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#7,936 All-time worldwide
#233 2018 releases

Movie profile

Batti Gul Meter Chalu

2018 · 161 min · Krti Pictures

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.6M
Budget $7.1M
Gross minus budget $2.5M
ROI 1.35x

Domestic gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$864,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Batti Gul Meter Chalu 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 #7,936 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2018 releases #233 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2018. Primary genre #3,092 Comedy of 4,840 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 Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Batti Gul Meter Chalu (2018) earned a reported $9.6M worldwide against a reported $7.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.35x. In this database it currently ranks #7,936 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #233 among 2018 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,600,000
Budget
$7,100,000
Gross minus budget
$2,500,000
ROI
1.35x
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 life of three friends takes a tragic turn when inflated electricity bills despite frequent power cuts in a hilly town up north of the country expose the rotten system.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 21, 2018
Production
Krti Pictures, T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyKrti Pictures Release year chart2018 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2018, Batti Gul Meter Chalu is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Krti Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.6M, reported production budget is $7.1M, gross-minus-budget is $2.5M, ROI is 1.35x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,936 all-time in the current chart set and #233 among 2018 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.