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#9,258 All-time worldwide
#40 1975 releases

Movie profile

Sholay

1975 · 208 min · Sippy Films

Action
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.8M
Budget $408,000
Gross minus budget $4.4M
ROI 11.76x

Domestic gross

$1.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$537,600

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sholay 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 #9,258 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1975 releases #40 Release-year chart position of 67 titles Ranked against movies released in 1975. Studio / company #1 Sippy Films of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Sippy Films movie set. Primary genre #2,471 Action of 2,939 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 Sholay (1975) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Sholay (1975) earned a reported $4.8M worldwide against a reported $408.0K production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $4.4M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 11.76x. In this database it currently ranks #9,258 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #40 among 1975 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,800,000
Budget
$408,000
Gross minus budget
$4,392,000
ROI
11.76x
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

After his family is slain by notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, former Inspector Thakur Baldev Singh enlists low-level outlaws Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar and seek revenge.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 15, 1975
Production
Sippy Films, NH Studioz
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1975, Sholay is positioned in this dataset as a Action title from Sippy Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.8M, reported production budget is $408,000, gross-minus-budget is $4.4M, ROI is 11.76x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,258 all-time in the current chart set and #40 among 1975 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.