#11,145 All-time worldwide

#15 1937 releases

Movie profile

The Toast of New York

Name: The Toast of New York
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 1937-07-22
Duration: 109 min

1937 · 109 min · RKO Radio Pictures

Comedy Drama History

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.1M

Budget $1.1M

Gross minus budget -$20,000

ROI 0.98x

Domestic gross

$525,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$525,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$94,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Toast of New York ranks

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

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #11,145 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1937 releases #15 Release-year chart position of 22 titles Ranked against movies released in 1937. Studio / company #36 RKO Radio Pictures of 54 titles Position inside the mapped RKO Radio Pictures movie set. Primary genre #4,336 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.

#11,142 Light Sleeper 1992 · $1.1M #11,143 The Little Thief 1988 · $1.1M #11,144 All Over the Guy 2001 · $1.1M #11,148 Becky 2020 · $1.0M #11,149 Money for Nothing 1993 · $1.0M #11,150 Bottle Rocket 1996 · $1.0M

Quick answer

How did The Toast of New York (1937) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Toast of New York (1937) earned a reported $1.1M worldwide against a reported $1.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$20.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.98x. In this database it currently ranks #11,145 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #15 among 1937 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,050,000
Budget: $1,070,000
Gross minus budget: -$20,000
ROI: 0.98x

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: Jul 22, 1937
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Countries: US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1937, The Toast of New York is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, History title from RKO Radio Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.1M, reported production budget is $1.1M, gross-minus-budget is -$20,000, ROI is 0.98x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,145 all-time in the current chart set and #15 among 1937 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.