All time Highest Grossing Bollywood movies , Many Indian films have been incredibly successful at the box office, making some of the highest-grossing films in the history of the nation, which is a testament to their popularity.
Over the past few decades, Bollywood films have seen a tremendous increase in box office receipts globally. This expansion has been made possible by a number of variables, such as more international releases, varied material, and successful marketing.
Let’s review the fact that 3 Idiots was the first Bollywood movie to break the 200 crore milestone at the global box office.
This is the list of Bollywood’s top 10 highest box office receipts:
- Dangal : Worldwide gross (₹2,023.81 crore)
The remarkable true story Dangal is based on the lives of Mahavir Singh and Geeta and Babita Phogat, his two daughters. The movie follows the inspirational journey of a father who develops his children into elite wrestlers.
In the film, Amir Khan plays amateur wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat from Pehlwani, who trains his daughters, Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari, to become the first female wrestlers in the global rankings for India.
As a box office hit, Dangal broke multiple records, including the highest-grossing Hindi film, the highest-grossing Indian film, the 30th-highest non-English picture, and the 16th-highest sports film globally.
With a budget of ₹70 crore (US$8.8 million), the movie made ₹2,024 crore (US$340 million) at box office worldwide, according to a variety of estimates. $216.2 million of that amount was earned in China, where it ranked third among non-English foreign films and among the top 20 highest-grossing foreign films.
- Jawan : Worldwide gross (₹1,148.32 crore)
In his first Hindi film, Atlee co-wrote and directed the action thriller Jawan, released in 2023 in India. Red Chillies Entertainment is the production company headed by Gauri Khan and Gaurav Verma. Shah Rukh Khan plays a father and a son in the movie who work together to fight corruption in society. In supporting roles are Nayanthara, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, Vijay Sethupathi, and Deepika Padukone (who is touted as making a special appearance).
The cast performances, screenplay, action scenes, and musical score of Jawan were lauded by critics who gave it favorable reviews. Khan’s prior release, Pathaan (2023), was surpassed by the film in a number of box office records for a Hindi movie. With nearly ₹1,148.32 crore (US$140 million) in revenue, it became the highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, the second-highest-grossing Hindi film, and the fifth-highest-grossing Indian film overall.
- Pathaan : Worldwide gross (₹1,050.30 crore)
Produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, Pathaan is an action thriller film in the Hindi language that was co-written and directed by Siddharth Anand in 2023.In the fourth episode of the YRF Spy Universe, Shah Rukh Khan plays the lead part, while Deepika Padukone and John Abraham also feature. Ashutosh Rana and Dimple Kapadia play supporting roles. Exiled RAW agent Pathaan teams up with ISI agent Rubina Mohsin to stop Jim, a former RAW agent, from launching a fatal viral strike on India.
An estimated ₹225 crore (US$28 million) was allocated to the film’s production, with an additional ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) going into print and advertising.
The movie broke multiple box office records for a Hindi movie in India, including the highest opening day, opening weekend, opening week, and opening single day. In the end, it broke records in every significant international market and became the highest-grossing Hindi movie ever made in India. After earning ₹1,050.30 crore (US$130 million) globally, Pathaan ranked third in Hindi cinema history, sixth in Indian film history, and the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2023 (prior to being eclipsed by Khan’s subsequent release, Jawan).
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan : Worldwide gross (₹969 crore)
The film features Salman alongside debutante Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It narrates the tale of Pawan Kumar Chaturvedi, a follower of the Hindu god Hanuman, who sets out on a mission to return a mute six-year-old Pakistani Muslim girl named Shahida to her hometown after she and her mother were separated in India.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan became a huge commercial success, grossing ₹969 crores ($150 million) worldwide, and currently stands as the third highest-grossing Bollywood film and the sixth highest-grossing Indian film.
- Secret Superstar : Worldwide gross (₹905.7crore)
Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao produced the 2017 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film Secret Superstar, which was written and directed by Advait Chandan and distributed by Aamir Khan Productions.
The movie chronicles the coming-of-age tale of a teenage girl who wants to be a singer and posts songs to YouTube while hiding her identity with a headscarf. It also explores the girl’s relationships with her parents, mentor, and mother.
With a meager budget of ₹150 million (US$2.3 million), Secret Superstar became one of the most profitable movies of all time, earning ₹9.65 billion ($154 million) globally and a return on investment (ROI) of almost 6,000%.