#11,108 All-time worldwide

#24 1942 releases

Movie profile

The Talk of the Town

Name: The Talk of the Town
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 1942-08-20
Duration: 118 min

1942 · 118 min · Columbia Pictures

Comedy Drama Romance

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.1M

Budget $1.0M

Gross minus budget $100,000

ROI 1.10x

Domestic gross

$550,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$550,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$99,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Talk of the Town ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,108 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1942 releases #24 Release-year chart position of 32 titles Ranked against movies released in 1942. Studio / company #260 Columbia Pictures of 272 titles Position inside the mapped Columbia Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,322 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.

#11,105 Mistress 1992 · $1.1M #11,106 Sex and Zen II 1996 · $1.1M #11,107 Waterland 1992 · $1.1M #11,116 Our Dancing Daughters 1928 · $1.1M #11,117 The Sacrifice 1986 · $1.1M #11,118 Blood and Wine 1996 · $1.1M

Quick answer

How did The Talk of the Town (1942) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Talk of the Town (1942) earned a reported $1.1M worldwide against a reported $1.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $100.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.10x. In this database it currently ranks #11,108 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #24 among 1942 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,100,000
Budget: $1,000,000
Gross minus budget: $100,000
ROI: 1.10x

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: Aug 20, 1942
Production: Columbia Pictures
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyColumbia Pictures Release year chart1942 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1942, The Talk of the Town is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from Columbia Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.1M, reported production budget is $1.0M, gross-minus-budget is $100,000, ROI is 1.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,108 all-time in the current chart set and #24 among 1942 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.