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#5,984 All-time worldwide
#192 2013 releases

Movie profile

Special 26

2013 · 144 min · Friday Filmworks

Crime Drama Thriller
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $18.0M
Budget $7.1M
Gross minus budget $10.9M
ROI 2.54x

Domestic gross

$9.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$9.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Special 26 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 #5,984 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2013 releases #192 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 2013. Studio / company #2 Friday Filmworks of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Friday Filmworks movie set. Primary genre #946 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 Special 26 (2013) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Special 26 (2013) earned a reported $18.0M worldwide against a reported $7.1M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $10.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.54x. In this database it currently ranks #5,984 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #192 among 2013 releases.

Worldwide gross
$18,000,000
Budget
$7,100,000
Gross minus budget
$10,900,000
ROI
2.54x
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

During the 1980s in India, a group of con artists rob businessmen and politicians by conducting fake raids, posing as officers of the CBI or Income Tax Department . They plan to execute their biggest con as a final job while a relentless cop is on their trail.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Feb 7, 2013
Production
Friday Filmworks
Countries
IN

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyFriday Filmworks Release year chart2013 box office Genre chartCrime Genre chartDrama Genre chartThriller

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2013, Special 26 is positioned in this dataset as a Crime, Drama, Thriller title from Friday Filmworks. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $18.0M, reported production budget is $7.1M, gross-minus-budget is $10.9M, ROI is 2.54x. For comparison, it currently sits #5,984 all-time in the current chart set and #192 among 2013 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.