The Gold Rush was a huge success in the US and worldwide. It is the fifth-highest-grossing silent film in cinema history, earning more than $4,250,000 at the box office in 1926 (~$58.6 million in 2023). Chaplin proclaimed at the time of its release that this was the film for which he wanted to be remembered.[5]
It earned United Artists $1 million and Chaplin himself a profit of $2 million.[2]
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The Question and Answer section for The Gold Rush is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The reason people are heading to Alaska is to gain a better life for themselves and their families by striking it rich with gold in the mountains. Chaplin shoots this theme brilliantly on top of a peak, where we see a line of people climbing to...
It took close to a month.
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