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The following is an overview of 1926 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1926
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 What Price Glory? Fox Film $2,000,000 [1]
2 The Black Pirate United Artists $1,700,000 [2]
3 Beau Geste Paramount $1,500,000 [1]
4 The Volga Boatman Producers Distributing Corporation $1,275,375 [3]
5 Don Juan Warner Bros. $1,258,000 [4]
6 Tell It to the Marines MGM $1,250,000 [5]
7 Sparrows United Artists$966,878 [6]
8 The Better 'Ole Warner Bros.$955,000 [4]
9 The Son of the Sheik United Artists$820,000 [7]
10 The Sea Beast Warner Bros.$814,000 [4]

Events

Notable films released in 1926

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1926

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References

  1. 1 2 "The All Time Best Sellers". International Motion Picture Almanac 1937–38. Quigley Publishing Company. p. 942. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. Krämer, Peter (2019). The General. ISBN   978-1-8387-1889-3. 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.
  3. Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 210. ISBN   978-0-8131-2636-4.
  4. 1 2 3 Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15.
  5. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles, California: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  6. Eyman, Scott (1990). Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart. ISBN   1-55611-147-9. As one of Mary's most unexpected films and her only Gothic melodrama. Sparrows might have proved too strong for audiences; although it did well, it did somewhat less so than Little Annie Booneij. Produced at a cost of $463,455, its domestic gross was $966,878. Factoring in distribution and advertising costs, Mary realized a clear profit of nearly $200,000 without even considering the money derived from the film's foreign release.
  7. Movie Box Office Grosses: 1925 through 1931
  8. Leyda, Jay (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. p. 205.
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  16. Kehr, Dave (20 August 2017). "Jerry Lewis, a Jester Both Silly and Stormy, Dies at 91" . The New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  17. "Marilyn Monroe | Biography, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  18. Charles Avery;IMDb.com