If reports are to be believed, ‘Kishan Kanhaiya’ was produced for approximately Rs 2.5 crore. Whereas it had earned around Rs 9 crore worldwide. It was the fourth highest-grossing film of 1990. In the list, Aamir Khan starrer ‘Dil’ is at the first position, Sunny Deol starrer ‘Ghayal’ is at the second position, Amitabh Bachchan starrer ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ is at the third position, and ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’ is at the fourth position. But Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Kishan Kanhaiya’ and fifth no. But Jeetendra and Sanjay Dutt starrer was ‘Thanedar’.