English Babu Desi Mem backdrop
English Babu Desi Mem poster
#3,919 All-time worldwide
#57 1996 releases

Movie profile

English Babu Desi Mem

1996 · 172 min · Daasa Movies

Romance
IMDb FilmDB Where to watch

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $39.0M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $19.0M
ROI 1.95x

Domestic gross

$15.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$23.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$4.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where English Babu Desi Mem ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #3,919 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #57 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #635 Romance of 2,607 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.

#3,916 Fighting with My Family 2019 · $39.1M #3,917 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2005 · $39.1M #3,918 The Exorcist III 1990 · $39.0M #3,924 Judy 2019 · $39.0M #3,925 The Karate Kid Part III 1989 · $39.0M #3,926 The Life of David Gale 2003 · $39.0M

Quick answer

How did English Babu Desi Mem (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

English Babu Desi Mem (1996) earned a reported $39.0M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $19.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.95x. In this database it currently ranks #3,919 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #57 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$39,000,000
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$19,000,000
ROI
1.95x
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

Vikram Mayur is looking after his late brother's eight-year-old son and is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's business, or risk throwing it all way.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jan 26, 1996
Production
Daasa Movies
Countries
IN

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyDaasa Movies Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartRomance

JustWatch

Where to watch

Streaming availability loaded for the selected region.
View all options
Showing United States availability.

Stream

Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads

Rent

Apple TV Store Google Play Movies YouTube

Buy

Apple TV Store Google Play Movies YouTube

Availability and provider links are powered by JustWatch where available. Provider availability can change by region and date.

AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, English Babu Desi Mem is positioned in this dataset as a Romance title from Daasa Movies. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $39.0M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $19.0M, ROI is 1.95x. For comparison, it currently sits #3,919 all-time in the current chart set and #57 among 1996 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.