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#8,936 All-time worldwide
#162 2000 releases

Movie profile

Alaipayuthey

2000 · 156 min · Madras Talkies

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $6.0M
Budget $2.0M
Gross minus budget $4.0M
ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$540,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Alaipayuthey 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 #8,936 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2000 releases #162 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2000. Studio / company #5 Madras Talkies of 5 titles Position inside the mapped Madras Talkies movie set. Primary genre #1,685 Romance of 2,607 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 Alaipayuthey (2000) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Alaipayuthey (2000) earned a reported $6.0M worldwide against a reported $2.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #8,936 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #162 among 2000 releases.

Worldwide gross
$6,000,000
Budget
$2,000,000
Gross minus budget
$4,000,000
ROI
3.00x
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

Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 14, 2000
Production
Madras Talkies
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMadras Talkies Release year chart2000 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2000, Alaipayuthey is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Madras Talkies. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $6.0M, reported production budget is $2.0M, gross-minus-budget is $4.0M, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,936 all-time in the current chart set and #162 among 2000 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.