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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.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1925 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1925
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
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 $2,500,000 [2]
5 The Phantom of the Opera Universal $1,550,000 [3]
6 Don Q, Son of Zorro
Stella Dallas 		United Artists$1,500,000 [4] [2]
7 The Lost World First National $1,300,000 [2]
8 East Lynne Fox Film $1,100,000 [2]
9 The Merry Widow MGM$1,081,000 [1]
10 The Golden Bed Paramount $816,487 [5]

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Notable films released in 1925

For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see United States films of 1925

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp.  356–357. ISBN   978-1-903364-66-6.
  3. ↑ "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety . October 15, 1990. p. M154.
  4. ↑ Krämer, Peter (2019). The General. Bloomsbury. 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.
  5. ↑ Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   9780813123240.
  6. ↑ The Ten Best Pictures of 1925 . Retrieved April 28, 2018.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ↑ Hall, Sheldon; Neale, Stephen (2010). Epics, spectacles, and blockbusters: a Hollywood history. Wayne State University Press. p.  163. ISBN   978-0-8143-3008-1.
  8. ↑ Ye, Tan; Zhu, Yun (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 76. ISBN   978-0-8108-6779-6.
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  12. ↑ "Miracles of Love (1925)". imdb.com.
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  17. 1 2 Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. Pg. 294. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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  19. ↑ Yorke, Peter (2007). William Haggar (1851-1925): fairground film-maker. Bedlinog: Accent Press. p. 114. ISBN   978-1-905170-87-6. Archived from the original on 2021-09-12. Retrieved 2021-09-12.

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