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#11,777 All-time worldwide
#31 1942 releases

Movie profile

The Affairs of Martha

1942 · 66 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $375,000
Budget $240,000
Gross minus budget $135,000
ROI 1.56x

Domestic gross

$150,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$225,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$42,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Affairs of Martha 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 #11,777 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1942 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1942. Studio / company #274 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #2,396 Romance of 2,607 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.

#11,774 The Human Factor 1979 · $376,050 #11,775 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain 1998 · $375,805 #11,776 Britannia Hospital 1982 · $375,713 #11,778 Cut and Run 1985 · $373,530 #11,779 Wake in Fright 1971 · $371,717 #11,780 The Star Maker 1995 · $371,674

Quick answer

How did The Affairs of Martha (1942) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Affairs of Martha (1942) earned a reported $375.0K worldwide against a reported $240.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $135.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.56x. In this database it currently ranks #11,777 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1942 releases.

Worldwide gross
$375,000
Budget
$240,000
Gross minus budget
$135,000
ROI
1.56x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 21, 1942
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1942, The Affairs of Martha is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Comedy title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $375,000, reported production budget is $240,000, gross-minus-budget is $135,000, ROI is 1.56x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,777 all-time in the current chart set and #31 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.