Reception
The film was a box-office success, grossing $2 000 000 domestically with a budget of $200 000.
Variety magazine's "Bige" gave She Done Him Wrong a negative review stating that Paramount was attempting to rush Mae West to stardom by giving her her own film and top billing, and that the film was not very good without known actors and an entertaining story.
She Done Him Wrong was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Production, now known as Best Picture. At 66 minutes, it is the shortest film ever to be so honored.
In 1996, She Done Him Wrong was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
American Film Institute recognition
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs #75
- 2005: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes #26
- "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"
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