#10,255 All-time worldwide

#7 1937 releases

Movie profile

A Day at the Races

Name: A Day at the Races
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: 1937-06-11
Duration: 109 min

1937 · 109 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Comedy Music

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.3M

Budget $2.0M

Gross minus budget $289,000

ROI 1.14x

Domestic gross

$922,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$258,160

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Day at the Races ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,255 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1937 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1937. Studio / company #185 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #4,015 Comedy of 4,945 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did A Day at the Races (1937) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Day at the Races (1937) earned a reported $2.3M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $289.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.14x. In this database it currently ranks #10,255 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1937 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,305,000
Budget: $2,016,000
Gross minus budget: $289,000
ROI: 1.14x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 11, 1937
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1937 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartMusic

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1937, A Day at the Races is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Music title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.3M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $289,000, ROI is 1.14x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,255 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1937 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.