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#1,965 All-time worldwide
#83 2016 releases

Movie profile

Sultan

2016 · 170 min · Yash Raj Films

Drama Action Romance
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $102.0M
Budget $10.4M
Gross minus budget $91.6M
ROI 9.81x

Domestic gross

$51.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$51.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$9.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Sultan 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 #1,965 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2016 releases #83 Release-year chart position of 247 titles Ranked against movies released in 2016. Studio / company #2 Yash Raj Films of 28 titles Position inside the mapped Yash Raj Films movie set. Primary genre #604 Drama of 5,859 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.

#1,962 Railroad Tigers 2016 · $102.2M #1,963 The Naked Gun 2025 · $102.1M #1,964 Kung Fu Hustle 2004 · $102.0M #1,968 French Kiss 1995 · $102.0M #1,969 Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer 2018 · $101.9M #1,970 The Devil Inside 2012 · $101.8M

Quick answer

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

High confidence

Sultan (2016) earned a reported $102.0M worldwide against a reported $10.4M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $91.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 9.81x. In this database it currently ranks #1,965 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #83 among 2016 releases.

Worldwide gross
$102,000,000
Budget
$10,400,000
Gross minus budget
$91,600,000
ROI
9.81x
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

The ageing wrestler Sultan Ali Khan decides to try his luck on the mat again; to do this, he wants to represent his country at the Olympic Games, but first has to overcome personal issues.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Jul 6, 2016
Production
Yash Raj Films
Countries
IN

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2016, Sultan is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Action, Romance title from Yash Raj Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $102.0M, reported production budget is $10.4M, gross-minus-budget is $91.6M, ROI is 9.81x. For comparison, it currently sits #1,965 all-time in the current chart set and #83 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.