A movie’s success is decided by its performance at the box office which is also considered the most important criterion. The box office collection makes them stand out in addition to impressing the audiences through the story or performances.
This year RRR and The Kashmir Files have become the highest-grossing movies so far and made it to the top of the highest box office collection Bollywood list. South Indian films dominate the top 10 list. The Bollywood box office collection suffered due to COVID as it was not open throughout the year in 2021. Still, films like Sooryavanshi and 83 fared well and made it to the top ten of 2021 highest-grossing film list.
If we talk about the highest-grossing films of all time, then most of the movies with the highest box office collection are Bollywood or Hindi films. Dangal which stars Aamir Khan makes it to the top with a box office collection of a whopping ₹2,024 crores worldwide. Tollywood super hit movie Baahubali 2: The Conclusion takes the second position with a box office earning of around ₹1,810 crores worldwide.
So, first, let us take a look at the top 10 highest-grossing Indian movies worldwide:
1. Dangal (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Dangal: Around ₹2,024 crores
Budget: ₹700 crores
Year: 2016
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Verdict: Blockbuster
Box office collection of Dangal from India alone was ₹538.03 crores. Dangal holds the position of the highest-grossing film in all International markets.
2. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Telugu)
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Box Office Collection Baahubali 2: The Conclusion: Around ₹1,810 crores
Budget: ₹250 crores
Year: 2017
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Verdict: Blockbuster
The second one with the highest box office collection is Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.
3. RRR (still running)
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Box Office Collection of RRR: Around ₹1,071 crores
Budget: ₹550 crores
Year: 2022
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Ranked as the film with the highest opening day collection and tenth among the films of 2022 with the highest box office collection.
4. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Bajrangi Bhaijaan: Around ₹969.06 crores
Budget: ₹90 crores
Year: 2015
Director: Kabir Khan
Verdict: Blockbuster
Bajrangi Bhaijaan is the second highest-grossing Bollywood film and the third highest-grossing Indian film.
5. Secret Superstar (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Secret Superstar: Around ₹966.86 crores
Budget: ₹45 crores (Disputed)
Year: 2017
Director: Advait Chandan
Verdict: Blockbuster
Secret Superstar is the highest-grossing Indian film featuring a female protagonist, the Hindi film with the highest box office collection in 2017 Hindi film, the fourth highest-grossing Indian film worldwide.
6. PK (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of PK: Around ₹832 crores
Budget: ₹85 crores
Year: 2014
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Verdict: Blockbuster
In India, PK is the 6th highest-grossing film worldwide starring Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma.
7. 2.0 (Tamil)
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Box Office Collection of 2.0: Around ₹800 crores
Budget: ₹570 crores
Year: 2018
Director: S. Shankar
Verdict: Blockbuster
After earning ₹117.34 crores worldwide on its opening day, it became the second-highest-grossing Indian film. 2.0 is the second highest-grossing film in India and is the seventh highest-grossing Indian film worldwide.
8. Baahubali: The Beginning (Telugu, Tamil)
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Box Office Collection Baahubali: The Beginning: Around ₹650 crores
Budget: ₹180 crores
Year: 2015
Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Verdict: Blockbuster
Baahubali: The Beginning, is the second highest-grossing Indian film of all time and 8th worldwide. Also, the highest-grossing Hindi dubbed film.
9. Sultan (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Sultan: Around ₹623.33 crores
Budget: ₹145 crores
Year: 2016
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Verdict: Blockbuster
This Salman Khan blockbuster of 2016 is one of the highest-grossing films of all time.
10. Sanju (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Sanju: Around ₹586.85 crores
Budget: ₹96 crores
Year: 2018
Director: Rajkumar Hirani
Verdict: Blockbuster
Sanju is the film with the highest box office collection among the Bollywood films of 2018, the second highest-earning Hindi film in India of all time, and 10th worldwide.
Now let’s jump on to the Indian movies that made the highest box office collection in Bollywood in the recent years of 2021 and 2022:
1. RRR (still running)
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Box Office Collection of RRR: Around ₹1,071 crores
Budget: ₹550 crores
Director: S.S Rajamouli
Release date: 25 March 2022
Verdict: Blockbuster
RRR broke the record for the highest opening-day collection earned by an Indian film with a box office collection of ₹240 crores worldwide on its first day. The film placed itself as the tenth highest-grossing film of 2022 with a box office collection of ₹1,071 crores worldwide.
2. Pushpa: The Rise (Telugu)
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Box Office Collection of Pushpa: Around ₹365 crores (Telegu)
Budget: ₹200–250 crores
Director: Sukumar
Release date: 17 December 2021
The film holds the position of the highest-grossing Indian film in 2021. It is also one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time.
3. The Kashmir Files (still running)
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Box Office Collection of The Kashmir Files: Around ₹338.43 crores
Budget: ₹15 crore
Director: Vivek Agnihotri
Release date: 11 March 2022
Verdict: Blockbuster
The movie became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022 making ₹338.43 crores worldwide as of 3 April 2022.
4. Sooryavanshi (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Sooryavanshi: Around ₹294 crores
Budget: ₹160 crore
Director: Rohit Shetty
Release date: 5 November 2021
Verdict: Super Hit
Sooryavanshi is an action-packed movie that stars Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Jakie Shroff, and many more. Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh also have a cameo, as they were present in the franchise’s previous films Singham and Simmba.
5. Master (Tamil)
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Box Office Collection of Master: Around ₹230–300 crore
Budget: ₹135 crores
Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj
Release date: 13 January 2021
The film, Master stars Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Arjun Das, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, and is the highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time.
6. Radhe Shyam (still running)
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Box Office Collection of Radhe Shyam: Around ₹214.04 Crores (Telugu, Hindi)
Budget: ₹300–350 Crores
Director: Radha Krishna Kumar
Release date: 11 March 2022
The lead actors in the movie Radhe Shyam are Prabhas and Pooja Hegde. The film fared well at the box office but also suffered a loss as it didn’t catch up to its budget.
7. Gangubai Kathiawadi (still running)
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Box Office Collection of Gangubai Kathiawadi: Around ₹196.74 crores
Budget: ₹100–160 crore
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Release date: 22 February 2022
Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the lead actor is Alia Bhatt who plays the title role. In India, the film grossed ₹152.98 crores, and it earned ₹43.17 crores overseas, with a worldwide collection of ₹196.74 crores.
8. 83 (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of 83: Around ₹193.73 crores
Budget: ₹280 crores
Director: Kabir Khan
Release date: 24 December 2021
The lead actors of 83, are Ranveer Singh, and Deepika Padukone, the film is based on the 1983 Cricket World Cup. The movie was a superhit and bombed at the box office.
9. Pushpa: The Rise (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Pushpa: Around ₹106 crores (Hindi)
Budget: ₹200–250 crores
Director: Sukumar
Release date: 17 December 2021
The film Pushpa ranked as the highest-grossing Indian film in 2021, and also the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time. The film stars Allu Arjun, Fahadh Faasil, Rashmika Mandanna.
10. Vakeel Saab (Telugu)
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Box Office Collection of Vakeel Saab: Around ₹75 crores
Budget: ₹200–250 crores
Director: Venu Sriram
Release date: 9 April 2021
The film grossed more than ₹42 crores at the box office on its opening day in India and the film grossed $300,000 on its opening day at the US box office. It is a remake of the 2016 Bollywood hit, Pink, starring Shruti Haasan, Pawan Kalyan, Anjali, Nivetha Thomas, Ananya Nagalla, and so on.
11. Akhanda (Telugu)
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Box Office Collection of Akhanda: Around ₹150 crores
Budget: ₹60–70 crores
Director: Boyapati Srinu
Release date: 1 December 2021
Akhanda ranked second in the box office collection of Tollywood films in the year 2021. The lead actors are Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role.
12. Annaatthe (Tamil)
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Box Office Collection of Annaatthe: Around ₹224.80 Crores
Budget: ₹160.00 Crores
Director: Siva
Release date: 4 November 2021
On the first day, the film grossed 70.19 crores worldwide and ranked as the film with the highest box office collection at Tamil Nadu box office on day 1.
13. Uppena (Telugu)
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Box Office Collection of Uppena: Around ₹83−100 Crores
Budget: ₹22 Crores
Director: Buchi Babu Sana
Release date: 12 February 2021
Uppena made a mark as the highest-grossing Telugu film for a debut actor. The actors in the lead roles feature debutants Panja Vaisshnav Tej and Krithi Shetty.
14. Doctor (Tamil)
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Box Office Collection of Doctor: Around ₹100 Crores
Budget: ₹40 Crores
Director: Nelson Dilipkumar
Release date: 9 October 2021
After Master and Annaatthe, Doctor was the third highest-grossing Tamil film in the year 2021. The film had a box office collection of ₹100 Crores worldwide.
15. Bachchhan Paandey (still running)
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Box Office Collection of Bachchhan Paandey: Around ₹68.49 Crores (Hindi)
Budget: ₹182 Crores
Director: Farhad Samji
Release date: 18 March 2022
A remake of the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda, the film stars Kriti Sanon, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Arshad Warsi.
16. Antim: The Final Truth (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Antim: Around ₹58 Crores
Budget: ₹30 Crores
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Release date: 26 November 2021
Grossing (US$7.6 million) worldwide With a budget of ₹30 crores, the Bollywood film was a huge box-office success and made a box office collection of ₹58 crores and went on to rank as the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2021.
17. Bell Bottom (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Bell Bottom: Around ₹50.58 Crores
Budget: ₹60 Crores
Director: Ranjit Tiwari
Release date: 19 August 2021
The lead actor in the movie Bell Bottom is Akshay Kumar with a supporting cast of Vaani Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, and Lara Dutta.
18. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui: Around ₹38.57 Crores
Budget: ₹35 Crores
Director: Abhishek Kapoor
Release date: 10 December 2021
It is a romantic comedy-drama that stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor in lead roles. The film received positive reviews from the critics and the audience.
19. Tadap (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Tadap: Around ₹34.86 Crores
Budget: ₹27 Crores
Director: Milan Luthria
Release date: 3 December 2021
The film Tadap stars debutant Ahan Shetty and Tara Sutaria. The film’s box office collection in India was ₹32.04 crores. It is a remake of the Telugu movie RX 100.
20. Roohi (Hindi)
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Box Office Collection of Roohi: Around ₹30.33 Crores
Budget: ₹20 Crores
Director: Hardik Mehta
Release date: 11 March 2021
The second horror-comedy after Stree by Dinesh Vijan, the film stars Janhvi Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, and Varun Sharma. The movie’s soundtrack was a hit and the box office collection of the film worldwide is ₹30.33 crores.
