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#9,778 All-time worldwide
#111 2026 releases

Movie profile

Karuppu

2026 · 152 min · Dream Warrior Pictures

Action Fantasy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $3.3M
Budget $16.0M
Gross minus budget -$12.7M
ROI 0.21x

Domestic gross

$1.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$374,649

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Karuppu 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 #9,778 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2026 releases #111 Release-year chart position of 222 titles Ranked against movies released in 2026. Primary genre #2,560 Action of 2,939 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.

#9,775 Fighting Back 1982 · $3.4M #9,776 Hitler's Children 1943 · $3.4M #9,777 The Work and the Glory 2004 · $3.3M #9,779 Squanto: A Warrior's Tale 1994 · $3.3M #9,780 My Boyfriend's Back 1993 · $3.3M #9,781 Fraternity Vacation 1985 · $3.3M

Quick answer

How did Karuppu (2026) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

Karuppu (2026) earned a reported $3.3M worldwide against a reported $16.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$12.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.21x. In this database it currently ranks #9,778 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #111 among 2026 releases.

Worldwide gross
$3,345,079
Budget
$16,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$12,654,921
ROI
0.21x
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

In a world where justice falters, guardian deity Vettai Karuppu takes the guise of a lawyer to battle a corrupt legal system preying on the powerless.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 14, 2026
Production
Dream Warrior Pictures
Director
RJ Balaji
Writers
RJ Balaji, T S Gopi Krishnan, Karan Aravind Kumar
Countries
IN

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Studio / production companyDream Warrior Pictures Release year chart2026 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartFantasy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2026, Karuppu is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Fantasy title from Dream Warrior Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $3.3M, reported production budget is $16.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$12.7M, ROI is 0.21x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,778 all-time in the current chart set and #111 among 2026 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.