 It was re-released in 1938, 1942, 1946, 1952 and 1956, the latter following a successful telecast on WOR-TV.The film was a box-office success making about $5 million in worldwide rentals on its initial release, with an opening weekend estimated at $90,000.Receipts fell by up to 50% in the second week of the film's release because of the national "bank holiday" called in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first days in office.