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#11,613 All-time worldwide
#18 1937 releases

Movie profile

A Family Affair

1937 · 69 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $502,000
Budget $178,000
Gross minus budget $324,000
ROI 2.82x

Domestic gross

$200,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$301,200

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$56,224

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where A Family Affair ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #11,613 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1937 releases #18 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1937. Studio / company #271 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Franchise #6 Andy Hardy of 6 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #4,488 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.

#11,610 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 · $502,758 #11,611 Manny & Lo 1996 · $502,313 #11,612 Dream Lover 1986 · $502,237 #11,614 Fire 1997 · $501,533 #11,615 The Killing Time 1987 · $500,283 #11,616 A Polish Vampire in Burbank 1983 · $500,000

Quick answer

How did A Family Affair (1937) perform at the box office?

High confidence

A Family Affair (1937) earned a reported $502.0K worldwide against a reported $178.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $324.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.82x. In this database it currently ranks #11,613 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #18 among 1937 releases.

Worldwide gross
$502,000
Budget
$178,000
Gross minus budget
$324,000
ROI
2.82x
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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 12, 1937
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1937, A Family Affair is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $502,000, reported production budget is $178,000, gross-minus-budget is $324,000, ROI is 2.82x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,613 all-time in the current chart set and #18 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.