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#10,273 All-time worldwide
#177 1998 releases

Movie profile

Satya

1998 · 170 min · Varma Corporation

Crime Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $2.3M
Budget $310,000
Gross minus budget $2.0M
ROI 7.42x

Domestic gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$1.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$207,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Satya 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 #10,273 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1998 releases #177 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1998. Primary genre #1,582 Crime of 1,921 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 Satya (1998) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Satya (1998) earned a reported $2.3M worldwide against a reported $310.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $2.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 7.42x. In this database it currently ranks #10,273 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #177 among 1998 releases.

Worldwide gross
$2,300,000
Budget
$310,000
Gross minus budget
$1,990,000
ROI
7.42x
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 young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 3, 1998
Production
Varma Corporation
Countries
IN

Related indexes

Browse related box office pages

Studio / production companyVarma Corporation Release year chart1998 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1998, Satya is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama title from Varma Corporation. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $2.3M, reported production budget is $310,000, gross-minus-budget is $2.0M, ROI is 7.42x. For comparison, it currently sits #10,273 all-time in the current chart set and #177 among 1998 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.