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#4,036 All-time worldwide
#73 1997 releases

Movie profile

Border

1997 · 176 min · J.p. Films

History Action War Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $37.0M
Budget $700,000
Gross minus budget $36.3M
ROI 52.86x

Domestic gross

$18.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$18.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Border 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 #4,036 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #73 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997. Franchise #1 Border of 2 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #229 History of 700 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 Border (1997) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Border (1997) earned a reported $37.0M worldwide against a reported $700.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $36.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 52.86x. In this database it currently ranks #4,036 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #73 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$37,000,000
Budget
$700,000
Gross minus budget
$36,300,000
ROI
52.86x
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

Amidst the 1971 Indo-Pak war, a company of 120 Indian soldiers stationed at the border region of Longewala in Rajasthan must defend their post through the night against two thousand Pakistani troops armed with tanks. Based on the true events of the Battle of Longewala.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 13, 1997
Production
J.P. Films
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyJ.p. Films FranchiseBorder Release year chart1997 box office Genre chartHistory Genre chartAction Genre chartWar Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, Border is positioned in this dataset as a History, Action, War title from J.P. Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $37.0M, reported production budget is $700,000, gross-minus-budget is $36.3M, ROI is 52.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,036 all-time in the current chart set and #73 among 1997 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.