No reliable data is available on the box office earnings of "Mother India". It was in continuous distribution in theatres in India until the mid-1990s. There was a renewed interest in the film in the 1970s causing an upsurge in ticket sales. According to Chatterjee, it did exceptionally good business in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka (then called Mysore State) and Maharashtra. Film trade websites provide estimates of its business. Box Office India gave the film's net collection as and its gross as , the highest for an Indian film up until "Mughal-e-Azam" (1960), while estimating that "Mother India"s inflation-adjusted net would be equivalent to in January 2008. Box Office India later estimated in 2017 that "Mother India" had over 100million footfalls at the domestic box office, making it one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time when adjusted for inflation. The film's success led Khan to name his next film "Son of India". Released in 1962, it was not well received.