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#8,112 All-time worldwide
#228 2012 releases

Movie profile

Bodyguard

2012 · 150 min · Box Office Data

Action Comedy Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9.0M
Budget $8.0M
Gross minus budget $1.0M
ROI 1.13x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Bodyguard 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 #8,112 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #228 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Primary genre #2,237 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 Bodyguard (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Bodyguard (2012) earned a reported $9.0M worldwide against a reported $8.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.13x. In this database it currently ranks #8,112 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #228 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,000,000
Budget
$8,000,000
Gross minus budget
$1,000,000
ROI
1.13x
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

A remake tale, the story begins with Venkatadri (Venkatesh) who has great respect for Varadarajulu Naidu (Prakash Raj) as he saves his life. However, he keeps getting into fights wherever he sees injustice. To bring some discipline, Venkatadri’s uncle (Tanikella) sends him to Varadarajulu Naidu as his personal bodyguard.However, Varadarajulu’s enemy Siva Reddy (Kota) wants revenge and he wants to kill Keerthi (Trisha), Varadarajulu’s daughter. Knowing this threat, Venkatadri is assigned the task of protecting Keerthi. But she along with her friend Swathi (Saloni) don’t like the bossy and over protective nature of Venkatadri.To play a prank, Keerthi starts calling Venkatadri from a private number and says she is in love with him. After few hesitations, Venkatadri starts falling in love with the caller not knowing it is Keerthi.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 14, 2012
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
IN

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Bodyguard is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Comedy, Romance title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9.0M, reported production budget is $8.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.0M, ROI is 1.13x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,112 all-time in the current chart set and #228 among 2012 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.