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==Top-grossing films (U.S.)== The top ten 1926 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;" |+ Highest-grossing films of 1926 |- ! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' |''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory?]]'' |[[Fox Film]] | $2,000,000<ref name="quig">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/international193738quig#page/942/mode/2up|publisher=[[Quigley Publishing Company]]|title=The All Time Best Sellers|work=[[International Motion Picture Almanac]] 1937–38 |page=942|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''2''' |''[[The Black Pirate]]'' | [[United Artists]] | $1,700,000<ref name=GeneralBook>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Krämer|title=The General|date=2019|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> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''3''' |''[[Beau Geste (1926 film)|Beau Geste]]'' | [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] | $1,500,000<ref name="quig"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''4''' |''[[The Volga Boatman (1926 film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' |[[Producers Distributing Corporation]] | $1,275,375<ref name="Birchard210">{{cite book |last=Birchard |first=Robert S. |title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood |publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] |date=2004 |isbn=978-0-8131-2636-4 |page=210}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''5''' |''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'' | [[Warner Bros.]] | $1,258,000<ref name="wb">{{cite journal|first=H Mark |last=Glancy |title=Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=15 |year=1995}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''6''' |''[[Tell It to the Marines (1926 film)|Tell It to the Marines]]'' | [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] | $1,250,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger|publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study|place=Los Angeles, California}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''7''' |''[[Sparrows (1926 film)|Sparrows]]'' | United Artists | $966,878<ref name=PickfordBook>{{cite book|first=Scott|last=Eyman|title= Mary Pickford, America's Sweetheart|date=1990|isbn=1-55611-147-9|quote= As one of Mary’s most unexpected films and her only Gothic melodrama. Sparrows might have proved too strong for audiences; although it did well, it did somewhat less so than Little Annie Booneij. Produced at a cost of $463,455, its domestic gross was $966,878. Factoring in distribution and advertising costs, Mary realized a clear profit of nearly $200,000 without even considering the money derived from the film’s foreign release.}}</ref> |- ! style="text-align:center;"|'''8''' |''[[The Better 'Ole (1926 film)|The Better 'Ole]]'' | Warner Bros. | $955,000<ref name="wb"/> |- ! style="text-align:center;"| '''9''' |''[[The Son of the Sheik]]'' | 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> |- ! style="text-align:center;"|'''10''' |''[[The Sea Beast (1926 film)|The Sea Beast]]'' | Warner Bros. | $814,000<ref name="wb"/> |}
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