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#4,424 All-time worldwide
#149 2016 releases

Movie profile

Airlift

2016 · 126 min · T Series

Drama History Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $32.0M
Budget $4.5M
Gross minus budget $27.5M
ROI 7.11x

Domestic gross

$16.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$16.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Airlift 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 #4,424 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #149 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #5 T Series of 12 titles Position inside the mapped T Series movie set. Primary genre #1,675 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 Airlift (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Airlift (2016) earned a reported $32.0M worldwide against a reported $4.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $27.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.11x. In this database it currently ranks #4,424 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #149 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$32,000,000
Budget
$4,500,000
Gross minus budget
$27,500,000
ROI
7.11x
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

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 22, 2016
Production
T-Series, Hari Om Entertainment, Cape of Good Films
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Airlift is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, Action title from T-Series. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $32.0M, reported production budget is $4.5M, gross-minus-budget is $27.5M, ROI is 7.11x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,424 all-time in the current chart set and #149 among 2016 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
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.