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#12,384 All-time worldwide
#227 1988 releases

Movie profile

The Bengali Night

1988 · 153 min · Box Office Data

Drama
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $80,912
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$40,456

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$40,456

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7,282

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Bengali Night 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 #12,384 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1988 releases #227 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 1988. Primary genre #5,609 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.

#12,381 Z 1969 · $83,305 #12,382 Hulchul 1995 · $82,436 #12,383 Dos mejor que uno 1984 · $81,894 #12,385 Slappy and the Stinkers 1998 · $80,837 #12,386 Hit! 1973 · $80,103 #12,387 The Naked Witch 1960 · $80,000

Quick answer

How did The Bengali Night (1988) perform at the box office?

Medium confidence

The Bengali Night (1988) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $80.9K. In this database it currently ranks #12,384 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #227 among 1988 releases.

Worldwide gross
$80,912
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and daughter Gayatri. Gayatri and Allan become romantically involved leading to tragedy.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 26, 1988
Production
Box Office Data

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1988, The Bengali Night is positioned in this dataset as a Drama title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $80,912. For comparison, it currently sits #12,384 all-time in the current chart set and #227 among 1988 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.