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#10,933 All-time worldwide
#31 1960 releases

Movie profile

Mughal-e-Azam

1960 · 197 min · Sterling Investment Corp.

Drama Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.3M
Budget $181,239
Gross minus budget $1.1M
ROI 7.33x

Domestic gross

$664,544

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$664,544

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$119,618

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Mughal-e-Azam 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 #10,933 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1960 releases #31 Release-year chart position of 44 titles Ranked against movies released in 1960. Primary genre #4,811 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 Mughal-e-Azam (1960) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Mughal-e-Azam (1960) earned a reported $1.3M worldwide against a reported $181.2K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.1M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.33x. In this database it currently ranks #10,933 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #31 among 1960 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,329,088
Budget
$181,239
Gross minus budget
$1,147,849
ROI
7.33x
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

In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 5, 1960
Production
Sterling Investment Corp.
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companySterling Investment Corp. Release year chart1960 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartRomance

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1960, Mughal-e-Azam is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Romance title from Sterling Investment Corp. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.3M, reported production budget is $181,239, gross-minus-budget is $1.1M, ROI is 7.33x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,933 all-time in the current chart set and #31 among 1960 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.