 The tugboat used in the film, renamed "Arthur Foss" in 1934, is the oldest wooden tugboat afloat in the world and remains preserved by Northwest Seaport in Seattle.The film earned $1,917,000 in rentals in the United States and Canada and $655,000 overseas for a total of $2,572,000
and made a profit of $1.1 million.A sequel called "Tugboat Annie Sails Again" was released in 1940, starring Marjorie Rambeau, Alan Hale, Jane Wyman, and Ronald Reagan, and another called "Captain Tugboat Annie" in 1945 starring Jane Darwell and Edgar Kennedy.