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#6,510 All-time worldwide
#188 2006 releases

Movie profile

Don

2006 · 178 min · Excel Entertainment

Action Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $15.0M
Budget $5.0M
Gross minus budget $10.0M
ROI 3.00x

Domestic gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$7.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Don 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 #6,510 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2006 releases #188 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2006. Studio / company #5 Excel Entertainment of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Excel Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,904 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 Don (2006) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Don (2006) earned a reported $15.0M worldwide against a reported $5.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 3.00x. In this database it currently ranks #6,510 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #188 among 2006 releases.

Worldwide gross
$15,000,000
Budget
$5,000,000
Gross minus budget
$10,000,000
ROI
3.00x
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

DCP DeSilva sees a way to bring to justice the feared head of a criminal empire by recruiting a man named Vijay, who looks exactly like the crime boss. The ruse works too well, and soon Vijay finds his life in danger when DeSilva, the only one who knows his true identity, dies.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 20, 2006
Production
Excel Entertainment
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2006, Don is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Drama, Thriller title from Excel Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $15.0M, reported production budget is $5.0M, gross-minus-budget is $10.0M, ROI is 3.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,510 all-time in the current chart set and #188 among 2006 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.