Ka cika wannan magana: Fim ɗin ya yi nasara sa'ad da aka fito da shi a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1952, kuma ya samu fiye da dala miliyan bakwai da dubu ɗari shida. Fim din Kelly na "An American in Paris" shi ne wanda ya lashe kyautar fim mafi kyau a gasar
Oscars a watan Maris, kuma MGM ta yanke shawarar sake sake shi. "Singin' in the Rain" an cire shi daga gidajen wasan kwaikwayo da yawa don nuna fim ɗin da ya gabata, yana hana shi samun ƙarin riba. "Singin' in the Rain" an zabi shi ne don kyaututtuka na Academy guda biyu: Mafi kyawun Mataimakin Mata don Hagen da Mafi Kyawun Maɗaukaki. Donald O'Connor ya lashe lambar yabo ta Golden Globe don Mafi kyawun Actor a cikin Musical ko Comedy kuma Comden da Green sun sake lashe lambar yabo ta Writers Guild of America don Mafi kyawun Rubutun Musical na Amurka. Da farko fim din ya sami matsakaicin bita ne kawai daga masu sukar kamar Bosley Crowther kuma bai fara samun yabo ba har zuwa ƙarshen shekarun 1960. Daya daga cikin magoya bayansa na farko shi ne mai sukar Pauline Kael, wanda ya ce "watakila shi ne mafi ban sha'awa na duk fina-finai na fina-finai <unk> kawai game da mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo na Hollywood a kowane lokaci". An sake sake shi a cikin 1975 don samun nasara mai mahimmanci da mashahuri.