1927 Movies

This movie page looks at 1927 Movies.  Finding box office information for movies made in the 1920s and 1930s is extremely difficult.   For somebody looking for box office information on 1927, it is very very frustrating.  Over the years, we have researched and collected information on over 36,000 movies.  So we figured we would show all the 1927 movies in our database.

To make this list a movie had to be made in 1927.  Obviously many movies made in 1926 earned box office dollars in 1927.  On the other side, many movies made in 1927 made money in 1928 and later.  This page looks at over 80 1927 Top Box Office Movies.  The movies are listed in a massive table that lets you rank the movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  We will update this page on a regular basis.

1927’s The Jazz Singer

Our UMR Top 50 of 1927

1928 Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

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  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each 1927  Movies received.
  • Sort 1927  Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR).  Our UMR score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

1927’s The King of Kings

Top earners in 1927 for Adjusted USA Box Office:

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  1. PART 6 OF 12
    The Girl in the Pullman $56,263.00 Marie Prevost Harrison Ford
    White Pants Willie $56,222.00 Leila Hyams Johnny Hines
    Drums of the Desert $56,060.00 Marietta Millner  Warner Baxter 
    One-Round Hogan $56,000.00 Leila Hyams  Monte Blue
    Hills of Kentucky $55,875.00 Dorothy Dwan  Jason Robards, Sr. 
    Heaven on Earth $55,200.00 Renée Adorée Conrad Nagel 
    Don’t Tell it to the Wife $55,150.00 Irene Rich  Huntley Gordon 
    Babe Comes Home $55,000.00 Anna Q. Nilsson  Babe Ruth 
    Night of Love $54,500.00 Vilma Bánky Ronald Colman
    One Increasing Purpose $53,863.00 Lila Lee  Edmund Lowe 
    Opening Night $53,850.00 Claire Windsor John Bowers
    Colleen $53,675.00 Madge Bellamy  Charles Morton 
    His Dog $53,250.00 Julia Faye  Joseph Schildkraut 
    What Happened to Father? $53,075.00 Florence Fair Warner Oland
    A Harp in Hock $52,375.00 May Robson  Rudolph Schildkraut
    A Reno Divorce $52,150.00 May McAvoy Ralph Graves 
    Taxi Taxi $52,025.00 Marian Nixon  Edward Everett Horton 
    Battleship/Cruiser Potemkin(1925) $51,620.00 Nina Poltavtseva Aleksandr Antonov 
    Woman Love Diamonds $51,200.00 Pauline Starke Owen Moore 
    Brass Knuckles $50,675.00 Betty Bronson Monte Blue
    Tracked by Police $50,278.00 Virginia Brown Faire Jason Robards, Sr.
    Sensation Seekers $50,200.00 Billie Dove Huntley Gordon
    The Climbers $49,241.00 Irene Rich  Clyde Cook 
    T.N.T./The Solitary Sin(1919) $49,100.00 Helene Chadwick Jack Mulhall
    Beware of Widows $48,750.00 Laura La Plante Bryant Washburn
    On Ze Boulevard $48,317.00 Renée Adorée  Lew Cody 
    St. Elmo(1923) $48,300.00 Barbara La Marr  John Gilbert
    Outlaws of Red River $47,716.00 Marjorie Daw Tom Mix 
    Streets of Shanghai $47,433.00 Pauline Starke Kenneth Harlan 
    Home-Made/Home Made $47,075.00 Margaret Seddon Johnny Hines
    Nevada $47,050.00 Thelma Todd  Gary Cooper
    Perch of the Devil $46,650.00 Mae Busch  Pat O’Malley
    The Sunset Derby $46,621.00 Mary Astor  William Collier, Jr. 
    Simple Sis $46,358.00 Louise Fazenda Clyde Cook
    Dance Magic $45,885.00 Pauline Starke  Ben Lyon 
    Sally in Our Alley $45,300.00 Shirley Mason Richard Arlen
    Easy Pickings $44,638.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Kenneth Harlan
    Slaves of Beauty $44,600.00 Olive Tell  Holmes Herbert 
    Wolf Fangs $44,250.00 Caryl Lincoln  Charles Morton 
    South Sea Love $44,100.00 Patsy Ruth Miller  Lee Shumway
    No Place to Go $42,700.00 Mary Astor  Lloyd Hughes 
    The Monkey Talks $42,500.00 Olive Borden  Jacques Lerner
    Little Adventuress $42,350.00 Vera Reynolds Robert Ober 
    Open Range $42,150.00 Betty Bronson Lane Chandler
    The Circus Ace $41,250.00 Natalie Joyce  Tom Mix 
    The Broncho Twister $40,725.00 Helene Costello Tom Mix
    The Last Trail $40,550.00 Carmelita Geraghty Tom Mix
    Play Safe $40,200.00 Virginia Lee Corbin Monty Banks 
    The Tigress $40,075.00 Dorothy Revier  Jack Holt 
    Ham and Eggs at the Front $39,650.00 Myrna Loy Tom Wilson
    Too Many Crooks $39,400.00 Mildred Davis  Lloyd Hughes 

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  2. PART 5 OF 12
    Back to God’s Country $99,750.00 Renée Adorée Robert Frazer 
    Is Zat So? $96,667.00 Katherine Perry George O’Brien 
    The Telephone Girl $95,300.00 Madge Bellamy Holbrook Blinn 
    On Your Toes $92,484.00 Barbara Worth Reginald Denny
    Getting Gertie’s Garter $92,200.00 Marie Prevost Charles Ray
    The Silver Slave $92,025.00 Irene Rich  Holmes Herbert
    Stark Love $91,475.00 Helen Mundy Forrest James
    The Bugle Call $88,408.00 Claire Windsor Jackie Coogan
    Publicity Madness $88,400.00 Lois Moran Edmund Lowe
    The Angel of Broadway $88,350.00 Leatrice Joy  Victor Varconi
    The Gingham Girl $85,300.00 Lois Wilson  George K. Arthur 
    Pajamas $84,650.00 Olive Borden  Lawrence Gray 
    Convoy $84,500.00 Dorothy Mackaill  Lowell Sherman 
    The Chinese Parrot $84,422.00 Marian Nixon  Hobart Bosworth
    Man Bait $82,300.00 Marie Prevost  Kenneth Thomson 
    Very Confidential $82,100.00 Madge Bellamy Patrick Cunning
    Secrets of a Soul $82,050.00 Ruth Weyher  Werner Krauss 
    Held by the Law $79,350.00 Marguerite De La Motte  Ralph Lewis 
    The Lunatic at Large $78,800.00 Dorothy Mackaill Leon Errol 
    The Fortune Hunter $78,300.00 Helene Costello Sydney Chaplin 
    The Bush Leaguer $75,225.00 Leila Hyams Monte Blue
    The Main Event $75,100.00 Vera Reynolds Rudolph Schildkraut
    White Gold $75,000.00 Jetta Goudal  Kenneth Thomson
    Irrestible Lover $74,900.00 Lois Moran Norman Kerry
    Vanity $73,650.00 Leatrice Joy  Charles Ray 
    A Man’s Past $72,975.00 Barbara Bedford  Conrad Veidt 
    Rubber Tires $72,200.00 Bessie Love Erwin Connelly
    The Harvester $71,100.00 Natalie Kingston Orville Caldwell
    The Thirteenth Juror $71,000.00 Anna Q. Nilsson Francis X. Bushman
    The First Auto $70,440.00 Patsy Ruth Miller Barney Oldfield
    Finger Prints $70,125.00 Louise Fazenda John T. Murray
    The Auctioneer $69,035.00 Marian Nixon  George Sidney 
    Cameo Kirby(1923) $68,450.00 Gertrude Olmstead  John Gilbert 
    The Brute $68,436.00 Leila Hyams Monte Blue
    Moulders of Man $68,100.00 Margaret Morris Conway Tearle
    Passion(1919) $67,700.00 Pola Negri Emil Jannings
    For the Love of Mike $67,475.00 Claudette Colbert Ben Lyon
    A Racing Romeo $66,933.00 Jobyna Ralston  Red Grange 
    The Notorious Lady $66,050.00 Barbara Bedford Lewis Stone
    The Fourth Commandment $66,000.00 June Marlowe Henry Victor
    The Wise Wife $64,500.00 Phyllis Haver Tom Moore
    Jim, the Conqueror $63,800.00 Elinor Fair William Boyd 
    Not for Publication $63,417.00 Jola Mendez  Ralph Ince 
    Silk Stockings $63,133.00 Laura La Plante  John Harron 
    Matinee Ladies $62,700.00 May McAvoy Malcolm McGregor 
    The Lone Eagle $62,000.00 Barbara Kent  Raymond Keane
    The Yankee Clipper  $61,648.00 Elinor Fair William Boyd
    His First Flame $58,275.00 Natalie Kingston  Harry Langdon
    Afraid to Love $58,088.00 Florence Vidor  Clive Brook
    Surrender $57,425.00 Mary Philbin  Ivan Mosjoukine 
    Shoulder Arms(1918) $56,900.00 Edna Purviance  Charles Chaplin

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  3. PART 4 OF 12
    Singed $173,800.00 Blanche Sweet  Warner Baxter
    The Potters $170,850.00 Mary Alden W. C. Fields
    A Texas Steer $170,175.00 Louise Fazenda Will Rogers 
    A Million Bid $170,030.00 Dolores Costello  Warner Oland
    The Cheerful Fraud $165,862.00 Gertrude Olmstead Reginald Denny 
    The Taxi Dancer $164,700.00 Joan Crawford Owen Moore 
    Fast and the Furious $163,135.00 Barbara Worth Reginald Denny 
    The Magic Garden $163,065.00 Joyce Coad Philippe De Lacy
    Ladies Must Dress $163,050.00 Virginia Valli Lawrence Gray
    Tea for Three $162,250.00 Aileen Pringle Lew Cody 
    The Heart of Maryland $157,875.00 Dolores Costello Jason Robards, Sr.
    In Old Kentucky $157,750.00 Helene Costello James Murray 
    Rough House Rosie $146,600.00 Clara Bow Reed Howes 
    Senorita $144,883.00 Bebe Daniels  James Hall
    The Music Master $144,520.00 Lois Moran  Alec B. Francis
    Captain Salvation $140,350.00 Marceline Day  Lars Hanson
    One Woman to Another $139,750.00 Florence Vidor  Theodore von Eltz
    The City Gone Wild $139,150.00 Marietta Millner Thomas Meighan 
    High School Hero $138,200.00 Sally Phipps  Nick Stuart 
    Two Girls Wanted $137,350.00 Janet Gaynor  Glenn Tryon
    The Count of Monte Cristo(1922) $136,232.00 Estelle Taylor John Gilbert 
    Figures Don’t Lie $135,318.00 Esther Ralston Richard Arlen 
    The Whirlwind of Youth $134,685.00 Lois Moran Donald Keith 
    Framed $132,925.00 Natalie Kingston Milton Sills 
    Blind Alleys $130,650.00 Evelyn Brent  Thomas Meighan
    The Crystal Cup $130,400.00 Dorothy Mackaill Rockliffe Fellowes 
    The Last Waltz $130,150.00 Liane Haid  Willy Fritsch
    Altars of Desire $129,900.00 Mae Murray  Conway Tearle 
    Alias the Lone Wolf $126,000.00 Lois Wilson Bert Lytell
    Broadway Nights $124,167.00 Lois Wilson  Sam Hardy
    Johnny Get Your Hair Cut $123,850.00 Mattie Witting Jackie Coogan
    Lonesome Ladies $123,314.00 Anna Q. Nilsson  Lewis Stone
    Slighthly Used $122,517.00 May McAvoy Conrad Nagel
    Wedding Bill$ $122,350.00 Anne Sheridan Raymond Griffith
    The Heart of Salome $120,886.00 Alma Rubens  Walter Pidgeon
    The Desired Woman $120,867.00 Irene Rich  William Russell 
    The World at Her Feet $119,750.00 Florence Vidor  Arnold Kent
    The Tender Hour $118,300.00 Billie Dove Ben Lyon 
    The Wreck of the Hesperus $117,500.00 Virginia Bradford  Sam De Grasse
    The Country Doctor $113,500.00 Virginia Bradford Rudolph Schildkraut
    Nobody’s Widow $113,400.00 Leatrice Joy Charles Ray
    Jesse James $111,922.00 Nora Lane Fred Thomson
    Long Pants $109,897.00 Gladys Brockwell Harry Langdon
    Body and Soul $109,800.00 Aileen Pringle Norman Kerry
    The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary $108,733.00 May Robson  Harrison Ford
    The Sea Tiger $108,683.00 Mary Astor  Milton Sills 
    See You in Jail $108,230.00 Alice Day  Jack Mulhall
    The Black Diamond Express $108,150.00 Edna Murphy Monte Blue 
    Threes’ a Crowd $107,900.00 Gladys McConnell  Harry Langdon
    Honeymoon Hate/Honeymoon Fate $105,475.00 Florence Vidor  Tullio Carminati
    Cheating Cheaters $103,600.00 Betty Compson Kenneth Harlan

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  4. PART 3 OF 12
    The Thirteenth Hour $239,300.00 Jacqueline Gadsdon  Lionel Barrymore 
    French Dressing $236,625.00 Lois Wilson H. B. Warner 
    Two Flaming Youths $235,450.00 Mary Brian  W. C. Fields
    Silk Legs $233,500.00 Madge Bellamy  James Hall
    East Side, West Side $230,221.00 Virginia Valli George O’Brien 
    The Demi Bride $229,850.00 Norma Shearer Lew Cody 
    Evening Clothes $224,050.00 Virginia Valli Adolphe Menjou
    The Callahans and the Murphys $222,350.00 Marie Dressler  Lawrence Gray 
    Ten Modern Commandments $222,300.00 Esther Ralston  Neil Hamilton 
    The Life of Riley $221,600.00 June Marlowe  Charles Murray 
    Love’s Greatest Mistake $220,376.00 Evelyn Brent  William Powell
    The Girl from Chicago $219,650.00 Myrna Loy  Conrad Nagel 
    Fashions for Women $218,000.00 Esther Ralston Esther Ralston
    Hard Boiled Haggerty $217,221.00 Molly O’Day Milton Sills
    Tillie the Toiler $215,883.00 Marion Davies Matt Moore
    The Wizard $212,533.00 Leila Hyams Edmund Lowe
    Frisco Sally Levy $210,638.00 Kate Price Tenen Holtz
    Breakfast at Sunrise $209,000.00 Constance Talmadge Bryant Washburn
    Rolled Stockings $208,177.00 Louise Brooks James Hall
    Cabaret $202,950.00 Gilda Gray Tom Moore
    American Beauty $202,350.00 Billie Dove  Lloyd Hughes
    Come to My House $201,075.00 Olive Borden  Antonio Moreno
    A Little Journey $198,762.00 Claire Windsor  William Haines
    The Fighting Eagle $197,588.00 Phyllis Haver  Rod La Rocque
    Wild Geese $197,550.00 Belle Bennett  Russell Simpson
    The Lady in Ermine $194,400.00 Corinne Griffith Einar Hanson 
    Out All Night $192,886.00 Marian Nixon Reginald Denny
    Man Crazy $192,150.00 Dorothy Mackaill  Jack Mulhall 
    Painting the Town $191,050.00 Patsy Ruth Miller  Glenn Tryon 
    Fighting Love $190,950.00 Jetta Goudal Victor Varconi
    Running Wild $190,393.00 Mary Brian W. C. Fields 
    The Gay Retreat $189,700.00 Betty Francisco Gene Cameron 
    A Kiss in a Taxi $189,400.00 Bebe Daniels Chester Conklin 
    If I Were Single $188,612.00 May McAvoy  Conrad Nagel
    The Cradle Snatchers $187,477.00 Louise Fazenda  J. Farrell MacDonald 
    The Spotlight $187,200.00 Esther Ralston  Neil Hamilton 
    Tell it to Sweeney $186,600.00 Doris Hill Chester Conklin
    Valley of the Giants $186,120.00 Doris Kenyon Milton Sills
    Lost at the Front $185,900.00 Natalie Kingston George Sidney
    The Poor Nut $185,750.00 Jean Arthur  Jack Mulhall 
    Becky $185,300.00 Sally O’Neil  Owen Moore 
    The Missing Link  $183,552.00 Ruth Hiatt  Syd Chaplin 
    Madame Pompadour $183,300.00 Dorothy Gish  Antonio Moreno 
    The Moon of Israel $182,800.00 María Corda  Adelqui Migliar 
    The Understanding Heart $182,300.00 Joan Crawford  Rockliffe Fellowes 
    Naughty but Nice $181,100.00 Colleen Moore Donald Reed 
    The Lovelorn $180,300.00 Sally O’Neil Larry Kent 
    Dearie $176,967.00 Irene Rich  William Collier, Jr. 
    The General $176,842.00 Marion Mack Buster Keaton 
    Good Time Charley $176,350.00 Helene Costello  Warner Oland
    Venus of Venice $174,959.00 Constance Talmadge  Antonio Moreno

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  5. PART 2 OF 12
    Three Hours $339,553.00 Corinne Griffith John Bowers
    Topsy and Eva $339,025.00 Rosetta Duncan Gibson Gowland 
    The Gorilla $337,800.00 Alice Day  Charles Murray
    The Rough Riders $337,644.00 Mary Astor  Noah Beery
    College $336,100.00 Anne Cornwall Buster Keaton
    The Drop Kick $329,350.00 Barbara Kent  Richard Barthelmess 
    McFadden Flats $327,300.00 Edna Murphy Charles Murray
    Les Miserables $325,000.00 Sandra Milovanoff Gabriel Gabrio 
    The Show $324,165.00 Renée Adorée John Gilbert 
    Slide, Kelly, Slide $322,786.00 Sally O’Neil William Haines
    The Stolen Bride  $317,800.00 Billie Dove Lloyd Hughes
    Wolf’s Clothing $317,425.00 Patsy Ruth Miller  Monte Blue 
    Hotel Imperial $317,187.00 Pola Negri  James Hall 
    Garden of Allah Hotel $312,330.00 Alice Terry Iván Petrovich
    Ankles Preferred $310,102.00 Madge Bellamy  Lawrence Gray 
    New York $309,644.00 Lois Wilson Ricardo Cortez
    Paradise for Two $308,140.00 Betty Bronson  Richard Dix
    Mr. Wu $306,633.00 Louise Dresser Lon Chaney
    Man Power $306,320.00 Mary Brian Richard Dix
    The Cat and the Canary $305,796.00 Laura La Plante  Creighton Hale
    The Red Mill $304,450.00 Marion Davies  Owen Moore 
    Annie Laurie $303,190.00 Lillian Gish  Norman Kerry
    Shanghai Bound $302,500.00 Mary Brian Richard Dix
    She’s a Sheik $294,600.00 Bebe Daniels  Richard Arlen 
    Serenade $290,850.00 Kathryn Carver  Adolphe Menjou
    The Love Mart $289,070.00 Billie Dove  Gilbert Roland 
    Her Wild Oat $286,200.00 Colleen Moore  Larry Kent
    Knockout Reilly $286,150.00 Mary Brian  Richard Dix
    The Unknown $285,950.00 Joan Crawford  Lon Chaney
    Now Were in the Air/In the Air Now $278,068.00 Louise Brooks  Wallace Beery
    Rookies $276,333.00 Marceline Day  Karl Dane 
    We’re All Gamblers $268,608.00 Marietta Millner Thomas Meighan
    The Forbidden Woman $263,125.00 Jetta Goudal  Ivan Lebedeff
    Soft Cushions $262,050.00 Sue Carol  Douglas MacLean 
    An Affair of the Follies $258,850.00 Billie Dove  Lewis Stone 
    Quality Street $255,850.00 Marion Davies  Conrad Nagel 
    Adam and Evil $254,600.00 Aileen Pringle  Lew Cody 
    Special Delivery $253,800.00 Jobyna Ralston Eddie Cantor
    Let it Rain $253,500.00 Shirley Mason Douglas MacLean
    Children of Divorce $252,850.00 Clara Bow Gary Cooper 
    Orchids and Ermine $251,450.00 Colleen Moore Jack Mulhall
    The Joy Girl $250,300.00 Olive Borden  Neil Hamilton 
    Dress Parade $247,275.00 Bessie Love  William Boyd
    Paid to Love $247,172.00 Virginia Valli  George O’Brien 
    The College Widow $247,000.00 Dolores Costello William Collier, Jr. 
    The Prince of Headwaiters $246,643.00 Priscilla Bonner  Lewis Stone 
    The Blood Ship $245,750.00 Jacqueline Logan Hobart Bosworth
    The Woman on Trial $245,050.00 Pola Negri Einar Hanson
    Lovers $241,700.00 Alice Terry  Ramon Novarro 
    Smile, Brother, Smile $241,685.00 Dorothy Mackaill  Jack Mulhall 
    Rose of the Golden West $240,800.00 Mary Astor Gilbert Roland

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