So recently I have been getting some subtle (and some not so subtle) hints from my wife that my office needed some attention. A quick look around my office showed 37 movie books from 7 different libraries. 37? Yep… I had checked out 37 books…most from the colleges around me. The beauty of the College of William and Mary (the wife is getting her masters degree there) and Old Dominion University (oldest daughter is getting her masters degree there) libraries is they let their students keep the books for an entire year. That long check out time has helped make my collection of library books really grow.
Before sending most of the library books back…I figured I should write down all the box office information I had found in the books, but had not used. After writing down box office information on 3 or 4 movies…I came up with a better idea. Why not put all of these movies in one massive table…and put the information on the internet. That would accomplish two things: (a) It would keep the box office numbers from going into a notebook that I am sure I would misplace in the future and (b) It will get the box office information out there right now! Somebody in the world could be researching the film careers of Leatrice Joy and Rod La Rocque….and this page could be exactly what they are looking for.
In the end I found 128 movies that have not been used in any of my movie pages. The good news was I found two Myrna Loy movies and one Gary Cooper movie that I had missed. Those movies will be added to their pages very soon. After entering all of these movies into the table….I turned my attention to organizing my office. 3 hours later and my office is looking pretty good and more importantly the wife is happy. The car is now loaded with many library books…and tomorrow I will try not to get too misty eyed when the time comes to send the books back….sniff…sniff…they were such good and helpful books.
Movie Box Office Grosses: 1925 through 1931
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort movies by year the movie was made
- Sort movies by stars of the movies
- Sort movies by actual domestic box office grosses
- Sort movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort movies by tickets sold
- Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very interactive.
| Movie # | Movie (Year) | Year | Star of Movie | Box Office Domestic Actual (mils.) | Box Office Domestic Adjusted (mils.) | Tickets Sold (mils.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Million Frenchmen | 1931 | John Halliday | $1.19 | $47.60 | 5.6 | |
| A Blonde for a Night | 1928 | Harrison Ford | $0.44 | $11.00 | 1.3 | |
| A Ship Comes In | 1928 | Louise Dresser | $0.60 | $14.80 | 1.8 | |
| Alias Jimmy Valentine | 1928 | Lionel Barrymore | $2.64 | $65.40 | 7.8 | |
| Almost Human | 1927 | Vera Reynolds | $0.46 | $12.20 | 1.4 | |
| Bachelor Brides | 1926 | Rod La Rocque | $0.60 | $16.80 | 2.0 | |
| Beau Ideal | 1931 | Loretta Young | $1.15 | $46.30 | 5.5 | |
| Big Boy | 1930 | Al Jolson | $1.34 | $56.70 | 6.7 | |
| Billy the Kid | 1930 | Wallace Beery | $2.18 | $92.00 | 10.9 | |
| Bought! | 1931 | Constance Bennett | $1.77 | $71.00 | 8.4 | |
| Braveheart | 1925 | Rod La Rocque | $0.95 | $29.60 | 3.5 | |
| Check and Double Check | 1930 | Amos & Andy | $5.39 | $227.10 | 26.9 | |
| Chicago | 1927 | Phyllis Haver | $1.68 | $44.20 | 5.2 | |
| Children of Pleasure | 1930 | Judith Wood | $0.80 | $33.70 | 4.0 | |
| Corporal Kate | 1926 | Vera Reynolds | $0.54 | $15.10 | 1.8 | |
| Cracked Nuts | 1931 | Boris Karloff | $1.49 | $60.00 | 7.1 | |
| Desert Nights | 1929 | John Gilbert | $1.88 | $45.40 | 5.4 | |
| Dixiana | 1930 | Bert Wheeler | $1.54 | $64.80 | 7.7 | |
| Don Juan | 1926 | John Barrymore | $5.27 | $148.20 | 17.6 | |
| Dress Parade | 1927 | William Boyd | $0.93 | $24.50 | 2.9 | |
| Everything's Rosie | 1931 | Anita Louise | $0.61 | $24.30 | 2.9 | |
| Eve's Leaves | 1926 | Leatrice Joy | $0.64 | $18.00 | 2.1 | |
| Fighting Love | 1927 | Jetta Goudal | $0.35 | $9.10 | 1.1 | |
| Footlights and Fools | 1929 | Colleen Moore | $1.93 | $46.40 | 5.5 | |
| For Alimony Only | 1926 | Leatrice Joy | $0.49 | $13.70 | 1.6 | |
| General Crack | 1930 | John Barrymore | $2.83 | $119.20 | 14.1 | |
| Gentleman's Fate | 1931 | John Gilbert | $1.11 | $44.50 | 5.3 | |
| Gigolo | 1926 | Rod La Rocque | $0.80 | $22.40 | 2.7 | |
| Glorious Betsy | 1928 | Dolores Costello | $2.72 | $67.40 | 8.0 | |
| God's Gift to Women | 1931 | Joan Blondell | $0.44 | $17.80 | 2.1 | |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | 1929 | Conway Tearle | $8.12 | $195.50 | 23.2 | |
| Half Shot at Sunrise | 1930 | Bert Wheeler | $2.01 | $84.70 | 10.0 | |
| Hell's Highroad | 1925 | Leatrice Joy | $0.81 | $25.30 | 3.0 | |
| Her Man o' War | 1926 | William Boyd | $0.61 | $17.20 | 2.0 | |
| His Dog | 1927 | Joseph Schildkraut | $0.55 | $14.50 | 1.7 | |
| His Glorious Night | 1929 | Lionel Barrymore | $1.88 | $45.30 | 5.4 | |
| Hit The Deck | 1929 | Jack Oakie | $3.13 | $75.40 | 8.9 | |
| Hold 'Em Yale | 1928 | Rod La Rocque | $1.00 | $24.80 | 2.9 | |
| Hold Everything | 1930 | Joe E. Brown | $3.13 | $132.00 | 15.7 | |
| Hook Line and Sinker | 1930 | Bert Wheeler | $1.83 | $77.20 | 9.2 | |
| Kismet | 1930 | Loretta Young | $0.97 | $40.90 | 4.8 | |
| Kiss Me Again | 1930 | Walter Pidgeon | $0.68 | $27.30 | 3.2 | |
| Let 'Er Go Gallegher | 1928 | Harrison Ford | $0.51 | $12.80 | 1.5 | |
| Lights of New York | 1928 | Helene Costello | $3.87 | $95.90 | 11.4 | |
| Lilac Time | 1928 | Gary Cooper | $5.58 | $138.40 | 16.4 | |
| Lovin' the Ladies | 1930 | Richard Dix | $1.14 | $48.00 | 5.7 | |
| Madame X | 1929 | Lionel Barrymore | $2.92 | $70.40 | 8.4 | |
| Made for Love | 1926 | Leatrice Joy | $0.59 | $16.60 | 2.0 | |
| Mammy | 1930 | Al Jolson | $2.43 | $102.30 | 12.1 | |
| Man-Made Women | 1928 | H.B. Warner | $0.51 | $12.60 | 1.5 | |
| Marianne | 1929 | Marion Davies | $2.22 | $53.50 | 6.3 | |
| Midnight Madness | 1928 | Clive Brook | $0.46 | $11.40 | 1.3 | |
| Moby Dick | 1930 | John Barrymore | $1.78 | $75.10 | 8.9 | |
| My Friend from India | 1927 | Franklin Pangborn | $0.43 | $11.30 | 1.3 | |
| My Man | 1928 | Fanny Brice | $3.66 | $90.80 | 10.8 | |
| New Moon | 1930 | Adolphe Menjou | $1.56 | $65.90 | 7.8 | |
| No No Nanette | 1930 | Zasu Pitts | $2.58 | $108.80 | 12.9 | |
| Noah's Ark | 1928 | Myrna Loy | $4.56 | $113.00 | 13.4 | |
| Nobody's Widow | 1927 | Leatrice Joy | $0.44 | $11.60 | 1.4 | |
| Oh Kay! | 1928 | Colleen Moore | $1.58 | $39.30 | 4.7 | |
| Old San Francisco | 1927 | Dolores Costello | $1.62 | $42.60 | 5.1 | |
| On Trial | 1928 | Jason Robards, Sr. | $3.63 | $90.00 | 10.7 | |
| On with the Show! | 1929 | Joe E. Brown | $5.56 | $134.00 | 15.9 | |
| Red Dice | 1926 | Rod La Rocque | $0.64 | $18.00 | 2.1 | |
| Redemption | 1930 | John Gilbert | $1.22 | $51.60 | 6.1 | |
| Rio Rita | 1929 | Bert Wheeler | $5.67 | $136.60 | 16.2 | |
| Risky Business | 1926 | Alan Hale | $0.44 | $12.40 | 1.5 | |
| Sally | 1929 | Joe E. Brown | $3.89 | $93.80 | 11.1 | |
| Say It with Songs | 1929 | Al Jolson | $5.51 | $132.70 | 15.7 | |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | 1929 | Richard Dix | $1.40 | $33.60 | 4.0 | |
| Silence | 1926 | H.B. Warner | $0.98 | $27.40 | 3.3 | |
| Sit Tight | 1930 | Joe E. Brown | $1.87 | $75.10 | 8.9 | |
| Skyscraper | 1928 | William Boyd | $0.94 | $23.20 | 2.8 | |
| Smiling Irish Eyes | 1929 | Colleen Moore | $1.96 | $47.20 | 5.6 | |
| So Long Letty | 1929 | Charlotte Greenwood | $1.30 | $31.20 | 3.7 | |
| Son of the Gods | 1930 | Constance Bennett | $3.29 | $138.60 | 16.4 | |
| Sonny Boy | 1929 | Edward Everett Horton | $2.68 | $64.50 | 7.6 | |
| Stand and Deliver | 1928 | Rod La Rocque | $0.71 | $17.70 | 2.1 | |
| Street Girl | 1929 | Jack Oakie | $2.58 | $62.00 | 7.4 | |
| Sunny | 1930 | Marilyn Miller | $1.65 | $69.60 | 8.3 | |
| Sunny Side Up | 1926 | Donald Crisp | $0.53 | $14.80 | 1.8 | |
| Svengali | 1930 | John Barrymore | $1.06 | $42.60 | 5.1 | |
| Synthetic Sin | 1929 | Colleen Moore | $1.58 | $38.20 | 4.5 | |
| Tenderloin | 1928 | Conrad Nagel | $2.96 | $73.50 | 8.7 | |
| Tenth Avenue | 1928 | Phyllis Haver | $0.78 | $19.30 | 2.3 | |
| The Angel of Broadway | 1927 | Leatrice Joy | $0.55 | $14.40 | 1.7 | |
| The Better 'Ole | 1926 | Syd Chaplin | $3.47 | $97.60 | 11.6 | |
| The Big House | 1930 | Robert Montgomery | $3.94 | $165.90 | 19.7 | |
| The Blue Danube | 1928 | Leatrice Joy | $0.90 | $22.30 | 2.7 | |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | 1930 | Jean Hersholt | $1.25 | $52.80 | 6.3 | |
| The Clinging Vine | 1926 | Leatrice Joy | $0.56 | $15.70 | 1.9 | |
| The Coming of Amos | 1925 | Rod La Rocque | $0.87 | $27.10 | 3.2 | |
| The Cop | 1928 | William Boyd | $1.01 | $25.00 | 3.0 | |
| The Country Doctor | 1927 | Rudolph Schildkraut | $1.03 | $27.20 | 3.2 | |
| The Cruise of the Jasper B | 1926 | Rod La Rocque | $0.43 | $12.20 | 1.4 | |
| The Cuckoos | 1930 | Bert Wheeler | $2.04 | $85.90 | 10.2 | |
| The Fighting Eagle | 1927 | Rod La Rocque | $1.17 | $30.70 | 3.6 | |
| The First Auto | 1927 | William Demarest | $0.59 | $15.50 | 1.8 | |
| The Flying Fleet | 1929 | Ramon Novarro | $2.01 | $48.30 | 5.7 | |
| The Forbidden Woman | 1927 | Jetta Goudal | $0.99 | $26.10 | 3.1 | |
| The Jazz Singer | 1927 | Al Jolson | $6.85 | $180.60 | 21.4 | |
| The Lash | 1930 | Richard Barthelmess | $1.74 | $73.30 | 8.7 | |
| The Last Flight | 1930 | Richard Barthelmess | $1.20 | $48.10 | 5.7 | |
| The Leopard Lady | 1928 | Alan Hale | $0.66 | $16.30 | 1.9 | |
| The Life of the Party | 1930 | Winnie Lightner | $2.11 | $88.80 | 10.5 | |
| The Lion and the Mouse | 1928 | Lionel Barrymore | $2.90 | $71.80 | 8.5 | |
| The Main Event | 1927 | Vera Reynolds | $0.67 | $17.80 | 2.1 | |
| The Man from Blankley's | 1930 | John Barrymore | $0.96 | $40.30 | 4.8 | |
| The Missing Link | 1927 | Tom McGuire | $1.48 | $38.90 | 4.6 | |
| The Pagan | 1929 | Ramon Novarro | $2.28 | $54.90 | 6.5 | |
| The Rogue Song | 1930 | Laurel & Hardy | $2.54 | $106.90 | 12.7 | |
| The Show of Shows | 1929 | John Barrymore | $4.02 | $96.90 | 11.5 | |
| The Singing Fool | 1928 | Al Jolson | $12.74 | $315.80 | 37.5 | |
| The Terror | 1928 | Edward Everett Horton | $4.07 | $100.90 | 12.0 | |
| The Trail of '98 | 1928 | Harry Carey | $2.80 | $69.30 | 8.2 | |
| The Unholy Three | 1930 | Lon Chaney | $2.20 | $92.90 | 11 | |
| The Vagabond Lover | 1929 | Marie Dressler | $2.14 | $51.60 | 6.1 | |
| The Wedding Song | 1925 | Leatrice Joy | $0.75 | $23.60 | 2.8 | |
| The Wise Wife | 1927 | Phyllis Haver | $0.53 | $13.90 | 1.7 | |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | 1927 | Alan Hale | $0.93 | $24.40 | 2.9 | |
| The Yankee Clipper | 1927 | William Boyd | $1.00 | $26.40 | 3.1 | |
| Three Faces East | 1926 | Clive Brook | $1.14 | $32.10 | 3.8 | |
| Trader Horn | 1931 | Harry Carey | $4.86 | $195.00 | 23.1 | |
| Under a Texas Moon | 1930 | Myrna Loy | $2.05 | $86.50 | 10.3 | |
| Viennese Nights | 1930 | Walter Pidgeon | $1.06 | $44.50 | 5.3 | |
| Walking Back | 1928 | Richard Walling | $0.57 | $14.00 | 1.7 | |
| When A Man Loves | 1927 | John Barrymore | $2.54 | $67.00 | 7.9 | |
| Young April | 1926 | Donald Crisp | $0.68 | $19.00 | 2.3 |
Can I PLEASE get your good advice, about how to access accurate figures, for the grosses of Rudolph Valentino, nationally and internationally?
Hey ST Constable….Valentino’s box office grosses are very hard to find. I have done some research….and only have a few of movies in our massive database. We have “The Sheik” earning rentals of $1.50 million in 1921…which would translate to about $300 million in today’s box office grosses. We have The Son Of The Sheik (1926) earning about 820,000 in rentals and The Eagle (1925) about the same in rentals….both would be around $100 million in today’s box office. That is our entire stash of information. We have checked out several of his books…but grosses are rarely mentioned….except for statements like….”it did well”…or “it was disappointing”. I wish we could be more help. Maybe one day we will unlock the treaure of R.V.’s box office glory.
Hi! Is there a reason your original disappeared? Here it is:
Hey S T Constable. Did some further research…we have 5 of his movies completely researched. 5 is not a number we feel comfortable enough to do an UMR page on. Which “rival” site has his numbers? My sources are Variety, books and this link. http://filmindex.0catch.com/boxoffice.htm Here is some of the information we have on R.V.
1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) Actual B.O. $10,328,638.00 Adjusted B.O. $441,180,408.00 Review % 78.00% UMR Score 96.20
2. The Sheik (1921) Actual B.O. $7,042,988 Adjusted B.O.$300,804,452 Review % 66.00% UMR Score 93.19
3. The Son of the Sheik (1926) Actual B.O. $2,981,818.00 Adjusted B.O.$89,156,355.00 Review % 70.00 UMR Score 80.30
The Eagle (1925) Actual B.O. $3,136,882.00 Adjusted B.O. $104,214,187.00 63.00 Review % UMR Score 78.95
The Young Rajah (1922) Actual B.O. $240,000.00 Adjusted B.O. $9,785,454.00 Review % 69.00 UMR Score 46.78
Box office numbers are domestic totals only.
Thank you so much!
S. T.
Hey S.T. I am not sure what you mean about my “original disappeared”. Your original comment and my return comment was on the “Request page”/ https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/request-hotline/
This is actually probably a better place…plus I see I need to update the page as we have pages on 1929, 1930 and 1931.
Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey were a comedy team at RKO from 1929 to about 1937 when Woolsey died. Their 1933 film Diplomaniacs actually made more at the box office than the Marx Brothers similar Duck Soup (same year, similar plotlines) but that film along with them are forgotten now. I believe Betty Grable is in a couple of their films. AMC used to run all their RKO films in the 90’s (Turner owns the rights). They made one for Columbia, So This is Africa and their 1932 Girl Crazy was kept hidden for years due to the Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney MGM remake in 43.
Thanks Dan….I did a quick IMDb search on them…Wheeler on made 24 full length movies while Woolsey only has 22. It makes me curious if they were successful enough to crack my adjusted 1 billion duo club https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/top-15-screen-duos-of-all-time/
RKO has great records when it comes to box office grosses…..so I am adding them to my notebook of subjects to research. I will have to check out Diplonmaniacs. I think they did a great job of keeping their Girl Crazy hidden.
Thanks for sharing so much information. I like learning new stuff about the movie business.
Now Wheeler and Woolsey can be done. Have almost all their movies.
Hey Dan…I noticed Wheeler’s name popping up….I just am not aware of who he is. Thanks for checking out this table…and for the comment.