#10,595 All-time worldwide

#9 1937 releases

Movie profile

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Name: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1937-02-19
Duration: 98 min

1937 · 98 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Comedy Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.8M

Budget $741,000

Gross minus budget $1.1M

ROI 2.43x

Domestic gross

$898,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$898,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$161,730

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Last of Mrs. Cheyney ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #10,595 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1937 releases #9 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1937. Studio / company #211 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #4,149 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.

#10,580 Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves 1994 · $1.8M #10,580 The Man Who Cried 2000 · $1.8M #10,594 Hangover Square 1945 · $1.8M #10,596 Triads: The Inside Story 1989 · $1.8M #10,597 Boxing Helena 1993 · $1.8M #10,598 Delicatessen 1991 · $1.8M

Quick answer

How did The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) earned a reported $1.8M worldwide against a reported $741.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.43x. In this database it currently ranks #10,595 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #9 among 1937 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,797,000
Budget: $741,000
Gross minus budget: $1,056,000
ROI: 2.43x

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: Feb 19, 1937
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries: US

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

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1937, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.8M, reported production budget is $741,000, gross-minus-budget is $1.1M, ROI is 2.43x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,595 all-time in the current chart set and #9 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.