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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-09-30</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2014-10-09</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000068270</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>RUBY TUESDAY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001621955</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Patterson Brett</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MARYVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>37801</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP Operations-Ruby Tuesday</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>21372</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5420</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12690</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.34</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-07-24</value>
                <footnoteId id="F5"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-07-24</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>22856</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.34</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2013-07-24</value>
                <footnoteId id="F6"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-07-24</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>5.91</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2015-08-04</value>
                <footnoteId id="F7"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2021-08-04</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>$0.01 Par Common</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>33186</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of service-based restricted stock will vest in one-third increments per year over a three-year period and are further subject to a six-month holding period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares were previously reported as 23,987 due to an administrative error.  2,615 shares were sold in July, 2014, prior to filing the original Form 3, to cover taxes arising from a vesting of a portion of the shares.  Accordingly, this amendment adjusts the shares to account for that sale.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares of service-based restricted stock will cliff vest on January 24, 2016 and are further subject to a six-month holding period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These shares of service-based restricted stock will cliff vest on February 4, 2017 and are further subject to a six-month holding period.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The option vests in three annual installments beginning on July 24, 2014.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">The option shares shall vest in the event a share of Common Stock appreciates to $14 per share (or more) for a period of 20 consecutive trading days on or before December 3, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The option vests in three annual installments beginning on August 4, 2015.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Rhonda Parish, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-07-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
