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#12,667 All-time worldwide
#222 1987 releases

Movie profile

Guru Dakshina

1987 · 147 min · Angel Digital

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $9,062
Budget $6,473
Gross minus budget $2,589
ROI 1.40x

Domestic gross

$4,531

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4,531

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$816

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Guru Dakshina 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 #12,667 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1987 releases #222 Release-year chart position of 235 titles Ranked against movies released in 1987. Primary genre #5,744 Drama of 5,859 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.

#12,664 Nothing But a Man 1964 · $9,248 #12,665 Women 1996 · $9,225 #12,666 Female Trouble 1976 · $9,118 #12,668 One Crazy Night 1992 · $9,000 #12,669 Through a Glass Darkly 1961 · $8,939 #12,670 Cocaína 1980 · $8,832

Quick answer

How did Guru Dakshina (1987) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Guru Dakshina (1987) earned a reported $9.1K worldwide against a reported $6.5K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.6K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.40x. In this database it currently ranks #12,667 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #222 among 1987 releases.

Worldwide gross
$9,062
Budget
$6,473
Gross minus budget
$2,589
ROI
1.40x
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 story revolves around, Jayanta, who hails from a poor family. He was brought up by his Musician teacher a village musician and widowed sister in law. Tapas's brilliant voice earns him accolades and lands him in Kolkata City, where he not only earns fame and fortune but gets romantically involved with Rupa, daughter of a rich but corrupt businessman. It also lands him in trouble.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Nov 8, 1987
Production
Angel Digital
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyAngel Digital Release year chart1987 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1987, Guru Dakshina is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Angel Digital. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $9,062, reported production budget is $6,473, gross-minus-budget is $2,589, ROI is 1.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #12,667 all-time in the current chart set and #222 among 1987 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.