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BOX OFFICE
RECORD SECTION OF April 10, 1926
The Biggest
MONEY MAKERS
of 1925
Herewith are listed the 104 pictures that made the most money for exhibitors during the year ending November 15, 1925. This list is republished from the Holiday Number of EXHIBITORS HERALD, issued under date of December 25.
Publication of this list was made possible by American theatre«owners in the greatest response ever accorded any proposition laid before them for action. In a letter mailed November 10 to exhibitor readers of the HERALD, Martin J. Quigley asked each to list tlie ten pictures that had made the most money for him during the period specified. This canvass has been made an annual feature of HERALD service, the resultant list to he published in each Holiday Number.
Titles of the pictures are given below, opposite figures shelving the number of exliibitors who named each as among their ten biggest money-makers. Thus, “The Ten Commandments” was named in 323 exhibitors’ lists, “North of 36” in 249, etc. A supplementary list of 588 pictures, each of which was named by less than 14 exliibitors, was published in the Holiday Number, togetlier with the names of exhibitors cooperating in the enterprise.
The Ten Commandments 323
North of 36 249
Chorley’s Aunt 1S4
The Thundering Herd 149
The Covered Wagon 142
The Freshman 140
Abraham Lincoln 113
Sally 112
Riders of the Purple Sage 107
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 91
The Rainbow Trail 86
The Sea Hawk 82
When a Man’s a Man 82
The Lost World 81
America 74
The Thief of Bagdad 70
A Girl of the Limberlost 69
Peter Pan 66
Hot Water 64
The Pony Express 60
Black Cyclone 58
Girl Shy 57
Find Your Man 54
The Rag Man 53
Broken Laws 52
The Wanderer of the Wasteland 52
The Dcadwood Coach 51
A Son of His Father 51
The Last of the Duanes 49
The Alaskan 48
The King of the Wild Horses 46
The Iron Horse 45
Tracked in the Snow Country 45
The Lighthouse by the Sea 43
The Mine With the Iron Door 43
Wild Horse Mesa 41
The Call of the Canyon 39
Teeth 39
The Border Legion 38
Heritage of the Desert 38
Janice Meredith 37
The Bandit’s Baby 36
Let ’er Buck. 36
The Light of Western Stars 35
So Big 35
Classmates 33
The Code of the West 32
The WUd Bull’s Lair 30
Thundering Hoofs 30
The Dixie Handicap 29
Feet of Clay 29
Oh You Tony! 29
Captain Blood 28
Sundo^vn 28
The Birth of a Nation 27
The Silent Accuser 27
While Fang 27
The White Sister 27
The Ridin’ Kid from Powder River. ... 26
California Straight Ahead 25
Robinhood 25
Where the North Begins 25
The Great Divide ;... 24
The Keeper of the Bees 24
To the Last Man 24
Oh Doctor! 23
The Desert Flower 22
I’ll Show You the Town 22
Baree, Son of Kazan 21
Little Annie Rooney 21
Safety Last 21
Chickie 20
The Golden Bed 20
The Gold Rush 20
Tess of the Storm Country 20
That Devil Quemado 20
The Unholy Three 20
Don Q 19
The Humming Bird 19
The Lucky Devil 19
The Navigator 19
Quo Vadis 19
Sinners in Heaven 19
Drusilla With a Million 18
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 18
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent 18
Why Worry? 18
He Who Gets Slapped 18
Dick Turpin 17
Her Sister From Paris 17
The Perfect Flapper 17
Graustark 16
The Limited Moil 16
Sporting Youth 16
Scaramouche 16
The Code of the Wilderness 15
Lightnin’ 15
The Limited Mail IS
Never The Twain Shall Meet 15
The Shooting of Dan McGrew 15
Little Old New York 14
The Love Master 14
The Merry Widow 14
The Midshipman 14