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#8,629 All-time worldwide
#218 2005 releases

Movie profile

Mangal Pandey - The Rising

2005 · 150 min · Box Office Data

Drama History
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.3M
Budget $70.0M
Gross minus budget -$62.8M
ROI 0.10x

Domestic gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$3.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$652,500

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mangal Pandey - The Rising 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 #8,629 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2005 releases #218 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2005. Primary genre #3,659 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.

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Quick answer

How did Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mangal Pandey - The Rising (2005) earned a reported $7.3M worldwide against a reported $70.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$62.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.10x. In this database it currently ranks #8,629 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #218 among 2005 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,250,000
Budget
$70,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$62,750,000
ROI
0.10x
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

The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 12, 2005
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2005, Mangal Pandey - The Rising is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.3M, reported production budget is $70.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$62.8M, ROI is 0.10x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,629 all-time in the current chart set and #218 among 2005 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.