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#6,051 All-time worldwide
#197 2016 releases

Movie profile

Neerja

2016 · 122 min · Fox Star Studios

Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $17.6M
Budget $2.9M
Gross minus budget $14.7M
ROI 6.08x

Domestic gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Neerja 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 #6,051 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #197 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #6 Fox Star Studios of 9 titles Position inside the mapped Fox Star Studios movie set. Primary genre #2,450 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.

#6,048 Frantic 1988 · $17.6M #6,049 Norwegian Wood 2010 · $17.6M #6,050 The Postman 1997 · $17.6M #6,052 Max Dugan Returns 1983 · $17.6M #6,053 Svaha: The Sixth Finger 2019 · $17.6M #6,054 One Missed Call 2003 · $17.6M

Quick answer

How did Neerja (2016) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Neerja (2016) earned a reported $17.6M worldwide against a reported $2.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $14.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.08x. In this database it currently ranks #6,051 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #197 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$17,618,280
Budget
$2,900,000
Gross minus budget
$14,718,280
ROI
6.08x
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

Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 19, 2016
Production
Fox Star Studios, Bling Unplugged
Countries
IN

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyFox Star Studios Release year chart2016 box office Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Neerja is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Thriller title from Fox Star Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $17.6M, reported production budget is $2.9M, gross-minus-budget is $14.7M, ROI is 6.08x. For comparison, it currently sits #6,051 all-time in the current chart set and #197 among 2016 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.