The film, made on a budget of ₹2 crore (US$280,000), earned an estimated ₹15 crore (US$2.1 million).[2][51] It did "record-breaking" business in Mumbai, with first-week occupancy rate of 85 percent and earnings of ₹1.5 crore (US$210,000).[3][52] Satya earned ₹24 lakh (US$34,000) on fifteen screens in one week in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh,[53] and the film benefited from the government of Maharashtra's entertainment tax exemption.[54] It earned ₹1.27 crore (US$180,000) in its second week,[52] with a 97 percent occupancy rate in its third week.[7] Satya ran for eleven weeks, when it earned ₹3.27 crore (US$460,000).[52] The film did 65 percent of its business on the Mumbai circuit, netting over ₹9 crore (US$1.3 million) in the city.[55] Declared a box-office hit, it was one of 1998's highest-grossing Indian films.[52][56]