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Indian poster
#9,448 All-time worldwide
#156 1996 releases

Movie profile

Indian

1996 · 185 min · Sri Surya Movies

Drama Action Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.2M
Budget $1.8M
Gross minus budget $2.4M
ROI 2.33x

Domestic gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$378,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Indian ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,448 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #156 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Studio / company #1 Sri Surya Movies of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Sri Surya Movies movie set. Primary genre #4,070 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.

#9,445 Detroit Rock City 1999 · $4.2M #9,446 Hot Pursuit 1987 · $4.2M #9,447 Popcorn 1991 · $4.2M #9,458 Gloria 1999 · $4.2M #9,459 Red Scorpion 1988 · $4.2M #9,460 My Father and My Son 2005 · $4.2M

Quick answer

How did Indian (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Indian (1996) earned a reported $4.2M worldwide against a reported $1.8M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.33x. In this database it currently ranks #9,448 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #156 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,200,000
Budget
$1,800,000
Gross minus budget
$2,400,000
ROI
2.33x
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

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 9, 1996
Production
Sri Surya Movies
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySri Surya Movies FranchiseIndian Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartAction Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Indian is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Thriller title from Sri Surya Movies. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.2M, reported production budget is $1.8M, gross-minus-budget is $2.4M, ROI is 2.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,448 all-time in the current chart set and #156 among 1996 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

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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.