Top-earning actor
Rudolph Valentino
≈ $390,000
$7,500 a week, annualizedEstimate
About $7.3 million in 2025 dollars
After a one-man strike against Paramount, Valentino came back in 1924 at $7,500 a week.
The Jazz Age · 1920s
1924
Top-earning actress
Gloria Swanson
≈ $390,000
$7,500 a week, annualizedEstimate
About $7.3 million in 2025 dollars
Paramount's biggest female star was reported at $7,500 a week before she left to produce her own films.
The pictures that paid
Box office champions of 1924
By U.S. theatrical rentals, the studios' share of ticket sales
- 1
The Sea Hawk
$2 million
- 2
Girl Shy
$1.6 million
- 3
Secrets
$1.5 million
Neither top earner was in one of the year's three biggest films.