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
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PART 8 OF 12
Going the Limit $17,550.00 Sally Long George O’Hara
The Flying Horseman $17,500.00 Gladys McConnell Buck Jones
The Gentle Cyclone $17,117.00 Rose Blossom Buck Jones
Millionaires $16,708.00 Louise Fazenda George Sidney
Made for Love $16,700.00 Leatrice Joy Edmund Burns
The Little Giant $16,300.00 Edna Murphy Glenn Hunter
The Golden Web $16,000.00 Lillian Rich Huntley Gordon
Shadow of the Law $16,000.00 Clara Bow Forrest Stanley
The Romance of a Million Dollars $16,000.00 Alyce Mills Glenn Hunter
Pleasures of the Rich $15,250.00 Helene Chadwick Jack Mulhall
The Arizona Sweepstakes $15,067.00 Helen Lynch Hoot Gibson
Secret Spring $15,000.00 Huguette Duflos Maurice Lehmann
A Man Four-Square $14,775.00 Marion Harlan Buck Jones
A Six Shootin’ Romance $14,711.00 Olive Hasbrouck Jack Hoxie
The Truthful Sex $14,700.00 Mae Busch Huntley Gordon
The Last Frontier $14,633.00 Marguerite De La Motte William Boyd
In Borrowed Plumes $14,500.00 Marjorie Daw Wheeler Oakman
The Danger Girl(1916) $14,500.00 Gloria Swanson Bobby Vernon
The Desert’s Toll $14,200.00 Kathleen Key Francis McDonald
Obey the Law $14,100.00 Eugenia Gilbert Bert Lytell
Lone Hand Saunders $13,308.00 Bess Flowers Fred Thomson
Raggedy Rose $13,000.00 Carl Miller Mabel Normand
The Golden Cocoon $12,836.00 Helene Chadwick Huntley Gordon
The College Boob $12,800.00 Jean Arthur Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn
The Unknown Cavalier $12,633.00 Kathleen Collins Ken Maynard
Silent Watcher(1924) $12,500.00 Bessie Love Glenn Hunter
White Mice $12,500.00 Jacqueline Logan William Powell
Flame of the Argentine $12,150.00 Evelyn Brent Orville Caldwell
Hands Across the Border $12,117.00 Bess Flowers Fred Thomson
The Imposter $11,950.00 Evelyn Brent Carroll Nye
Mile-a-Minute Man $11,750.00 Virginia Brown Faire William Fairbanks
The Adorable Deceiver $11,600.00 Alberta Vaughn Daniel Makarenko
Flaming Fury $11,500.00 Betty May Charles Delaney
Broken Hearts $11,446.00 Lila Lee Maurice Schwartz
Christine of the Big Tops $11,050.00 Pauline Garon Cullen Landis
Doubling With Danger $11,000.00 Ena Gregory Richard Talmadge
Miracle of Lourdes $11,000.00 Pierrette Lugand Georges Baconnet
Race Wild $11,000.00 Eileen Percy Rex Lease
Secret Orders $11,000.00 Evelyn Brent Harold Goodwin
Up in the Air $11,000.00 animation animation
Wings of the Storm $10,900.00 Virginia Brown Faire Reed Howes
The River’s End(1920) $10,550.00 Marjorie Daw Lewis Stone
Nomads of the North(1920) $10,300.00 Betty Blythe Lon Chaney
A Man of Quantity $10,000.00 Ruth Dwyer George Walsh
The Blue Streak $10,000.00 Louise Lorraine Richard Talmadge
The Traffic Cop $9,800.00 Kathleen Myers Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn
The Kick Off $9,750.00 Leila Hyams George Walsh
Flames of Passion(1922) $9,700.00 Mae Marsh C. Aubrey Smith
Devil’s Dice $9,500.00 Barbara Bedford Robert Ellis
Merry Cavalier $9,500.00 Charlotte Stevens Richard Talmadge
PART 7 OF 12
Isle of Retribution $28,800.00 Lillian Rich Robert Frazer
Saturday Afternoon $28,000.00 Alice Ward Harry Langdon
Ladies of Leisure $27,250.00 Elaine Hammerstein T. Roy Barnes
Why Girls Go Back Home $27,033.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Clive Brook
I Do(1921) $27,000.00 Mildred Davis Harold Lloyd
The Dixie Merchant $26,750.00 Madge Bellamy Jack Mulhall
The Outsider $26,500.00 Jacqueline Logan Lou Tellegen
The Miracle of Life $26,200.00 Mae Busch Percy Marmont
Rainbow Riley $25,800.00 Brenda Bond Johnny Hines
Fine Feathers(1921) $25,000.00 Claire Whitney Eugene Pallette
Rustling for Cupid $24,684.00 Anita Stewart George O’Brien
When the Wife’s Away $24,500.00 Dorothy Revier George K. Arthur
Going Crooked $24,400.00 Bessie Love Oscar Shaw
A Trip to Chinatown $24,200.00 Margaret Livingston Earle Foxe
Lew Tyler’s Wives $23,550.00 Ruth Clifford Frank Mayo
Brooding Eyes $23,500.00 Ruth Clifford Lionel Barrymore
The Better Way $23,500.00 Dorothy Revier Ralph Ince
Sin Cargo $23,050.00 Shirley Mason Robert Frazer
Alaskan Adventures $22,800.00 none Jack Robertson
Lost at Sea $22,800.00 Jane Novak Huntley Gordon
Stepping Along $22,800.00 Mary Brian Johnny Hines
The Two-Gun Man $22,541.00 Olive Hasbrouck Fred Thomson
Melting Pot $22,500.00 Valentine Grant Walker Whiteside
That Model from Paris $22,400.00 Marceline Day Bert Lytell
Spangles $22,350.00 Marian Nixon Pat O’Malley
The Conquering Power(1921) $22,300.00 Alice Terry Rudolph Valentino
The Runaway Express $22,175.00 Blanche Mehaffey Jack Dougherty
Stop, Look and Listen $22,000.00 Dorothy Dwan Larry Semon
Woman Power/Womanpower $21,833.00 Katherine Perry Ralph Graves
A Poor Girl’s Romance $21,700.00 Gertrude Short Creighton Hale
Morganson’s Finish $20,984.00 Anita Stewart Johnnie Walker
There You Are $20,750.00 Edith Roberts Conrad Nagel
Chip of the Flying U $20,600.00 Virginia Brown Faire Hoot Gibson
Bachelor’s Brides $20,317.00 Elinor Fair Rod La Rocque
The Dice Woman $20,317.00 Priscilla Dean John Bowers
The Tough Guy $20,233.00 Lola Todd Fred Thomson
The False Alarm $19,750.00 Dorothy Revier Ralph Lewis
The Fighting Buckaroo $19,366.00 Sally Long Buck Jones
Brown Derby $19,200.00 Diana Kane Johnny Hines
The Breed of the Sea/Greed of the Sea $19,125.00 Margaret Livingston Ralph Ince
The Midnight Kiss $19,000.00 Janet Gaynor Richard Walling
Desert Valley $18,900.00 Virginia Brown Faire Buck Jones
Remember $18,800.00 Dorothy Phillips Earl Metcalfe
The Old Soak $18,800.00 June Marlowe Jean Hersholt
Flames $18,600.00 Virginia Valli Eugene O’Brien
Lodge in Wilderness $18,450.00 Anita Stewart Edmund Burns
The Speeding Venus $18,392.00 Priscilla Dean Robert Frazer
The Phantom Bullet $18,200.00 Eileen Percy Hoot Gibson
The Cowboy and The Countess $17,933.00 Helena D’Algy Buck Jones
The Block Signal $17,800.00 Jean Arthur Ralph Lewis
PART 6 OF 12
The Boy Friend $43,900.00 Marceline Day John Harron
For Wives Only $43,850.00 Marie Prevost Victor Varconi
College Days $43,550.00 Marceline Day Charles Delaney
The Palace of Pleasure $43,333.00 Betty Compson Edmund Lowe
The Marriage Clause $43,250.00 Billie Dove Francis X. Bushman
Men of Purpose $43,188.00 *(documentary) *
The Honeymoon Express $42,350.00 Irene Rich Willard Louis
The Splendid Crime $42,267.00 Bebe Daniels Neil Hamilton
The King of the Turf $42,000.00 Patsy Ruth Miller George Irving
The Return of Peter Grimm $40,450.00 Janet Gaynor Alec B. Francis
The Great K & A Train Robbery $40,167.00 Dorothy Dwan Tom Mix
Meet the Prince $39,600.00 Marguerite De La Motte Joseph Schildkraut
Dancing Days $39,250.00 Helene Chadwick Forrest Stanley
Prisoners of the Storm $39,200.00 Peggy Montgomery House Peters
The Broadway Boob $39,000.00 Mildred Ryan Glenn Hunter
Laddie $38,700.00 Bess Flowers John Bowers
Love’s Blindness $37,800.00 Pauline Starke Antonio Moreno
Hard Boiled $37,467.00 Helene Chadwick Tom Mix
The Passionate Quest $37,450.00 May McAvoy Willard Louis
Black Paradise $37,267.00 Madge Bellamy Leslie Fenton
Whispering Wires $37,200.00 Anita Stewart Edmund Burns
Poker Faces $36,300.00 Laura La Plante Edward Everett Horton
The Devil Horse $36,044.00 Gladys McConnell Yakima Canutt
Watch Your Wife $35,900.00 Virginia Valli Pat O’Malley
Exit Smiling $35,677.00 Beatrice Lillie Jack Pickford
Blarney $35,300.00 Paulette Duval Ralph Graves
The Marriage Circle(1924) $34,702.00 Florence Vidor Monte Blue
Her Second Chance $34,417.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Huntley Gordon
Red Dice $34,000.00 Marguerite De La Motte Rod La Rocque
The Beautiful Cheat $33,500.00 Laura La Plante Alexander Carr
The City $33,300.00 May Allison Robert Frazer
The Sheik(1921) $33,300.00 Agnes Ayres Rudolph Valentino
The Lady of the Harem $33,100.00 Greta Nissen Ernest Torrence
Pals of Paradise $32,400.00 Marguerite De La Motte Rudolph Schildkraut
Winds of Chance $32,175.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Ben Lyon
The Love Thief $32,150.00 Greta Nissen Norman Kerry
A Regular Scout $32,100.00 Olive Hasbrouck Fred Thomson
Oh, Baby $32,032.00 Madge Kennedy ‘Little Billy’ Rhodes
My Old Dutch $32,000.00 May McAvoy Pat O’Malley
Merry-Go-Round(1923) $30,862.00 Mary Philbin Norman Kerry
30 Below Zero $30,800.00 Eva Novak Buck Jones
Oh, What a Night $30,800.00 Edna Murphy Raymond McKee
London $30,500.00 Dorothy Gish John Manners
Shipwrecked $30,425.00 Seena Owen Joseph Schildkraut
Rocking Moon $29,900.00 Laska Winter Lilyan Tashman
Money to Burn $29,700.00 Dorothy Devore Malcolm McGregor
More Pay – Less Work $29,600.00 Mary Brian Albert Gran
The Man in the Saddle $29,475.00 Fay Wray Hoot Gibson
The Collegians/Collegians-serial $29,150.00 Dorothy Gulliver George J. Lewis
The Great Deception $29,050.00 Aileen Pringle Ben Lyon
PART 5 OF 12
My Own Pal $61,042.00 Olive Borden Tom Mix
The Prince of Pilsen $60,451.00 Anita Stewart George Sidney
Sunny Side Up $60,325.00 Vera Reynolds Edmund Burns
Early to Wed $59,950.00 Katherine Perry Matt Moore
Sporting Lover $59,950.00 Barbara Bedford Conway Tearle
The Brown Derby $59,950.00 Diana Kane Johnny Hines
London $59,400.00 Dorothy Gish John Manners
Her Honor, the Governor $59,109.00 Pauline Frederick Carroll Nye
For Alimony Only $58,400.00 Leatrice Joy Clive Brook
Cat’s Pajamas $58,350.00 Betty Bronson Ricardo Cortez
Under Western Skies $56,950.00 Anne Cornwall Norman Kerry
The Savage $56,800.00 May McAvoy Ben Lyon
The Whole Town’s Talking $56,500.00 Virginia Lee Corbin Edward Everett Horton
Marriage License? $55,783.00 Alma Rubens Walter McGrail
The Trap(1922) $55,676.00 Dagmar Godowsky Lon Chaney
Corporal Kate $54,750.00 Vera Reynolds Kenneth Thomson
The Lucky Lady $54,750.00 Greta Nissen Lionel Barrymore
Fig Leaves $54,650.00 Olive Borden George O’Brien
The Silver Treasure $54,267.00 Helena D’Algy George O’Brien
Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em $54,250.00 Evelyn Brent Lawrence Gray
The Mystery Club $54,175.00 Edith Roberts Matt Moore
The Belle of Broadway $53,400.00 Betty Compson Herbert Rawlinson
Across the Pacific $52,332.00 Jane Winton Monte Blue
Eve’s Leaves $52,050.00 Leatrice Joy William Boyd
The Sea Wolf(1920) $52,000.00 Mabel Julienne Scott Noah Beery
The Caveman $51,733.00 Marie Prevost Matt Moore
The Country Beyond $51,700.00 Olive Borden Ralph Graves
Cruise of the Jasper B $51,350.00 Mildred Harris Rod La Rocque
The Blue Eagle $51,325.00 Janet Gaynor George O’Brien
The Combat $51,234.00 Wanda Hawley House Peters
Steel Preferred $51,192.00 Vera Reynolds William Boyd
Broken Hearts of Hollywood $50,925.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
The Johnstown Flood $50,675.00 Florence Gilbert George O’Brien
Bride of the Storm $49,900.00 Dolores Costello John Harron
The Shamrock Handicap $49,200.00 Janet Gaynor Leslie Fenton
Whispering Smith $49,083.00 Lillian Rich H.B. Warner
The Social Highwayman $49,070.00 Dorothy Devore John Patrick
The Lily $48,800.00 Belle Bennett Ian Keith
A Hero of the Big Snows $48,675.00 Alice Calhoun Don Alvarado
Almost a Lady $48,600.00 Marie Prevost Harrison Ford
Mismates $48,583.00 Doris Kenyon Warner Baxter
Hell’s Four Hundred $48,000.00 Margaret Livingston Harrison Ford
The Family Upstairs $47,650.00 Virginia Valli Allan Simpson
The Runaway $47,632.00 Clara Bow Warner Baxter
The Ice Flood $47,250.00 Viola Dana Kenneth Harlan
The Gay Deceiver $45,950.00 Marceline Day Lew Cody
The Bells $45,600.00 Caroline Frances Cooke Lionel Barrymore
The Road to Glory $45,517.00 May McAvoy Leslie Fenton
Canyon of Lights $45,333.00 Dorothy Dwan Tom Mix
The Still Alarm $44,633.00 Helene Chadwick William Russell
Bertha, Sewing Machine Girl $44,600.00 Madge Bellamy Allan Simpson
PART 4 OF 12
Forever After $98,500.00 Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes
The First Year $98,450.00 Katherine Perry Matt Moore
Partners Again $98,400.00 Betty Jewel George Sidney
Puppets $97,900.00 Gertrude Olmstead Milton Sills
Young April $96,500.00 Bessie Love Joseph Schildkraut
Other Women’s Husbands $96,346.00 Marie Prevost Monte Blue
Sandy $93,150.00 Madge Bellamy Leslie Fenton
Silence $92,450.00 Vera Reynolds H.B. Warner
Desert Gold $90,900.00 Shirley Mason Neil Hamilton
Sweet Rosie O’Grady $90,800.00 Shirley Mason Cullen Landis
Man of Forest $90,450.00 Georgia Hale Jack Holt
Diplomacy $90,075.00 Blanche Sweet Neil Hamilton
Private Izzy Murphy $89,654.00 Patsy Ruth Miller George Jessel
Hell Bent for Heaven $88,433.00 Patsy Ruth Miller John Harron
The Gorilla Hunt $86,429.00 *(documentary) *
Everybody’s Acting $86,316.00 Betty Bronson Ford Sterling
Volcano! $84,250.00 Bebe Daniels Ricardo Cortez
Devil’s Island $83,424.00 Pauline Frederick Richard Tucker
Moana/Moana of the South Seas $83,350.00 Ta’avale Fa’amgase
Fifth Avenue $82,850.00 Marguerite De La Motte Allan Forrest
Wild Oats Lane $81,750.00 Viola Dana Robert Agnew
Silken Shackles $80,857.00 Irene Rich Huntley Gordon
Midnight Lovers $79,600.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Lewis Stone
The Gilded Butterfly $78,000.00 Alma Rubens Bert Lytell
Her Big Night $77,600.00 Laura La Plante Einar Hanson
The Yankee Señor $77,025.00 Olive Borden Tom Mix
Forlorn River $75,750.00 Arlette Marchal Jack Holt
My Official Wife $73,850.00 Irene Rich Conway Tearle
The Canadian $73,600.00 Mona Palma Thomas Meighan
Miss Nobody $73,050.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Walter Pidgeon
Paradise $72,000.00 Betty Bronson Milton Sills
Born to the West $71,567.00 Margaret Morris Jack Holt
His Jazz Bride $70,600.00 Marie Prevost Matt Moore
High Steppers $70,500.00 Mary Astor Lloyd Hughes
War Paint $69,600.00 Pauline Starke Tim McCoy
Footloose Widows $69,410.00 Louise Fazenda Jason Robards, Sr.
The Clinging Vine $69,150.00 Leatrice Joy Tom Moore
The Sap/Perfect Sap $68,600.00 Mary McAllister Kenneth Harlan
Risky Business $68,250.00 Vera Reynolds Kenneth Thomson
Butterflies in the Rain $67,700.00 Laura La Plante James Kirkwood
The Crown of Lies $67,700.00 Pola Negri Noah Beery
Bigger than Barnum’s $67,436.00 Viola Dana Ralph Lewis
Paris at Midnight $66,783.00 Jetta Goudal Lionel Barrymore
Her Man o’ War $66,325.00 Jetta Goudal William Boyd
Pals First $65,500.00 Dolores del Río Lloyd Hughes
The Little Irish Girl $64,555.00 Dolores Costello John Harron
Tony Runs Wild $64,517.00 Jacqueline Logan Tom Mix
Siberia $64,317.00 Alma Rubens Edmund Lowe
Too Much Money $62,608.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Lewis Stone
Yellow Fingers $62,084.00 Olive Borden Ralph Ince
The Far Cry $61,350.00 Blanche Sweet Jack Mulhall