Although Lloyd 's movies were not as commercially successful as Charlie Chaplin 's Lloyd made a lot more money than Chaplin during their film years . ( $ 15.7 million to Chaplin 's $ 10.5 million ) . Although Lloyd 's individual films were not as commercially successful as Charlie Chaplin 's on average , he was far more prolific ( releasing twelve feature films in the 1920s while Chaplin released just three ) , and made more money overall ( $ 15.7 million to Chaplin 's $ 10.5 million ) .