<page_title> Silent film </page_title> <section_title> Top-grossing silent films in the United States </section_title> <table> <cell> The Birth of a Nation <col_header> Title </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1915 <col_header> Year </col_header> <row_header> The Birth of a Nation </row_header> </cell> <cell> D. W. Griffith <col_header> Director(s) </col_header> <row_header> The Birth of a Nation </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 1915, The Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith was the biggest-budgeted silent film.