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#11,834 All-time worldwide
#199 1988 releases

Movie profile

Original Sin

1988 · 86 min · Box Office Data

Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $327,535
Budget $9,000
Gross minus budget $318,535
ROI 36.39x

Domestic gross

$131,014

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$196,521

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$36,684

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Original Sin 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 #11,834 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #199 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #2,406 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.

#11,831 Dawood Show 1996 · $330,000 #11,831 Sharbeka Darbeka 1993 · $330,000 #11,833 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1982 · $327,958 #11,835 Waking the Dead 2000 · $327,418 #11,836 On the Wrong Track 1983 · $327,097 #11,837 Come Undone 2000 · $326,484

Quick answer

How did Original Sin (1988) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Original Sin (1988) earned a reported $327.5K worldwide against a reported $9.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $318.5K. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 36.39x. In this database it currently ranks #11,834 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #199 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$327,535
Budget
$9,000
Gross minus budget
$318,535
ROI
36.39x
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

Adipapam (transl. Original sin) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language biblical erotic film directed and filmed by P. Chandrakumar and produced by R. B. Choudary. It is based on the Old Testament and features Vimal Raja and Abhilasha as Adam and Eve, respectively.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Sep 10, 1988
Production
Box Office Data
Countries
IN

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, Original Sin is positioned in this dataset as a Romance title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $327,535, reported production budget is $9,000, gross-minus-budget is $318,535, ROI is 36.39x. For comparison, it currently sits #11,834 all-time in the current chart set and #199 among 1988 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.