| Errors | Missing | Unverified | Supported |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
I'll search for specific information about the box office performance and budget of Nayakan (1987).
Let me search for more specific box office collection numbers for Nayakan.
Let me search for more detailed financial information about Nayakan's box office performance.
Based on my research, here's what I can tell you about Nayakan's (1987) financial performance:
The initial budget was ₹60 lakh (US$500,000 in 1987), but time and cost overruns increased the budget to beyond ₹1 crore (US$830,000 in 1987).
More specifically,
according to an interview with director Mani Ratnam, he budgeted 65 lakh for the film and its expenditure doubled to 1.33 crore.
Unfortunately, specific detailed box office collection figures for Nayakan are not readily available in reliable sources. While
the film became a critical and commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres
, and
the film has been acclaimed for being a box-office success whilst being a critical success
, the exact box office numbers—including breakdowns by domestic earnings, theatrical collections, and post-theatrical revenues—are not documented in contemporary records.
The film's financial trajectory clearly shows that despite the budget escalating from ₹60-65 lakh to ₹1.33 crore (approximately doubling), the film was a commercial success that justified its costs through its 175+ day theatrical run. However, the specific earnings figures, day-wise collections, and detailed revenue breakdowns that modern films regularly publicize were not systematically recorded or publicized for Tamil cinema films in 1987, making a precise comparison between budget and box office collection difficult to establish with certainty.
The summary misses the key irony that while the film was a hit, the producer lost money (or made zero profit) because the budget doubled. This directly answers 'how did that compare to its budget'.
Kamal Haasan was paid ₹17.5 lakh, which was a significant portion (approx 20%) of the original budget.
The film Nayakan (1987) had an initial budget estimate of ₹60 lakh, but due to delays and reshoots (including scrapping the first 10 days of footage), the final budget rose to approximately ₹1.33 crore (over double the estimate). While specific box office gross figures are not documented in public records, the film was a major commercial and critical success, running for 175 days (Silver Jubilee) in 4 theaters and over 100 days in 43 theaters. However, regarding the comparison to its budget: Producer Muktha Srinivasan explicitly stated that he did not make a profit (and claimed a loss) because the production costs doubled. The financial success largely benefited the distributor, G. Venkateswaran (GV Films), who purchased the rights.