#11,462 All-time worldwide

#15 1936 releases

Movie profile

My Man Godfrey

Name: My Man Godfrey
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1936-09-02
Duration: 95 min

1936 · 95 min · Universal Pictures

Comedy

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $684,200

Budget $575,375

Gross minus budget $108,825

ROI 1.19x

Domestic gross

$273,680

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$410,520

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$76,630

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where My Man Godfrey ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,462 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1936 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 19 titles Ranked against movies released in 1936. Studio / company #366 Universal Pictures of 380 titles Position inside the mapped Universal Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,436 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.

#11,459 A Chef in Love 1996 · $686,704 #11,460 The House Across the Bay 1940 · $684,374 #11,461 Bloodsport II 1996 · $684,351 #11,463 Miracle 1982 · $684,150 #11,464 Perfect Blue 1998 · $683,666 #11,465 Killer Party 1986 · $681,000

Quick answer

How did My Man Godfrey (1936) perform at the box office?

High confidence

My Man Godfrey (1936) earned a reported $684.2K worldwide against a reported $575.4K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $108.8K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.19x. In this database it currently ranks #11,462 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1936 releases.

Worldwide gross: $684,200
Budget: $575,375
Gross minus budget: $108,825
ROI: 1.19x

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: Sep 2, 1936
Production: Universal Pictures
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1936, My Man Godfrey is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Universal Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $684,200, reported production budget is $575,375, gross-minus-budget is $108,825, ROI is 1.19x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,462 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1936 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.