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#8,455 All-time worldwide
#242 2011 releases

Movie profile

Aarakshan

2011 · 164 min · Base Industries Group

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.9M
Budget $6.1M
Gross minus budget $1.8M
ROI 1.30x

Domestic gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$711,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Aarakshan ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #8,455 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #242 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #2 Base Industries Group of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Base Industries Group movie set. Primary genre #3,574 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did Aarakshan (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Aarakshan (2011) earned a reported $7.9M worldwide against a reported $6.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.30x. In this database it currently ranks #8,455 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #242 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,900,000
Budget
$6,100,000
Gross minus budget
$1,800,000
ROI
1.30x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

The decision by India's supreme court to establish caste-based reservations for jobs in education causes conflict between a teacher and his mentor.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 12, 2011
Production
Base Industries Group, Prakash Jha Productions
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Aarakshan is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Base Industries Group. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.9M, reported production budget is $6.1M, gross-minus-budget is $1.8M, ROI is 1.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,455 all-time in the current chart set and #242 among 2011 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.