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#5,984 All-time worldwide
#178 2009 releases

Movie profile

Ayan

2009 · 162 min · Avm Productions

Action Romance Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.0M
Budget $3.2M
Gross minus budget $14.8M
ROI 5.57x

Domestic gross

$7.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$10.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Ayan 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 #5,984 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #178 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #2 Avm Productions of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Avm Productions movie set. Primary genre #1,773 Action of 2,939 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 Ayan (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Ayan (2009) earned a reported $18.0M worldwide against a reported $3.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 5.57x. In this database it currently ranks #5,984 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #178 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,000,000
Budget
$3,230,939
Gross minus budget
$14,769,061
ROI
5.57x
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

Deva works for Arumugam, a smuggler, who has taken care of him for many years. However, when his best friend gets killed, Deva decides to help the police to nab a dangerous drug lord.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Apr 3, 2009
Production
AVM Productions
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Ayan is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Romance, Comedy title from AVM Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.0M, reported production budget is $3.2M, gross-minus-budget is $14.8M, ROI is 5.57x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,984 all-time in the current chart set and #178 among 2009 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.