 Because of its high production cost, it recorded a loss of $193,000.The film was the tenth highest grossing film nationally in 1939; however, in the ten states of Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina, it was the third highest grossing film, coming only behind "Gone with the Wind" (which came in first place nationally, as well as in each of these states individually) and "The Wizard of Oz" (which came in ninth place nationally and second place in the aforementioned ten states).