#9,380 All-time worldwide

#7 1942 releases

Movie profile

For Me and My Gal

Name: For Me and My Gal
Genre: Music, Romance, War
Released: 1942-10-21
Duration: 104 min

1942 · 104 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Music Romance War

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $4.4M

Budget $802,000

Gross minus budget $3.6M

ROI 5.45x

Domestic gross

$1.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$489,552

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where For Me and My Gal ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #9,380 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1942 releases #7 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1942. Studio / company #126 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #350 Music of 578 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.

#9,377 Mrs. Soffel 1984 · $4.4M #9,378 Countdown 2004 · $4.4M #9,379 The Miracle of P. Tinto 1998 · $4.4M #9,381 The Dead 1987 · $4.4M #9,382 The Day of the Beast 1995 · $4.4M #9,383 12 Angry Men 1957 · $4.4M

Quick answer

How did For Me and My Gal (1942) perform at the box office?

High confidence

For Me and My Gal (1942) earned a reported $4.4M worldwide against a reported $802.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $3.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.45x. In this database it currently ranks #9,380 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #7 among 1942 releases.

Worldwide gross: $4,371,000
Budget: $802,000
Gross minus budget: $3,569,000
ROI: 5.45x

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: Oct 21, 1942
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1942 box office Genre chartMusic Genre chartRomance Genre chartWar

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1942, For Me and My Gal is positioned in this dataset as a Music, Romance, War title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.4M, reported production budget is $802,000, gross-minus-budget is $3.6M, ROI is 5.45x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,380 all-time in the current chart set and #7 among 1942 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.