>

===Critical reception===
[[File:Joan Crawford Wallace Beery Grand Hotel.jpg|right|thumb|Joan Crawford and Wallace Beery]]
Alfred Rushford Greason of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' comparing the film to the stage production, wrote "[it] may not entirely please the theatregoers who were fascinated by its deft stage direction and restrained acting, but it will attract and hold the wider public to which it is now addressed". He added, "The drama unfolds with a speed that never loses its grip, even for the extreme length of nearly two hours, and there is a captivating pattern of unexpected comedy that runs through it all, always fresh and always pat."<ref>{{cite news |last=Greason |first=Alfred Rushford |date=April 19, 1932 |title=Grand Hotel |url=https://variety.com/1932/film/reviews/grand-hotel-2-1200410647/ |journal=Variety |location=New York |page=14 |access-date=December 8, 2014 }}</ref>

[[Mordaunt Hall]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the performances of Greta Garbo and John Barrymore, in a mostly positive review. "The picture adheres faithfully to the original", he said, "and while it undoubtedly lacks the life and depth and color of the play, by means of excellent characterizations it keeps the audience on the qui vive."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Mordaunt |author-link=Mordaunt Hall |date=April 13, 1932 |title=Review: Grand Hotel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/hotel-re.html |journal=The New York Times |access-date=December 8, 2014 }}</ref>

''[[Film Daily]]'' called it an "engrossing drama" that "never lags", and "one of the classiest moving picture affairs you've seen in a long time".<ref>{{cite news |date=April 17, 1932 |title=Grand Hotel |journal=Film Daily |location=New York |page=10 }}</ref>

[[John Mosher (writer)|John Mosher]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it a "tricky, clever film", praising Goulding as "a director at last to give Garbo her due" and for his "ingenious" camera work, "relishing, I suspect, the advantages the screen offers in these respects over the stage, where the awkward constant shifting of scenes clogged the action of the play".<ref>{{cite news |last=Mosher |first=John |author-link=John Mosher (writer) |date=April 23, 1932 |title=The Current Cinema |magazine=The New Yorker |pages=68–69 }}</ref>

===Legacy===
The film holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Perhaps less a true film than a series of star-studded vignettes, ''Grand Hotel'' still remains an entertaining look back at a bygone Hollywood era."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/grand_hotel/|title=Grand Hotel|website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>

Writing in 2009, Blake Goble of ''[[The Michigan Daily]]'' called it "the original ''[[Ocean's 11 (1960 film)|Ocean's Eleven]]'' for its star power", and compared it to ''[[Gosford Park]]'' "for its dense structure and stories". He added "[T]he pacing is quick, the acting is eloquent, and the stories are actually interesting. It's pure theatricality. But ''Hotel'' lasted thanks to its simplicity, and the star power doesn't hurt either. This is grand, old Hollywood captured on film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/node/47167 |title=Film Vault: Grand Hotel |last1=Goble |first1=Blake |date=January 25, 2009 |website=The Michigan Daily |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131101758/http://www.michigandaily.com/node/47167 |archive-date=January 31, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2022, Leila Jordan of ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine noted the film as highly influential: "Recognizable names, intersecting stories and a cast that makes you go “wait they’re in this too?” Grand Hotel didn’t invent the genre, but it was the first to assemble the pieces into a sensational hit."<ref name="paste">{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Leila |title=Simply the Best: The Strange Legacy of 1932's Grand Hotel |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/oscars/grand-hotel-oscar-best-picture-ensemble-cast |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |publisher=Paste Media Group |access-date=June 18, 2024 |date=November 18, 2022}}</ref>