This movie page looks at 1927 Movies. Finding box office information for movies made in the 1920s and 1930s is extremely difficult. For somebody looking for box office information on 1927, 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 1927. Obviously many movies made in 1926 earned box office dollars in 1927. On the other side, many movies made in 1927 made money in 1928 and later. This page looks at over 80 1927 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 1927
1928 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.
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PART 10 OF 12
Wolves of the Air $5,000.00 Lois Boyd Johnnie Walker
Secrets(1924) $4,850.00 Norma Talmadge Eugene O’Brien
The Slaver $4,850.00 Carmelita Geraghty Pat O’Malley
Dollar Down(1925) $4,800.00 Ruth Roland Henry B. Walthall
The Alaskan $4,800.00 Estelle Taylor Thomas Meighan
Uneasy Payments $4,800.00 Alberta Vaughn Jack Luden
Painted Ponies $4,750.00 Ethlyne Clair Hoot Gibson
The Final Extra $4,750.00 Marguerite De La Motte Grant Withers
Unwed Mother/Enlightened Thy Daughter(1917) $4,700.00 Katharine Kaelred Frank Sheridan
When a Dog Loves $4,600.00 Helen Foster Harold Goodwin
Somewhere in Sonora $4,550.00 Kathleen Collins Ken Maynard
Breed of Courage $4,500.00 Jean Fenwick Sam Nelson
Crime and Punishment $4,500.00 Elisabeta Skulskaja Gregori Chmara
Once and Forever $4,500.00 Patsy Ruth Miller John Harron
Nitchevo $4,000.00 Lillian Hall-Davis Charles Vanel
The Cheaters $4,000.00 Betty Compson Kenneth Harlan
The Spreading Evil(1918) $4,000.00 Irene Wylie Leo Pierson
Wine(1924) $4,000.00 Clara Bow Forrest Stanley
Silent Avenger $3,900.00 Duane Thompson Charles Delaney
Modern Daughters $3,875.00 Edna Murphy Bryant Washburn
The Denver Dude $3,875.00 Blanche Mehaffey Hoot Gibson
Primitive Love $3,829.00 documentary documentary
Adventure in Pygmyland/By Aeroplane in Pgymyland $3,800.00 documentary documentary
Wandering Girls $3,800.00 Dorothy Revier Robert Agnew
Little Snow White $3,750.00 Peggy Lou Buchanan none
The Overland Stage $3,750.00 Kathleen Collins Ken Maynard
Cyrano de Bergerac(1923) $3,600.00 Linda Moglia Pierre Magnier
The Broadway Drifter $3,500.00 Dorothy Hall George Walsh
A Hero on Horseback $3,300.00 Ethlyne Clair Hoot Gibson
God’s Great Wilderness $3,200.00 Lillian Rich Russell Simpson
The Ridin’ Rowdy $3,200.00 Olive Hasbrouck Jay Wilsey
The Girl from Rio/Sumuru $3,125.00 Carmel Myers Walter Pidgeon
Backstage $3,100.00 Barbara Bedford William Collier, Jr.
Love Makes us Blind $3,000.00 Lil Dagover Conrad Veidt
The Trap(1922) $3,000.00 Dagmar Godowsky Lon Chaney
Vendetta(1919) $2,950.00 Pola Negri Emil Jannings
Arizona Bound $2,750.00 Betty Jewel Gary Cooper
A Burlesque on Carmen(1915) $2,738.00 Edna Purviance Charles Chaplin
Crainquebill(1922) $2,735.00 Marguerite Carré Maurice de Féraudy
Down to Sea in Ships(1922) $2,600.00 Marguerite Courtot William Walcott
Phantom of the Opera $2,300.00 Mary Philbin Lon Chaney
Stella Dallas(1925) $2,300.00 Belle Bennett Ronald Colman
The Waltz Team $2,250.00 Liane Haid Willy Fritsch
The Plastic Age(1925) $2,217.00 Clara Bow Donald Keith
Blarney(1925) $2,200.00 Renée Adorée Ralph Graves
Broadway After Dark(1924) $2,157.00 Norma Shearer Adolphe Menjou
The Other Woman’s Story(1925) $2,150.00 Alice Calhoun Robert Frazer
Forbidden Paradise(1924) $2,050.00 Pola Negri Rod La Rocque
Anything Once $2,000.00 Mabel Normand James Finlayson
Crazy to Act $2,000.00 Mildred June Matty Kemp
PART 9 OF 12
Return of the Four Horseman(1921) $8,400.00 Alice Terry Rudolph Valentino
Some Wild Oats/Wild Oats(1919) $8,400.00 Gertrude Le Brandt Caryl S. Fleming
Easy Street(1917) $8,312.00 Edna Purviance Charles Chaplin
Tiptoes $8,284.00 Dorothy Gish Will Rogers
Husbands and Lovers(1924) $8,000.00 Florence Vidor Lewis Stone
Lost Battalion(1919) $8,000.00 Helen Ferguson Robert Alexander
Spoilers of the West $7,900.00 Marjorie Daw Tim McCoy
Hey! Hey! Cowboy $7,650.00 Kathleen Key Hoot Gibson
Merton of the Movies(1924) $7,600.00 Sadie Gordon Glenn Hunter
The Last Laugh(1924) $7,583.00 Maly Delschaft Emil Jannings
Shadows(1922) $7,300.00 Marguerite De La Motte Lon Chaney
Mountains of Manhattan $7,225.00 Dorothy Devore Charles Delaney
California or Bust $7,000.00 Helen Foster George O’Hara
Face Value $7,000.00 Fritzi Ridgeway Gene Gowing
Foreign Devils $7,000.00 Claire Windsor Tim McCoy
The Amateur Gentleman(1920) $7,000.00 Madge Stuart Langhorn Burton
The Cancelled Debt $7,000.00 Charlotte Stevens Rex Lease
The Cruel Truth $7,000.00 Hedda Hopper Hugh Allan
Turkish Delight $6,900.00 Julia Faye Rudolph Schildkraut
Wanted: A Coward $6,900.00 Lillian Rich Robert Frazer
Red Signals $6,700.00 Eva Novak Wallace MacDonald
Enchanted Island $6,683.00 Charlotte Stevens Henry B. Walthall
Damaged Goods91919) $6,600.00 Marjorie Day Campbell Gullan
Ladies Beware $6,525.00 Nola Luxford George O’Hara
Gun Gospel $6,500.00 Virginia Brown Faire Ken Maynard
Variety(1925) $6,457.00 Maly Delschaft Emil Jannings
My Lady of Whims(1925) $6,400.00 Clara Bow Donald Keith
The Red Raiders $6,275.00 Anne Drew Ken Maynard
Free to Love(1925) $6,200.00 Clara Bow Donald Keith
Galloping Fury $6,200.00 Sally Rand Hoot Gibson
The Heart of the Yukon $6,200.00 Anne Cornwall John Bowers
Black Jack $6,183.00 Barbara Bennett Buck Jones
Blood Will Tell $6,025.00 Katherine Perry Buck Jones
Ginsberg the Great $6,000.00 Audrey Ferris George Jessel
Parisian Love(1925) $6,000.00 Clara Bow Donald Keith
Stranded $6,000.00 Shirley Mason William Collier Jr.
The Rose of Kildare $6,000.00 Helene Chadwick Pat O’Malley
Casey Jones $5,875.00 Kate Price Ralph Lewis
Feet in the Mud(1924) $5,850.00 Florence Lee Harry Langdon
Treat ‘Em Rough(1919) $5,800.00 Jane Novak Tom Mix
Silver Comes Through $5,792.00 Edna Murphy Fred Thomson
High Hat $5,750.00 Mary Brian Ben Lyon
Enlightened Thy Daughter(1917) $5,500.00 Katharine Kaelred Frank Sheridan
Mystery Ship(1917) $5,300.00 Neva Gerber Ben F. Wilson
The Silent Guardsman(1925) $5,300.00 María Corda Alfred Abel
Irish Destiny $5,200.00 Frances Macnamarra Paddy Dunne Cullinan
The Outlaw Dog $5,200.00 Helen Foster Rex Lease
The Winning Oar $5,100.00 Dorothy Hall George Walsh
A Light in the Window $5,000.00 Patricia Avery Henry B. Walthall
Heroes of the Street(1922) $5,000.00 Marie Prevost Wesley Barry
The Swift Shadow $5,000.00 Lorraine Eason William Bertram
PART 8 OF 12
Aftermath $14,300.00 Jenny Hasselqvist Hubert von Meyerinck
Woman Who Did Not Care $14,000.00 Lilyan Tashman Edward Martindel
By Whose Hand $13,900.00 Eugenia Gilbert Ricardo Cortez
The Land Beyond the Law $13,713.00 Dorothy Dwan Ken Maynard
Marriage $13,625.00 Virginia Valli Allan Durant
Heroes of the Night $13,500.00 Marion Nixon Cullen Landis
Meet the Prince $13,100.00 Marguerite De La Motte Joseph Schildkraut
Loose Ankles $13,000.00 Loretta Young Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The Penalty(1920) $13,000.00 Doris Pawn Charles Clary
The Somme $13,000.00 documentary documentary
On the Boulevard $12,850.00 documentary documentary
Ragtime $12,750.00 Marguerite De La Motte John Bowers
A Sailor’s Sweetheart $12,500.00 Louise Fazenda Clyde Cook
Streets of Sorrow/Joyless Street(1921) $12,500.00 Greta Garbo Werner Krauss
Cradle Snatchers $12,400.00 Louise Fazenda J. Farrell MacDonald
The Broken Gate $12,300.00 Dorothy Phillips William Collier, Jr.
The Price of Honor $12,275.00 Dorothy Revier Malcolm McGregor
The Valley of Hell $12,200.00 Edna Murphy Francis McDonald
Nelson $12,000.00 Gertrude McCoy Cedric Hardwicke
Rubber Heels $11,975.00 Thelma Todd Ed Wynn
The Shock(1923) $11,950.00 Virginia Valli Lon Chaney
Winners of the Wilderness $11,725.00 Joan Crawford Tim McCoy
The Cruise of the Hellion $11,625.00 Edna Murphy Donald Keith
The Devil’s Saddle $11,375.00 Kathleen Collins Ken Maynard
Husband Hunters $11,250.00 Mae Busch Charles Delaney
In a Moment of Temptation $11,250.00 Charlotte Stevens Grant Withers
Yours to Command $11,250.00 Shirley Palmer George O’Hara
A Perfect Gentlemen $11,225.00 La Jana Gösta Ekman
The Last Outlaw $11,125.00 Betty Jewel Gary Cooper
The Flag Lieutenant $11,000.00 Lilian Oldland Henry Edwards
Married Alive $10,875.00 Margaret Livingston Lou Tellegen
The Frontierman $10,875.00 Claire Windsor Tim McCoy
Honor First(1922) $10,600.00 Renée Adorée John Gilbert
Mother $10,600.00 Belle Bennett Crauford Kent
Naughty Nanette $10,550.00 Viola Dana Eddie Brownell
The Beauty Shoppers $10,517.00 Mae Busch Ward Crane
The Naked Truth(1914) $10,400.00 Lyda Borelli Lamberto Picasso
Chain Lightning $10,250.00 Diane Ellis Buck Jones
Sinews of Steel $10,150.00 Alberta Vaughn Gaston Glass
The Ladybird $9,750.00 Betty Compson Malcolm McGregor
The Silent Avenger $9,625.00 Duane Thompson Charles Delaney
Our Gang-serial $9,500.00 Jean Darling Bobby Hutchins
Haunted Spooks(1920) $9,000.00 Mildred Davis Harold Lloyd
Three Miles Up $9,000.00 Ethlyne Clair Al Wilson
His Foreign Wife $8,800.00 Greta von Rue Wallace MacDonald
Driven From Home $8,700.00 Virginia Lee Corbin Ray Hallor
Tongues of Scandal $8,700.00 Mae Busch William Desmond
Quarantined Rivals $8,500.00 Kathleen Collins Robert Agnew
Salvation Jane $8,500.00 Viola Dana J. Parks Jones
The Spoilers(1923) $8,500.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Milton Sills
PART 7 OF 12
Hook and Ladder No. 9 $23,325.00 Lucy Beaumont Cornelius Keefe
Paying the Price $23,183.00 Marjorie Bonner John Miljan
Hills of Peril $23,075.00 Georgia Hale Buck Jones
Love Makes ‘Em Wild $23,075.00 Sally Phipps John Harron
Ritzy $22,950.00 Betty Bronson James Hall
The Wrong Mr. Wright $22,475.00 Enid Bennett Jean Hersholt
The 13th Juror $22,250.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Francis X. Bushman
Is Your Daughter Safe? $22,000.00 Vivian Winston Jerome Young
The Nest $22,000.00 Pauline Frederick Holmes Herbert
What Every Girl Should Know $21,946.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Ian Keith
Manhandled(1924) $21,800.00 Gloria Swanson Tom Moore
Tarzan and the Golden Lion $21,660.00 Edna Murphy James Pierce
A Dog of the Regiment $21,650.00 Dorothy Gulliver Tom Gallery
Mons $21,500.00 documentary documentary
Almost Human $21,150.00 Vera Reynolds Kenneth Thomson
Jaws of Steel $21,000.00 Helen Ferguson Jason Robards, Sr.
The Little Adventuress $21,000.00 Vera Reynolds Robert Ober
Lure of the Night Club $20,700.00 Viola Dana Robert Ellis
Aflame in the Sky $19,600.00 Sharon Lynn Jack Luden
Sailor Izzy Murphy $19,300.00 Audrey Ferris George Jessel
The Silent Rider $19,000.00 Blanche Mehaffey Hoot Gibson
The Siren $18,675.00 Dorothy Revier Tom Moore
Bitter Apples $18,650.00 Myrna Loy Monte Blue
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari(1921) $18,490.00 Lil Dagover Werner Krauss
Don Mike $18,300.00 Ruth Clifford Fred Thomson
Quincy Adams Sawyer(1922) $18,250.00 Blanche Sweet John Bowers
Poor Girls $18,200.00 Dorothy Revier Edmund Burns
The Wreck $18,150.00 Shirley Mason Malcolm McGregor
Mata Hari $18,100.00 Magda Sonja Wolfgang Zilzer
Husbands For Rent $18,000.00 Helene Costello Owen Moore
Jewels of Desire $17,475.00 Priscilla Dean John Bowers
My Friend from India $17,200.00 Elinor Fair – Franklin Pangborn
Ranger of North $17,000.00 Lina Basquette Hugh Trevor
The First Night $16,700.00 Dorothy Devore Bert Lytell
Peak’s of Destiny/The Holy Mountain $16,575.00 Leni Riefenstahl Luis Trenker
All Aboard $16,347.00 Edna Murphy Johnny Hines
The Masked Woman $16,050.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Holbrook Blinn
Flesh and Blood(1922) $16,000.00 Edith Roberts Lon Chaney
For Ladies Only $15,800.00 Jacqueline Logan John Bowers
The Prairie King $15,750.00 Barbara Worth Hoot Gibson
Upstream $15,725.00 Nancy Nash Earle Foxe
Woman’s Wares $15,575.00 Evelyn Brent Bert Lytell
Ain’t Love Funny? $15,550.00 Alberta Vaughn Thomas Wells
Home Struck $15,500.00 Viola Dana Alan Brooks
Listen Dearie $15,500.00 Irene Rich William Collier, Jr.
The Haunted Ship $15,000.00 Dorothy Sebastian Montagu Love
California $14,967.00 Dorothy Sebastian Tim McCoy
Arizona Nights $14,800.00 Nora Lane Fred Thomson
Whispering Sage $14,750.00 Natalie Joyce Buck Jones
Good as Gold $14,600.00 Frances Lee Buck Jones
Quicksands(1923) $14,450.00 Helene Chadwick Richard Dix
PART 7 OF 12
Stolen Pleasures $39,383.00 Helene Chadwick Gayne Whitman
Legionnaires of Paris $39,300.00 Louise Lorraine Al Cooke
Horse Shoes $39,000.00 Jean Arthur Monty Banks
The Covered Wagon(1923) $38,900.00 Lois Wilson J. Warren Kerrigan
Birds of Prey $38,500.00 Priscilla Dean Hugh Allan
Stage Madness $38,450.00 Virginia Valli Tullio Carminati
The Coward $38,050.00 Sharon Lynn Warner Baxter
The Secret Studio $37,442.00 Olive Borden John Holland
Tartuffe $36,800.00 Lil Dagover Emil Jannings
Time to Love $36,375.00 Vera Voronina Raymond Griffith
Rich, But Honest $35,960.00 Nancy Nash John Holland
Buttons $35,050.00 Gertrude Olmstead Jackie Coogan
The Swell Head $34,550.00 Eugenia Gilbert Ralph Graves
The Claw $34,500.00 Claire Windsor Norman Kerry
The Night Bride $34,500.00 Marie Prevost Harrison Ford
Night Life $34,300.00 Alice Day John Harron
Madame Wants No Children $34,035.00 María Corda Harry Liedtke
White Flannels $32,100.00 Louise Dresser Jason Robards, Sr.
Judgment of the Hills $32,000.00 Virginia Valli Frankie Darro
No Control $31,500.00 Phyllis Haver Harrison Ford
The Love Thrill $31,350.00 Laura La Plante Tom Moore
The Arizona Wildcat $30,525.00 Dorothy Sebastian Tom Mix
Clancy’s Kosher Wedding $30,450.00 Ann Brody George Sidney
The Bachelor’s Baby $30,100.00 Helene Chadwick Harry Myers
Pleasure Before Business $29,750.00 Virginia Browne Faire Pat O’Malley
The War Horse $29,150.00 Lola Todd Buck Jones
A Hero for a Night $28,275.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Glenn Tryon
Angel of Broadway $28,000.00 Leatrice Joy Victor Varconi
The Heart Thief $27,750.00 Lya De Putti Joseph Schildkraut
One Hour of Love $27,500.00 Jacqueline Logan Robert Frazer
Rich Men’s Sons $27,350.00 Shirley Mason Ralph Graves
The Clown $26,950.00 Dorothy Revier Johnnie Walker
Slums of Berlin $26,920.00 Aud Egede-Nissen Bernhard Goetzke
The Great Mail Robbery $26,900.00 Jean Fenwick Theodore von Eltz
The Mysterious Rider $26,825.00 Betty Jewel Jack Holt
The Isle of Forgotten Women $26,700.00 Dorothy Sebastian Conway Tearle
Castles in the Air $26,500.00 Lillian Hall-Davis Nelson Keys
The Red Kimona(1925) $26,350.00 Priscilla Bonner Carl Miller
Little Miss Bluebeard $26,000.00 Bebe Daniels Robert Frazer
The Satin Woman $25,850.00 Dorothy Davenport Rockliffe Fellowes
Her Father Said No $25,500.00 Mary Brian Danny O’Shea
Shanghaied $25,475.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Ralph Ince
Silver Valley $24,850.00 Dorothy Dwan Tom Mix
Tumbling River $24,700.00 Dorothy Dwan Tom Mix
Little Mickey Grogan $24,500.00 Lassie Lou Ahern Frankie Darro
The College Hero $24,150.00 Pauline Garon Ben Turpin
The Romantic Age $23,875.00 Alberta Vaughn Eugene O’Brien
Down the Stretch $23,750.00 Marian Nixon Robert Agnew
Stage Kisses $23,625.00 Helene Chadwick Kenneth Harlan
The Kid Sister $23,425.00 Marguerite De La Motte Malcolm McGregor
The Gay Old Bird $23,350.00 Louise Fazenda John T. Murray