Road to Rio $4.5 million in rental income in its initial release period in the United States and was placed sixth in the top-grossing films of 1947. The critics liked it, with "The New York Times" saying in its review of February 19, 1948, inter alia: "With Bing Crosby and Bob Hope on the tramp again in “Road to Rio,” recklessly scattering jokes and rescuing perennial girl friend Dorothy Lamour from dangerous hypnotic trances, there’s fun to be had at the Paramount. Maybe this is not the funniest picture ever made; maybe it is not even quite as rewarding as some of those
Road to Morocco along the way and tossing acid wisecracks at each other without a thought for reason or sense...The short of it is that "Road to Morocco" is a daffy, laugh-drafting film. And you’ll certainly agree with the camel which, at one point, offers the gratuitous remark, “This is the screwiest picture I was ever in.” "Variety" commented: "Crosby, Hope and Lamour have done it again. Their click in "Road to Singapore" and "Road to Zanzibar" is eclipsed by "Road to Morocco"... Crosby, of course, is still more or less straighting for Hope’s incessantly steaming gags. The two have never teamed better,