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#8,532 All-time worldwide
#244 2009 releases

Movie profile

Dev.D

2009 · 144 min · Utv Spotboy Motion Pictures

Comedy Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.6M
Budget $1.7M
Gross minus budget $5.9M
ROI 4.47x

Domestic gross

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$684,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Dev.D ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #8,532 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2009 releases #244 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2009. Primary genre #3,323 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 Dev.D (2009) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Dev.D (2009) earned a reported $7.6M worldwide against a reported $1.7M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $5.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.47x. In this database it currently ranks #8,532 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #244 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,600,000
Budget
$1,700,000
Gross minus budget
$5,900,000
ROI
4.47x
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 son of a wealthy businessman finds solace in drugs and alcohol when he breaks up with his childhood love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 6, 2009
Production
UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures, UTV Motion Pictures, Anurag Kashyap Films
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyUtv Spotboy Motion Pictures Release year chart2009 box office Genre chartComedy Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, Dev.D is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, Drama, Romance title from UTV Spotboy Motion Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.6M, reported production budget is $1.7M, gross-minus-budget is $5.9M, ROI is 4.47x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,532 all-time in the current chart set and #244 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.