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#9,258 All-time worldwide
#230 2004 releases

Movie profile

Swades

2004 · 195 min · Ashutosh Gowariker Productions

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $4.8M
Budget $2.9M
Gross minus budget $1.9M
ROI 1.66x

Domestic gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$432,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Swades ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
Open rankings
All-time worldwide #9,258 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2004 releases #230 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2004. Primary genre #3,973 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.

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Quick answer

How did Swades (2004) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Swades (2004) earned a reported $4.8M worldwide against a reported $2.9M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.9M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.66x. In this database it currently ranks #9,258 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #230 among 2004 releases.

Worldwide gross
$4,800,000
Budget
$2,900,000
Gross minus budget
$1,900,000
ROI
1.66x
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 successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Dec 17, 2004
Production
Ashutosh Gowariker Productions, UTV Motion Pictures, Dillywood
Countries
IN

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Studio / production companyAshutosh Gowariker Productions Release year chart2004 box office Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2004, Swades is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title from Ashutosh Gowariker Productions. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $4.8M, reported production budget is $2.9M, gross-minus-budget is $1.9M, ROI is 1.66x. For comparison, it currently sits #9,258 all-time in the current chart set and #230 among 2004 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.