#10,393 All-time worldwide

#14 1940 releases

Movie profile

My Favorite Wife

Name: My Favorite Wife
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1940-05-17
Duration: 88 min

1940 · 88 min · RKO Radio Pictures

Comedy Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $2.1M

Budget $921,000

Gross minus budget $1.1M

ROI 2.23x

Domestic gross

$822,800

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$230,384

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Favorite Wife ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,393 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1940 releases #14 Release-year chart position of 21 titles Ranked against movies released in 1940. Studio / company #21 RKO Radio Pictures of 54 titles Position inside the mapped RKO Radio Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,071 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 My Favorite Wife (1940) perform at the box office?

High confidence

My Favorite Wife (1940) earned a reported $2.1M worldwide against a reported $921.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.23x. In this database it currently ranks #10,393 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #14 among 1940 releases.

Worldwide gross: $2,057,000
Budget: $921,000
Gross minus budget: $1,136,000
ROI: 2.23x

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

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: May 17, 1940
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyRKO Radio Pictures Release year chart1940 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1940, My Favorite Wife is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Romance title from RKO Radio Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.1M, reported production budget is $921,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.1M, ROI is 2.23x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,393 all-time in the current chart set and #14 among 1940 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.