This film did very well for MGM at the box office, earning a profit of $731,000 ($10.63M in 2017) according to studio records.
At Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida there is a "Min and Bill " themed restaurant called " Min and Bills Dockside Diner " .
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
This film's box office success, and its Oscar win for Best Actress, helped propel Marie Dressler to the #5 spot in the Quigley Poll of Top Box Office Stars for 1931. For 1932 and 1933, she ranked #1. Following a brief bout with cancer, she died in 1934.