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#4,928 All-time worldwide
#164 2016 releases

Movie profile

Rustom

2016 · 148 min · Kri Arj Entertainment

Thriller Drama Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $26.3M
Budget $6.1M
Gross minus budget $20.2M
ROI 4.30x

Domestic gross

$13.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Rustom 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 #4,928 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #164 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #1 Kri Arj Entertainment of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Kri Arj Entertainment movie set. Primary genre #1,173 Thriller of 2,567 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.

#4,925 House Party 1990 · $26.4M #4,926 I.Q. 1994 · $26.4M #4,927 Saving Grace 2000 · $26.3M #4,929 Houseguest 1995 · $26.3M #4,930 Natale a New York 2006 · $26.3M #4,931 Wildcats 1986 · $26.3M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

Rustom (2016) earned a reported $26.3M worldwide against a reported $6.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $20.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.30x. In this database it currently ranks #4,928 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$26,309,214
Budget
$6,114,349
Gross minus budget
$20,194,865
ROI
4.30x
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

A naval officer is devastated to learn about his wife's extramarital affair with a rich businessman while he was away. He pays him a visit and shoots him to death, following which he surrenders himself but claims to be "not guilty" in the court, much to the surprise of the businessman's sister and the officers dealing with his case.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 12, 2016
Production
KriArj Entertainment, Zee Studios, Hari Om Entertainment
Countries
IN

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyKri Arj Entertainment Release year chart2016 box office Genre chartThriller Genre chartDrama Genre chartCrime

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Rustom is positioned in this dataset as a Thriller, Drama, Crime title from KriArj Entertainment. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.3M, reported production budget is $6.1M, gross-minus-budget is $20.2M, ROI is 4.30x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,928 all-time in the current chart set and #164 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.