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#4,991 All-time worldwide
#88 1998 releases

Movie profile

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai

1998 · 185 min · Dharma Productions

Romance Drama Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $25.7M
Budget $2.4M
Gross minus budget $23.3M
ROI 10.62x

Domestic gross

$12.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$12.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 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 #4,991 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #88 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Studio / company #5 Dharma Productions of 16 titles Position inside the mapped Dharma Productions movie set. Primary genre #871 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.

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Quick answer

How did Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) earned a reported $25.7M worldwide against a reported $2.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $23.3M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 10.62x. In this database it currently ranks #4,991 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #88 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$25,690,000
Budget
$2,420,000
Gross minus budget
$23,270,000
ROI
10.62x
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

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 16, 1998
Production
Dharma Productions
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is positioned in this dataset as a Romance, Drama, Comedy title from Dharma Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $25.7M, reported production budget is $2.4M, gross-minus-budget is $23.3M, ROI is 10.62x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,991 all-time in the current chart set and #88 among 1998 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.