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#11,631 All-time worldwide
#211 1996 releases

Movie profile

Kadhal Kottai

1996 · 167 min · Sivasakthi Movie Makers

Romance Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $500,000
Budget $500,000
Gross minus budget —
ROI 1.00x

Domestic gross

$250,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$250,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$45,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kadhal Kottai 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 #11,631 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #211 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #2,365 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.

#11,628 A Family Affair 1937 · $502,000 #11,629 Fire 1997 · $501,533 #11,630 The Killing Time 1987 · $500,283 #11,647 The Dead Mother 1993 · $498,604 #11,648 Epilogue 1984 · $498,209 #11,649 Romola 1924 · $497,234

Quick answer

How did Kadhal Kottai (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kadhal Kottai (1996) earned a reported $500.0K worldwide against a reported $500.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $0. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.00x. In this database it currently ranks #11,631 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #211 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$500,000
Budget
$500,000
Gross minus budget
$0
ROI
1.00x
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

Kamali loses her bag in the railway station. Later, her bag is sent to her home, along with a letter from Surya, who found it. Kamali and Surya send letters to each other and soon fall in love.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 12, 1996
Production
Sivasakthi Movie Makers
Countries
IN

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Studio / production companySivasakthi Movie Makers Release year chart1996 box office Genre chartRomance Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Kadhal Kottai is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama title from Sivasakthi Movie Makers. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $500,000, reported production budget is $500,000, ROI is 1.00x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,631 all-time in the current chart set and #211 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.