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#8,678 All-time worldwide
#141 1996 releases

Movie profile

Police Story

1996 · 166 min · Gururaya Film Makers

Crime Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $7.1M
Budget $113,000
Gross minus budget $6.9M
ROI 62.44x

Domestic gross

$2.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$790,272

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Police Story 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 #8,678 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1996 releases #141 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1996. Primary genre #1,342 Crime of 1,921 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

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Quick answer

How did Police Story (1996) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Police Story (1996) earned a reported $7.1M worldwide against a reported $113.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 62.44x. In this database it currently ranks #8,678 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #141 among 1996 releases.

Worldwide gross
$7,056,000
Budget
$113,000
Gross minus budget
$6,943,000
ROI
62.44x
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

Agni, a volatile cop, quits but returns to hunt "Black Tiger," uncovering corruption and vengeance. But a shocking truth threatens to shatter everything he knows.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jun 8, 1996
Production
Gururaya Film Makers
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1996, Police Story is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Action title from Gururaya Film Makers. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $7.1M, reported production budget is $113,000, gross-minus-budget is $6.9M, ROI is 62.44x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,678 all-time in the current chart set and #141 among 1996 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.