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#6,319 All-time worldwide
#184 2012 releases

Movie profile

Kahaani

2012 · 122 min · Viacom18 Studios

Mystery Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $16.0M
Budget $1.2M
Gross minus budget $14.8M
ROI 13.33x

Domestic gross

$6.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kahaani 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 #6,319 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #184 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #6 Viacom18 Studios of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Viacom18 Studios movie set. Primary genre #516 Mystery of 951 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 Kahaani (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kahaani (2012) earned a reported $16.0M worldwide against a reported $1.2M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 13.33x. In this database it currently ranks #6,319 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #184 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross
$16,000,000
Budget
$1,200,000
Gross minus budget
$14,800,000
ROI
13.33x
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

Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 8, 2012
Production
Viacom18 Studios, Pen Studios, Bound Script Production
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyViacom18 Studios FranchiseKahaani Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartMystery Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, Kahaani is positioned in this dataset as a Mystery, Thriller title from Viacom18 Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $16.0M, reported production budget is $1.2M, gross-minus-budget is $14.8M, ROI is 13.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,319 all-time in the current chart set and #184 among 2012 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.