This movie page looks at 1926 Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1920s and 1930s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1926, it is very very frustrating. Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies. So, we figured we would show all the 1927 movies in our database.
To make this list a movie had to be made in 1926. Obviously, many movies made in 1925 earned box office dollars in 1926. On the other side, many movies made in 1926 made money in 1927 and later. This page looks at over 90 1926 Top Box Office Movies. The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. We will update this page on a regular basis.
Our UMR Top 50 of 1926
1926 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort 1926 Movies by the stars or in some cases the director of the movie.
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- Sort 1926 Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1926 Movies received.
- Sort 1926 Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR). Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
PART 12 OF 12
Off His Beat $183.00 Evelyn Francisco Walter Hiers
Punch on the Nose $183.00 Martha Sleeper Al St. John
A Bankrupt Honeymoon $100.00 Shirley Palmer Harold Goodwin
Atta Boy $0.00 Virginia Bradford Monty Banks
Double Daring $0.00 Jean Arthur Hal Taliaferro
Every Mother’s Son $0.00 Jean Jay Rex Davis
Lazy Lightning $0.00 Fay Wray Art Acord
Lightning Bill $0.00 Jean Arthur William Bailey
Married? $0.00 Constance Bennett Owen Moore
Tex $0.00 Ruth Mix Robert McKim
That Girl Oklahoma $0.00 Ruth Mix Bryant Washburn
The Cowboy Cop $0.00 Jean Arthur Tom Tyler
The Fighting Cheat $0.00 Jean Arthur Hal Taliaferro
The Naked Truth(1914) $0.00 Lyda Borelli Ruggero Capodaglio
The Roaring Rider $0.00 Jean Arthur Jay Wilsey
Twisted Triggers $0.00 Jean Arthur Hal Taliaferro
Under Fire $0.00 Jean Arthur Bill Patton
West of the Law $0.00 Neva Gerber Ben F. Wilson
PART 11 OF 12
The Silent Power $1,500.00 Ethel Shannon Ralph Lewis
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate(1923) $1,367.00 Edna Purviance Clarence Geldert
Dream Street(1921) $1,367.00 Carol Dempster Charles Emmett Mack
The Mark of Zorro(1920) $1,367.00 Marguerite De La Motte Douglas Fairbanks
The Night Patrol $1,300.00 Rose Blossom Richard Talmadge
The Highbinders(1915) $1,250.00 Seena Owen Eugene Pallette
The Kiss $1,100.00 Carmel Myers George Periolat
The Fighting Parade $1,000.00 Marjorie Day Gene Tunney
The Silk Bouquet $1,000.00 Anna May Wong James B. Leong
His Brother’s Keeper(1921) $900.00 Martha Mansfield Albert L. Barrett
Way Down East(1920) $900.00 Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess
Looking for Trouble $833.00 Marceline Day Jack Hoxie
The Man from the West $800.00 Eugenia Gilbert Art Acord
The Thief of Bagdad(1924) $800.00 Julanne Johnston Douglas Fairbanks
Beyond the Rockies $667.00 Eugenia Gilbert Bob Custer
East is West(1922) $667.00 Constance Talmadge Edmund Burns
Fury(1923) $667.00 Dorothy Gish Richard Barthelmess
Painted People(1924) $667.00 Colleen Moore Ben Lyon
Something to Think About(1920) $667.00 Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter
The City of Silent Men $667.00 Lois Wilson Thomas Meighan
The Coward(1915) $667.00 Gertrude Claire Frank Keenan
The Eternal Flame(1922) $667.00 Norma Talmadge Adolphe Menjou
The Gilded Lily(1921) $667.00 Mae Murray Lowell Sherman
The Woman On the Jury(1923) $667.00 Sylvia Breamer Frank Mayo
The Fighting Peacemaker $650.00 Lola Todd Jack Hoxie
The Terror $650.00 Velma Connor Art Acord
The Border Sheriff $608.00 Olive Hasbrouck Jack Hoxie
She $600.00 Betty Blythe Carlyle Blackwell
The Mine with the Open Door(1924) $600.00 Dorothy Mackaill Pat O’Malley
The Unwanted $600.00 Lillian Hall-Davis C. Aubrey Smith
The Wandering Jew $600.00 Malvina Longfellow Matheson Lang
K-The Unknown(1924) $575.00 Virginia Valli Percy Marmont
The Ridin’ Rascal $550.00 Olive Hasbrouck Art Acord
Red Hot Leather $500.00 Ena Gregory Jack Hoxie
The Escape $500.00 Barbara Starr Pete Morrison
The Scrappin’ Kid $500.00 Velma Connor Art Acord
Driftin’ Thru $475.00 Ruth King Harry Carey
Fighting Boob $475.00 Violet Palmer Bob Custer
The Set-Up $475.00 Alta Allen Art Acord
Yellow Back $475.00 Lotus Thompson Fred Humes
Blue Blazes $450.00 Barbara Starr Pete Morrison
The Silent Flyer-serial $433.00 Louise Lorraine Malcolm McGregor
Born to Battle $367.00 Jean Arthur Tom Tyler
Silk Stocking Sal(1924) $367.00 Evelyn Brent Robert Ellis
The Marquerade Bandit $367.00 Dorothy Dunbar Tom Tyler
Pawnshop Politics $275.00 Barbara Luddy George Harris
Chasing Trouble $250.00 Ione Reed Pete Morrison
Shore Leave $250.00 Dorothy Mackaill Richard Barthelmess
So Big(1924) $221.00 Colleen Moore Joseph De Grasse
Rustlers Ranch $213.00 Olive Hasbrouck Art Acord
Never the Twain Shall $183.00 Anny Ondra Jan W. Speerger
PART 10 OF 12
Hearts and Fists $4,600.00 Marguerite De La Motte John Bowers
The Self Starter $4,500.00 Mildred Harris Reed Howes
The Buckaroo Kid $4,183.00 Ethel Shannon Hoot Gibson
A Woman’s Heart $4,000.00 Enid Bennett Gayne Whitman
Hearts and Spangles $4,000.00 Wanda Hawley Robert Gordon
Dangerous Virtue $3,900.00 Jane Novak Warwick Ward
The Best Man(1919) $3,900.00 Lois Wilson J. Warren Kerrigan
Flying High $3,750.00 Alice Calhoun William Fairbanks
His New York Wife $3,750.00 Alice Day Theodore von Eltz
The Thrill Hunter $3,750.00 Kathryn McGuire William Haines
The Winning Wallop $3,750.00 Shirley Palmer William Fairbanks
The Three Musketeers(1921) $3,650.00 Mary MacLaren Douglas Fairbanks
Transcontinental Limited $3,650.00 Eugenia Gilbert Johnnie Walker
Shameful Behavior? $3,600.00 Edith Roberts Richard Tucker
Blue Boy $3,550.00 Jane Thomas Philippe De Lacy
Fools of Fashion $3,500.00 Mae Busch Theodore von Eltz
Manon Lescaut $3,500.00 Lya De Putti Vladimir Gajdarov
Out of the Storm $3,500.00 Jacqueline Logan Tyrone Power Sr.
The Frontier Trail $3,500.00 Mabel Julienne Scott Harry Carey
The Man in the Shadows $3,250.00 Mary McAllister David Torrence
Old Wives for New(1918) $3,100.00 Florence Vidor Elliott Dexter
The Guilded Highway $3,000.00 Dorothy Devore John Harron
The Hidden Way $3,000.00 Mary Carr Tom Santschi
The Millionaire Policeman $3,000.00 Eva Novak Herbert Rawlinson
The Last Lap $2,900.00 Dorothy Gulliver George J. Lewis
Glenister of the Mounted $2,750.00 Bess Flowers Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn
Honesty – The Best Policy $2,700.00 Pauline Starke Rockliffe Fellowes
Racing Romance $2,550.00 Virginia Brown Faire Reed Howes
The Prince of Broadway $2,500.00 Alyce Mills George Walsh
The Texas Streak $2,500.00 Blanche Mehaffey Hoot Gibson
Watch Your Step(1923) $2,500.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Cullen Landis
Over the Hill(1917) $2,350.00 Gladys Hulette J.H. Gilmour
Speed Limit $2,350.00 Ethel Shannon Raymond McKee
The Fighting Marine-serial $2,225.00 Marjorie Day Gene Tunney
A Dog’s Life(1918) $2,167.00 Edna Purviance Charlie Chaplin
All Aboard(1917) $2,000.00 Bebe Daniels Harold Lloyd
Rose of the Tenements $2,000.00 Shirley Mason John Harron
The Dixie Flyer $2,000.00 Eva Novak Cullen Landis
The Phantom of the Forest $2,000.00 Betty Francisco Eddie Phillips
Winning the Futurity $2,000.00 Clara Horton Cullen Landis
The Ten Commandments(1923) $1,900.00 Estelle Taylor Theodore Roberts
The Shreik of Araby(1923) $1,833.00 Kathryn McGuire Ben Turpin
Never Weaken $1,800.00 Mildred Davis Harold Lloyd
The Carnival Girl $1,800.00 Marion Mack Frankie Darro
Hearts of the World(1918) $1,750.00 Lillian Gish Robert Harron
Men of the Night $1,750.00 Wanda Hawley Herbert Rawlinson
Broken Homes $1,600.00 Alice Lake Gaston Glass
One Year to Live $1,600.00 Aileen Pringle Sam De Grasse
Racing Blood $1,600.00 Anne Cornwall Robert Agnew
The Dangerous Dude $1,550.00 Dorothy Dwan Reed Howes
The Secret Spring $1,500.00 Huguette Duflos Maurice Lehmann
PART 9 OF 12
The Non-Stop Flight $9,500.00 Marcella Daly Knute Erickson
The Boob $9,250.00 Gertrude Olmstead George K. Arthur
The Jade Cup $9,200.00 Evelyn Brent Jack Luden
Flashing Fangs $9,100.00 Lotus Thompson Robert Ramsey
Kentucky Handicap $9,000.00 Alice Calhoun Reed Howes
Red Heads Preferred $9,000.00 Marjorie Daw Raymond Hitchcock
The Man Upstairs $8,825.00 Dorothy Devore Monte Blue
The Test of Donald Norton $8,800.00 Eugenia Gilbert George Walsh
Then Came the Woman $8,700.00 Mildred Ryan Frank Mayo
The Power of the Weak $8,500.00 Alice Calhoun Carl Miller
The Iron Horse $8,365.00 Madge Bellamy George O’Brien
White Man(1924) $8,350.00 Alice Joyce Kenneth Harlan
Forbidden Waters $8,050.00 Priscilla Dean Walter McGrail
Dame Chance $8,000.00 Julanne Johnston Robert Frazer
No Man’s Gold $8,000.00 Eva Novak Tom Mix
The Gilded Highway $7,800.00 Dorothy Devore John Harron
The Unfair Sex $7,750.00 Hope Hampton Holbrook Blinn
Dangerous Friends $7,700.00 Marjorie Whiteis T. Roy Barnes
The Fighting Edge $7,588.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Kenneth Harlan
Queen o’ Diamonds $7,300.00 Evelyn Brent Phillips Smalley
Beau Brummel(1924) $7,000.00 Mary Astor John Barrymore
The Checkered Flag $7,000.00 Elaine Hammerstein Wallace MacDonald
While London Sleeps $6,733.00 Helene Costello Walter Merrill
When Love Grows Cold $6,700.00 Natacha Rambova Clive Brook
Among those Present(1921) $6,550.00 Mildred Davis Harold Lloyd
The Exquisite Sinner $6,550.00 Renée Adorée Conrad Nagel
Blood and Sand(1922) $6,500.00 Lila Lee Rudolph Valentino
The Triflers $6,500.00 Mae Busch Elliott Dexter
The Lost Battalion(1919) $6,400.00 Helen Ferguson Charles W. Whittlesey
Collegiate $6,375.00 Alberta Vaughn Donald Keith
The Miracle Man(1919) $6,337.00 Betty Compson Thomas Meighan
The Birth of a Nation(1915) $6,200.00 Lillian Gish Henry B. Walthall
The Kid(1921) $6,000.00 Edna Purviance Charlie Chaplin
The Last Laugh(1925) $6,000.00 Maly Delschaft Emil Jannings
The Flame of the Yukon $5,917.00 Seena Owen Arnold Gray
Two Can Play $5,700.00 Clara Bow George Fawcett
Bred in Old Kentucky $5,500.00 Viola Dana Jerry Miley
The Timid Terror $5,500.00 Edith Murgatroyd George O’Hara
The White Sister(1923) $5,500.00 Lillian Gish Ronald Colman
Sweet Adeline $5,175.00 Gertrude Olmstead Charles Ray
A Self Made Man(1922) $5,000.00 Renée Adorée William Russell
April Fool $5,000.00 Duane Thompson Alexander Carr
Jack of Hearts $5,000.00 Gladys Hulette Cullen Landis
Josselyn’s Wife $5,000.00 Pauline Frederick Holmes Herbert
Monsieur Beaucaire(1924) $5,000.00 Bebe Daniels Rudolph Valentino
Sign of the Claw $5,000.00 Ethel Shannon Edward Hearn
The Count of Luxembourg $5,000.00 Helen Lee Worthing George Walsh
The Love Toy $4,900.00 Jane Winton Lowell Sherman
Striving for a Fortune $4,650.00 Beryl Roberts George Walsh
West of Broadway $4,650.00 Priscilla Dean Arnold Gray