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#7,760 All-time worldwide
#231 2009 releases

Movie profile

Billu

2009 · 137 min · Red Chillies Entertainment

Comedy Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $10.0M
Budget $5.8M
Gross minus budget $4.3M
ROI 1.74x

Domestic gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$900,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Billu 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 #7,760 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #231 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Studio / company #11 Red Chillies Entertainment of 13 titles Position inside the mapped Red Chillies Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #3,022 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 Billu (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Billu (2009) earned a reported $10.0M worldwide against a reported $5.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.74x. In this database it currently ranks #7,760 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #231 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$10,000,000
Budget
$5,750,000
Gross minus budget
$4,250,000
ROI
1.74x
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 a famous Bollywood actor visits a small village for a film's shoot, a poor hairdresser's claim that they were once childhood friends soon makes him the centre of attention.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 13, 2009
Production
Red Chillies Entertainment, Eros International
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyRed Chillies Entertainment Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Billu is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama title from Red Chillies Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $10.0M, reported production budget is $5.8M, gross-minus-budget is $4.3M, ROI is 1.74x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,760 all-time in the current chart set and #231 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.