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This is an overview of 1925 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.
The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
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1 | The Big Parade | MGM | $4,990,000 [1] |
2 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | $4,359,000 [1] | |
3 | The Freshman | Pathé Exchange | $2,600,000 [2] |
4 | The Gold Rush | United Artists | $2,150,000 [3] |
5 | The Phantom of the Opera | Universal | $1,550,000 [4] |
6 | Don Q, Son of Zorro Stella Dallas | United Artists | $1,500,000 [5] [2] |
7 | The Lost World | First National | $1,300,000 [2] |
8 | East Lynne Little Annie Rooney | Fox Film United Artists | $1,100,000 [2] [6] |
9 | The Merry Widow | MGM | $1,081,000 [1] |
10 | The Eagle | United Artists | $820,000 [7] |
For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1925
The United Artists balance sheet of domestic film rentals through the end of 1931 show that The Gold Rush had accumulated $2.15 million in rentals, while The Circus had garnered $1.82 million.
In addition, the strongly comedy-inflected, spectacular adventure films starring Fairbanks, who was known for his onscreen acrobatics (as well as his infectious smile), ranked highly in the annual charts – The Thief of Bagdad at no. 3 in 1924, Don Q, Son of Zorro at no. 4 in 1925 and The Black Pirate at no. 4 in 1926 – with domestic rentals of between $1.5 million and $1.7 million.
Little Annie Rooney grossed over $1.1 million domestically. In its premiere run in New York, it grossed a total of just over $70,000 at the 2,900 seat Strand Theater, compared to $78,000 for Douglas's Don Son of 'Zorro, which also ran two weeks that same year. (The record run for 1925 at the Strand was Chaplin's The Gold Rush, which grossed $214,700 in just four weeks.)
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