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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: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;" |+ Highest-grossing films of 1925 |- ! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' |''{{sort|big|[[The Big Parade]]}}'' | rowspan="2"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] | $4,990,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''2''' |''[[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925 film)|Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]]'' | $4,359,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''3''' |''{{sort|fresh|[[The Freshman (1925 film)|The Freshman]]}}'' | [[Pathé Exchange]] | $2,600,000<ref name=Finler>{{cite book|last=Finler|first=Joel Waldo|year=2003 |title=The Hollywood Story|publisher=Wallflower Press|isbn=978-1-903364-66-6|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rvVhEJmbfrsC&pg=PA356#v=twopage 356–357]}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''4''' |''{{sort|gold|[[The Gold Rush]]}}'' |[[United Artists]] | $2,150,000<ref name=ChaplinBook>{{cite book|first=Charles J.|last=Maland|title= Chaplin and American Culture: The Evolution of a Star Image|date=1989|isbn=0-691-09440-3|quote=The United Artists balance sheet of domestic film rentals through the end of 1931 show that ''The Gold Rush'' had accumulated $2.15 million in rentals, while ''The Circus'' had garnered $1.82 million.}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''5''' |''{{sort|phantom|[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]}}'' | [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] | $1,550,000<ref name=AllTime>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Film Rental Champs|date=October 15, 1990|page=M154}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''6''' |''[[Don Q, Son of Zorro]]''<br>''[[Stella Dallas (1925 film)|Stella Dallas]]'' | United Artists | $1,500,000<ref name=GeneralBook>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Krämer|title=The General|date=2019|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-8387-1889-3|quote=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.}}</ref><ref name=Finler/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''7''' | ''{{sort|lost|[[The Lost World (1925 film)|The Lost World]]}}'' | [[First National Pictures|First National]] | $1,300,000<ref name=Finler/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''8''' |''[[East Lynne (1925 film)|East Lynne]]''<br>''[[Little Annie Rooney (1925 film)|Little Annie Rooney]]'' | [[Fox Film]]<br>United Artists | $1,100,000<ref name=Finler/><ref name=PickfordBook>{{cite book|first=Scott|last=Eyman|title= Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart|date=1990|isbn=1-55611-147-9|quote= ''Little Annie Rooney'' grossed over $1.1 million domestically. In its premiere run in New York, it grossed a total of just over $70,000 at the 2,900 seat Strand Theater, compared to $78,000 for Douglas’s ''Don Son of 'Zorro'', which also ran two weeks that same year. (The record run for 1925 at the Strand was Chaplin’s The Gold Rush, which grossed $214,700 in just four weeks.)}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''9''' |''[[The Merry Widow (1925 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' | MGM | $1,081,000<ref name="Mannix"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''10''' |''[[The Eagle (1925 film)|The Eagle]]'' | United Artists | $820,000<ref name="Ultimate">[https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/box-office-grosses-1925-through-1931/ Movie Box Office Grosses: 1925 through 1931]</ref> |}
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