List of highest-grossing South Indian Films

The South Indian Cinema is used to refer collectively to the five distinct film industries of Tollywood(Telugu), Kollywood(Tamil), Mollywood(Malayalam), Sandalwood(Kannada) and Tulu Cinema, as a single entity.[1]

The following is a list of highest-grossing South Indian films, based on the conservative box office estimates as reported by industry sources. However, there is no official tracking of figures, and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.[2]

The combined Kollywood,Tollywood, Mollywood, Sandalwood industries revenue represent 50% of Indian cinema,[3] in which Tollywood(Telugu) and Kollywood(Tamil) represent 20.5% and 20% of box office in India.[4]

Overview

South indian cinema has always produced their films cost effectively.But in the recent times, it has produced many expensive films of all time in Indian cinema like 2.0 , enthiran ,bahubali,etc.[5] As the industry is growing rapidly, the box office collections are continuously growing. The south indian cinema's box office growth rate is increasing rapidly, even surpassing Hindi cinema.

The first South Indian film to gross over ₹100 crore worldwide was the 2007 Tamil film Sivaji, which starred Rajinikanth and Shriya Saran in lead roles.[6] While, the first South Indian film as well as the first Indian film to gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide was the 2017 Tamil Film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion directed by S. S. Rajamouli,[7][8][9] which starred Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishna and Subbaraju in lead roles.The highest-grossing film in India is Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), with a total domestic gross of ₹1,429.83 crore.[10][11]

Highest- grossing films Worldwide

The following list shows top 10 highest-grossing South Indian films worldwide, which include films from all the South Indian languages. The figures are not adjusted for inflation.

* Denotes films still running in theatres
Rank Film Year Director Production studio Primary Langugae Worlwide gross Ref.
1 Baahubali: The Conclusion 2017 S. S. Rajamouli Arka Media Works Telugu ₹1,810 crore (equivalent to ₹20 billion or US$290 million in 2019)
2 2.0 2018 S. Shankar Lyca Productions Tamil ₹800 crore (equivalent to ₹861 crore or US$120 million in 2019) [12]
3 Baahubali: The Beginning 2015 S. S. Rajamouli Arka Media Works Telugu ₹650 crore (equivalent to ₹789 crore or US$110 million in 2019) [13]
4 Saaho 2019 Sujeeth UV Creations Telugu ₹433.06 crore (US$61 million) [14]
5 Kabali 2016 Pa. Ranjith V. Creations Tamil est. ₹286 crore (equivalent to ₹331 crore or US$46 million in 2019) - ₹499 crore (equivalent to ₹577 crore or US$81 million in 2019) [15][16]
6 Bigil 2019 Atlee AGS Entertainment Tamil est. ₹285 crore (US$40 million) - ₹300 crore (US$42 million) [17][18]
7 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo 2020 Trivikram Srinivas Geetha Arts

Haarika and Hassine creations

 Telugu ₹262 crore

(US$37 million)
8 Sarileru Neekevvaru 2020 Anil Ravipudi Sri Venkateswara Creations

G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment

AK Entertainments

 Telugu ₹260 crore (US$36 million) [19][20][21]
Mersal 2017 Atlee Thenandal Studio Limited Tamil ₹260 crore (equivalent to ₹293 crore or US$41 million in 2019) [22]
Sarkar 2018 AR Murugadoss Sun Pictures Tamil ₹260 crore (equivalent to ₹280 crore or US$39 million in 2019) [23]
9 Petta 2019 Karthik Subbaraj Sun Pictures Tamil ₹220−250 crore (equivalent to ₹−269 crore or US$−38 million in 2019)

Highest-grossing franchises and film series
Highest-grossing franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show".)
Rank Series Total worldwide box office
(crore INR)		 No. of films Average of films
(crore INR)		 Highest-grossing film (gross in INR(₹) crores)
 Language
Telugu
Tamil
Tamil
Tamil
Telugu
Tamil
Telugu
Telugu &

Tamil

Telugu
Telugu

See also

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