The Hottest Ticket in Town: Biggest Movies by Year

1922

• Robin Hood
• Orphans of the Storm
• Tess of the Storm Country
• Blood and Sand
• Oliver Twist
• Dr. Jack
• Smilin' Through
• One Exciting Night
• Foolish Wives
• Manslaughter

1923

• The Covered Wagon
• The Ten Commandments
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• Safety Last
• Why Worry (tied with) Rosita

1924

• The Iron Horse
• The Sea Hawk
• The Thief of Bagdad
• Hot Water (tied with) Girl Shy
• America

1925

• The Big Parade
• The Gold Rush
• The Freshman
• Don Q, Son of Zorro
• The Phantom of the Opera (tied with) The Merry Widow
• The Lost World (tied with) Charley's Aunt

1926

• Ben-Hur
• What Price Glory?
• Beau Geste
• For Heaven's Sake (tied with)
  The Black Pirate (tied with)
  Son of the Sheik

1927

• Wings
• The Jazz Singer
• King of Kings
• The Kid Brother
• The Gaucho
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Source:An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928, by Richard Koszarski

Top box office stars of 1924, according to a Film Daily poll of exhibitors:

• Harold Lloyd
• Gloria Swanson
• Tom Mix
• Thomas Meighan
• Norma Talmadge
• Corinne Griffith, Rudolph Valentino (tied)
• Douglas Fairbanks
• Colleen Moore, Mary Pickford, Reginald Denny (tied)

Average weekly movie theatre attendance:

• 1916: 10 million
• 1920: 35 million
• 1926: 50 million

Source: http://www.amctv.com (from a very long time ago)