Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, in an interview with Variety, said, "Today, 'Ra.One' is a hit...but when it released, they called it a flop." He added, "That was a time when the industry wanted Shah Rukh Khan to fail...because they couldn't deal with this size." The film was reportedly made with ₹150-crore budget and it earned around ₹207 crore at box office.