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This ranking of highest grossing Indian film globally is based on the total box office collection as received from sources. From the start of 20th century the bollywood films have been shown in the cinemas worldwide. In the year 2003 around 90 nations were seen to have been putting bollywood movies in their cinemas. From the early 2000s there is a hike in the price of tickets, increase in cinemas and number of films being released widely.

The highest gross earning films of India include hindi films.

1.DANGAL (2016)

DANGAL (2016) has been calculated to be the highest earning bollywood movie globally. The domestic gross of the film was Rs 562.52 crores while the globally earned revenue amounts for  Rs 2024 crores. The amount may vary over time as the revenue is a converted amount earned in Us Dollars which are subject to change with time and inflation in the market.

The share of hindi films has always been greater than the South indian and other regional films.

DANGAL, with the lead role of Amir Khan was directed by Nitesh Tiwari. It was the most successful movies of all time. A movie based on wrestling competition where Amir Khan (father and former wrestler) trains his daughters Geeta and Babeeta to become world champions in wrestling. The movie revolves around the struggle of a father who despite living in village with people of orthodox mentality trains her daughters and copes up with all the hurdles in the way of success. The movie was produced by Amir Khan Productions and was immensely loved by people all over the world.





The movie Bahubali 2 : The Conclusion was an Indian action film which was produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. This movie was written by K V Vijayendra and directed by S S Rajamouli who was the son of the writer of the movie, K V Vijayendra. The movie got released on 28th April 2017. The actors who worked in the movie were as follows: Prabhas as Baahubali ( both father and son), Anushka Shetty as Devasena, Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva, Tamannah as Avantika, Sathyaraj as Kattapa, Nassar a Bijjaladeva and Ramya Krishnan as Shivagami. These actors also worked in the previous sequel of the same movie which got released on  10th July 2015.




BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN was released in the year 2015. The movie earned a great success and received many praises from the critics because of its storyline, acting and action scenes. The movie was produced by Salman Khan, Rockline Venkatesh and Kabir Khan. It was directed by Kabir Khan and starred Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Harshaali Malhotra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Lately, the success rate of bollywood films is seen to be on a real next level with movies crossing 100 crore club. The success rate goes to immensely chosen storyline of the film with the perfectly chosen star cast and directors where the actors like Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Amir Khan ruling the industry.



SECRET SUPERSTAR was released in the year 2017 and it was produced by Amir Khan and Kiran Rao. The movie was directed by Advait Chandan starring Amir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij and Raj Arjun. The movie earned a total amount of Rs.977 crore on box office. The movie revolves around a little girl who is an aspiring singer from a conservative background. The movie was greatly appreciated for its screenplay,  performance and entertainment.


  1. 2.0

2.0 is a Tamil Indian science-action film which was released in the year 2018. The movie was written, screen played  and directed by S.Shankar. it was produced by A.Subaskaran. The movie stars Rajnikant, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson and Sudhanshu Pandey. This movie was the most expensive movie and it earned an amount of Rs.520 crore in just the first week of its release.


  1. PK

Pk was released in the year 2014. This comedy-drama movie was directed by Rajkumar Hirani and directed by Hirani and Abhijit Joshi. The movie was produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The movie earned a total amount of Rs. 854 Crore worldwide. It revolves around an alien which comes with a mission to the Earth and loses his remote control to go back to his planet from where he came. Later he meets a journalist who helps him find his remote to go back. It stars Amir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajpoot, Boman Irani, Sanjay Dutt and Saurabh Shukla.



BAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING was released in the year  2015  earning a total of Rs. 650 Crores. Thee movie was produced by Shobhu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni. It was written and directed by K.V Vijayendra Prasad and S.S Rajamouli respectively. It star casts Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannah, Sravya Chilkapalli, Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj and Nassar. It was an epic action film which follows a young man falling in live with a girl who tries to rescues the former queen of Mahishmati kingdom and in this he later comes to know that he is the heir to the throne of Mahishmati whose father was killed by a loyal warrior. The movie was greatly appreciated by the critics on the ground of action, screenplay and cinematics with record breaking box office collection.

  1. SULTAN (2016)

SULTAN was released in 2016 with the box office earnings of Rs. 623.33 Crores. It was both written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra. The movie stars Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh. This film follows Salman Khan who becomes a world wrestling champion but in the struggle to become successful his personal life affects badly.


  1. SANJU

SANJU was released in the year 2018 which earned an estimated amount of Rs. 586.85 Crores. SANJU is an Indian biographical film showcasing the life of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who has lived one of the most controversial lives. This movie was directed by Rajkumar Hirani, written by Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. It was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani. The movie star casts Ranbir Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Anushka Sharma, Paresh Rawal, Vicky Kaushal, Manisha Koirala, Jim Sarbh and Sonam Kapoor.



PADMAAVAT was released in the year which earned an amount of Rs. 585 Crore and it is the most expensive film ever made. This movie was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sudhanshu Vats and Ajit Andhare. This film was screen played by Prakash Kapadia and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The film follows a beautiful Rajput queen, wife of a righteous hindu king where an evil king heard about the beauty of the queen and attacked her kingdom in order to claim her. The movie star casts Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor, Aditi Rao Hydri, Jim Sarbh, Raza Murad and Anupriya Goenka.


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