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1924 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies


1924 Hollywood Highest Grossing Movies

Highest-grossing films of 1924
RankTitleStudioBox office gross rental
1The Sea HawkAssociated First National Pictures$2,000,000[1]
2The Thief of BagdadUnited Artists$1,587,275[2]
3Girl ShyPathé Exchange$1,550,000[1]
4SecretsAssociated First National Pictures$1,500,000[1]
5Hot WaterPathé Exchange$1,350,000[1]
6He Who Gets SlappedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$881,000[3]
7His Hour$595,000[3]
8Beau BrummelWarner Bros.$453,000[4]
9The Dixie HandicapMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer$447,000[3]
10The Marriage CircleWarner Bros.$373,000[4]

1) The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk - 1924 theatrical poster.jpg
1924 theatrical poster
Directed byFrank Lloyd
Produced byFrank Lloyd
Screenplay byJ. G. Hawks
Intertitles:
Walter Anthony
Based onThe Sea Hawk
by Rafael Sabatini
StarringMilton Sills
Enid Bennett
Lloyd Hughes
Wallace MacDonald
Marc McDermott
Wallace Beery
Music byModest Altschuler
Cecil Copping
John LeRoy Johnston
CinematographyNorbert F. Brodin
Edited byEdward M. Roskam
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 14, 1924 (U.S. theatrical)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$2 million[1]
2) The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - film poster.jpg
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Produced byDouglas Fairbanks
Screenplay byAchmed Abdullah
Lotta Woods
Story byDouglas Fairbanks
StarringDouglas Fairbanks
Snitz Edwards
Charles Belcher
Julanne Johnston
Anna May Wong
Music byMortimer Wilson
CinematographyArthur Edeson
Edited byWilliam Nolan
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 18, 1924
Running time
140 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$1,135,654.65
Box office$1,587,275[1]
3) Girl Shy
Girl Shy
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Directed byFred C. Newmeyer
Sam Taylor
Produced byHarold Lloyd
Written byThomas J. Gray (titles)
Sam Taylor (story)
Tim Whelan (story)
Ted Wilde (story)
StarringHarold Lloyd
Jobyna Ralston
CinematographyWalter Lundin
Edited byAllen McNeil
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
March 28, 1924 (New York premiere)
  • April 20, 1924
Running time
80-82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$400,000 (estimated)[1]
Box office$1,550,000[2][3]
4) Secrets
Secrets
Secrets 1924 poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byFrank Borzage
Produced byNorma Talmadge
Written byFrances Marion (screenplay)
Rudolph Besier (play)
May Edginton (play)
StarringNorma Talmadge
CinematographyTony Gaudio
Distributed byFirst National
Release date
  • March 24, 1924
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
5) Hot Water
Hot Water
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Directed byFred C. Newmeyer
Sam Taylor
Produced byHarold Lloyd
Written byThomas J. Gray
Sam Taylor
Tim Whelan
John Grey
StarringHarold Lloyd
Jobyna Ralston
CinematographyWalter Lundin
Edited byAllen McNeil
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • October 26, 1924
Running time
59 min.[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Box office$1,350,000[2]
6) He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped.jpg
theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Sjöström
Produced byVictor Sjöström
Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
Screenplay byVictor Seastrom
Carey Wilson
Based onТот, кто получает пощёчины
by Leonid Andreyev
StarringLon Chaney
Norma Shearer
John Gilbert
Music byWilliam Axt
CinematographyMilton Moore
Edited byHugh Wynn
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (as A Metro-Goldwyn Picture)
Release date
  • November 9, 1924 (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$172,000[1]
Box office$881,000[1]
7) His Hour
His Hour
His Hour lobby card.jpg
Lobby card
Directed byKing Vidor
Produced byIrving Thalberg
Written byMaude Fulton (intertitles)
Elinor Glyn
King Vidor (intertitles)
StarringAileen Pringle
CinematographyJohn J. Mescall
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • September 29, 1924
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$197,000[1]
Box office$595,000[1]
8) Beau Brummel
Beau Brummel
Beau Brummel - film poster.jpg
theatrical release poster
Directed byHarry Beaumont
Written byDorothy Farnum
Based onBeau Brummel (1890 play) by Clyde Fitch
StarringJohn Barrymore
Mary Astor
Carmel Myers
Willard Louis
Irene Rich
Music byJames Schafer
CinematographyDavid Abel
Edited byHoward Bretherton
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 30, 1924
Running time
135 minutes (10 reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$343,000[1]
Box office$495,000[1]
9) The Dixie Handicap
The Dixie Handicap
Dixie Handicap lobby card 2.jpg
Lobby card
Directed byReginald Barker
Produced byLouis B. Mayer
Written byWaldemar Young
Based on"Dixie"
by Gerald Beaumont
StarringClaire Windsor
Lloyd Hughes
Otis Harlan
CinematographyPercy Hilburn (*French)
Edited byDaniel J. Gray
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • December 29, 1924
Running time
reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$153,000[1]
Box office$447,000[1]
10) The Marriage Circle
 

The Marriage Circle
MarriageCicle.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed byErnst Lubitsch
Produced byErnst Lubitsch
Written byPaul Bern (scenario)
Victor Vance (intertitles)
Based onOnly a Dream
by Lothar Schmidt
Starring
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Production
company
Distributed by
  • Warner Bros. (US)
  • UFA (Germany)
Release date
  • February 3, 1924 (New York)[1]
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent
English intertitles
Budget$212,000[2]
Box office$427,000 (worldwide rentals)[2]

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