Top Grossing Silent Films in The United States
The following are the silent films from the silent film era that earned the highest gross income in film history. The dollar amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) - $10,000,000
- The Big Parade (1925) - $6,400,000
- Ben-Hur (1925) - $5,500,000
- Way Down East (1920) - $5,000,000
- The Gold Rush (1925) - $4,250,000
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) - $4,000,000
- The Circus (1928) - $3,800,000
- The Covered Wagon (1923) - $3,800,000
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - $3,500,000
- The Ten Commandments (1923) - $3,400,000
- Orphans of the Storm (1921) - $3,000,000
- For Heaven's Sake (1926) - $2,600,000
- Seventh Heaven (1926) - $2,400,000
- Abie's Irish Rose (1928) - $1,500,000
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