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The Studio Era · 1930s

1937

Fredric March

Top-earning actor

Fredric March

$484,687

Salary list (House Ways & Means)Reported

About $10.8 million in 2025 dollars

The highest-paid performer of 1937.

The pictures that paid

Greta Garbo

Top-earning actress

Greta Garbo

$472,499

Salary list (House Ways & Means)Reported

About $10.6 million in 2025 dollars

Only $12,188 behind March.

The pictures that paid

Box office champions of 1937

By U.S. theatrical rentals, the studios' share of ticket sales

  1. 1

    Saratoga

    $2.4 million

  2. 2

    Maytime

    $2.2 million

  3. 3

    The Good Earth

    $2 million

Neither top earner was in one of the year's three biggest films.

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