Die erfolgreichsten Filme der 1920er

Die Auflistung der Filme erfolgt anhand der US-Verleiheinnahmen. Die Beträge sind nicht um die Inflation bereinigt. Da für die 1920er Jahre kaum Zahlenmaterial existiert handelt es sich lediglich um eine Auswahl denn um eine echte Rangfolge.

  1. Die grosse Parade (1925) - $4'990'000
  2. Die vier Reiter der Apokalypse (1921) - $4'500'000
  3. Ben Hur (1925) - $4'359'000
  4. Der singende Narr (1928) - $3'821'000
  5. Die Karawane (1923) - $3'800'000
  6. Sunny Side Up (1929) - $3'300'000
  7. The Broadway Melody (1929) - $2'808'000
  8. Kampfhähne der Liebe (1929) - $2'700'000
  9. Der Sportstudent (1925) - $2'600'000
  10. Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929) - $2'540'000
  11. Die zehn Gebote (1923) - $2'500'000
  12. The Kid (1922) - $2'500'000
  13. Goldrausch (1925) - $2'150'000
  14. Robin Hood (1922) - $2'101'000
  15. Rivalen (1926) - $2'000'000
  16. Der Seeteufel (1924) - $2'000'000
  17. Weit im Osten (1920) - $2'000'000
  18. Der Jazzsänger (1927) - $1'974'000
  19. Der Zirkus (1928) - $1'820'000
  20. Das Glück in der Mansarde (1927) - $1'800'000
  21. Rio Rita (1929) - $1'775'000
  22. On with the Show! (1929) - $1'741'000
  23. Sag' es mit Liedern (1929) - $1'715'000
  24. Mädchenscheu (1924) - $1'600'000
  25. Das Phantom der Oper (1925) - $1'550'000
  26. The Desert Song (1929) - $1'549'000
  27. The Hollywood Revue (1929) - $1'527'000
  28. Four Sons (1928) - $1'500'000
    König der Könige (1927) - $1'500'000
    Beau Geste (1926) - $1'500'000
    Stella Dallas (1926) - $1'500'000
    Secrets (1924) - $1'500'000
    Safety Last (1923) - $1'500'000
    The Huchback of Notre Dame (1923) - $1'500'000
    The Sheik (1922) - $1'500'000
  29. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - $1'490'000
  30. Hot Water (1924) - $1'400'000
  31. Noah's Ark (1928) - $1'367'000
  32. Syncopation (1929) - $1'300'000
  33. In Old Arizona (1928) - $1'300'000
  34. Red Dance (1928) - $1'300'000
  35. Tell it to the Marines (1927) - $1'300'000
  36. Lost World (1925) - $1'300'000
  37. Blood And Sand (1922) - $1'300'000
  38. Don Juan (1926) - $1'258'000
  39. The Terror (1928) - $1'221'000
  40. Patent Leather Kid (1927) - $1'200'000
  41. Engel der Strasse (1928) - $1'197'000
  42. Lights of New York (1928) - $1'160'000
  43. Wings (1927) - $1'100'000
  44. Old Ironsides (1926) - $1'100'000
  45. The Merry Widow (1926) - $1'100'000
  46. East Lynne (1925) - $1'100'000
  47. Grandma's Boy (1922) - $1'100'000
  48. My Man (1928) - $1'099'000
  49. On Trial (1928) - $1'089'000
  50. The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929) - $1'087'000
  51. Sadie Thompson (1928) - $1'000'000
  52. Iron Horse (1924) - $1'000'000
  53. Scaramouche (1923) - $1'000'000
  54. Orphans of the Storm (1922) - $1'000'000
  55. Smilin' Through (1922) - $1'000'000
  56. The Better 'Ole (1926) - $0'955'000
  57. Love (1927) - $0'946'000
  58. Disraeli (1929) - $0'924'000
  59. Fool's Paradise (1921) - $0'907'000
  60. Dynamite (1929) - $0'894'000
  61. Tenderloin (1928) - $0'889'000
  62. The Lion and the Mouse (1928) - $0'869'000
  63. A Woman of Affairs (1928) - $0'850'000
  64. Forbidden Fruit (1921) - $0'848'000
  65. The Trail of '98 (1929) - $0'839'000
  66. Sonny Boy (1929) - $0'838'000
  67. Glorious Betsy (1928) - $0'815'000
  68. Street Girl (1929) - $0'806'000
  69. Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928) - $0'791'000
  70. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - $0'757'000
  71. Saturday Night (1922) - $0'754'000
  72. Glad Rag Doll (1929) - $0'735'000
  73. When a Man Loves (1927) - $0'732'000
  74. Show People (1928) - $0'725'000
  75. Glad Rag Doll (1929) - $0'714'000
  76. Devil May Care (1929) - $0'713'000
  77. Marianne (1929) - $0'695'000
  78. Rose-Marie (1928) - $0'679'000
  79. Our Modern Maidens (1929) - $0'675'000
  80. The Single Standard (1929) - $0'659'000
  81. Flying Feet (1929) - $0'658'000
  82. The Pagan (1929) - $0'639'000
  83. A Woman of Paris (1923) - $0'634'000
  84. Paris (1929) - $0'632'000
  85. Wild Orchids (1929) - $0'622'000
  86. Four Walls (1928) - $0'605'000
  87. Desert Nights (1929) - $0'590'000
  88. His Glorious Night (1929) - $0'589'000
  89. The Temptress (1926) - $0'587'000
  90. Masks of the Devil (1928) - $0'584'000
  91. Across to Singapore (1928) - $0'548'000
  92. School Days (1921) - $0'546'000
  93. The Mysterious Lady (1928) - $0'543'000
  94. The Divine Woman (1928) - $0'541'000
  95. The Mysterious Island (1929) - $0'523'000
  96. The Kiss (1929) - $0'518'000
  97. Main Street (1923) - $0'510'000
  98. West Point (1927) - $0'502'000
  99. The Gold Diggers (1923) - $0'470'000
  100. Old San Francisco (1927) - $0'466'000
  101. Tiger Rose (1923) - $0'466'000
  102. Queen of the Night Clubs (1929) - $0'459'000
  103. Beau Brummel (1924) - $0'453'000
  104. Brass (1923) - $0'451'000
  105. Honky Tonk (1929) - $0'448'000
  106. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) - $0'437'000
  107. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) - $0'437'000
  108. The Missing Link (1927) - $0'425'000
  109. The Man on the Box (1925) - $0'425'000
  110. Hearts in Exile (1929) - $0'424'000
  111. Rags to Riches (1922) - $0'418'000
  112. Why Girls Leave Home (1921) - $0'410'000
  113. Where the North Begins (1923) - $0'396'000
  114. The Marriage Circle (1924) - $0'373'000
  115. Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) - $0'370'000
  116. Daddies (1924) - $0'367'000
  117. Women They Talk About (1928) - $0'366'000
  118. Heroes of the Street (1922) - $0'366'000
  119. The Cameraman (1928) - $0'362'000
  120. Caught in the Fog (1928) - $0'355'000
  121. Lucretia Lombard (1923) - $0'348'000
  122. Spite Marriage (1929) - $0'345'000
  123. Three Women (1924) - $0'344'000
  124. The Beautiful and Damned (1922) - $0'327'000
  125. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) - $0'324'000
  126. Little Church Around the Corner (1923) - $0'324'000
  127. Broadway After Dark (1924) - $0'320'000
  128. Kiss Me Again (1925) - $0'318'000
  129. Private Izzy Murphy (1926) - $0'304'000
  130. Wings (re-issue) (1929) - $0'300'000
  131. Conductor 1492 (1924) - $0'300'000
  132. Little Johnny Jones (1923) - $0'296'000
  133. The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924) - $0'284'000
  134. Find Your Man (1924) - $0'283'000
  135. Wise Girls (1929) - $0'280'000
  136. Tracked in the Snow Country (1925) - $0'278'000
  137. Babbitt (1924) - $0'278'000
  138. The Third Degree (1926) - $0'269'000
  139. The College Widow (1927) - $0'268'000
  140. The Careless Age (1929) - $0'266'000
  141. The Country Kid (1923) - $0'263'000
  142. So This Is Paris (1926) - $0'258'000
  143. Across the Pacific (1926) - $0'252'000
  144. How to Educate a Wife (1924) - $0'244'000
  145. The Night Cry (1926) - $0'243'000
  146. The Printer's Devil (1923) - $0'243'000
  147. Frozen River (1929) - $0'241'000
  148. Hills of Kentucky (1927) - $0'239'000
  149. While London Sleeps (1926) - $0'235'000
  150. Below the Line (1925) - $0'235'000
  151. Cornered (1924) - $0'235'000
  152. The Clash of the Wolves (1925) - $0'232'000
  153. One Stolen Night (1929) - $0'227'000
  154. Recompense (1925) - $0'226'000
  155. The Dark Swan (1924) - $0'224'000
  156. The Million Dollar Collar (1929) - $0'222'000
  157. My Official Wife (1926) - $0'219'000
  158. The Narrow Street (1925) - $0'219'000
  159. The Fortune Hunter (1927) - $0'215'000
  160. Her Marriage Vow (1924) - $0'210'000
  161. Jaws of Steel (1927) - $0'189'000
  162. A Dog of the Regiment (1927) - $0'188'000
  163. Lovers' Lane (1924) - $0'182'000
  164. A Race for Life (1928) - $0'168'000
  165. Rinty of the Desert (1928) - $0'164'000
  166. The Man Upstairs (1926) - $0'151'000