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#11,293 All-time worldwide
#10 1931 releases

Movie profile

This Modern Age

1931 · 68 min · Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Drama Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $891,000
Budget $361,000
Gross minus budget $530,000
ROI 2.47x

Domestic gross

$445,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$445,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$80,190

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where This Modern Age 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 #11,293 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1931 releases #10 Release-year chart position of 17 titles Ranked against movies released in 1931. Studio / company #258 Metro Goldwyn Mayer of 281 titles Position inside the mapped Metro Goldwyn Mayer movie set. Primary genre #5,087 Drama of 6,006 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.

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Quick answer

How did This Modern Age (1931) perform at the box office?

High confidence

This Modern Age (1931) earned a reported $891.0K worldwide against a reported $361.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $530.0K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.47x. In this database it currently ranks #11,293 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #10 among 1931 releases.

Worldwide gross
$891,000
Budget
$361,000
Gross minus budget
$530,000
ROI
2.47x
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.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 29, 1931
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMetro Goldwyn Mayer Release year chart1931 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartComedy Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1931, This Modern Age is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Comedy, Romance title from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $891,000, reported production budget is $361,000, gross-minus-budget is $530,000, ROI is 2.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,293 all-time in the current chart set and #10 among 1931 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.