List of highest-grossing Tamil films

This is a ranking of the highest grossing Indian films which includes films from various languages based on the conservative global box office estimates as reported by reputable sources. There is no official tracking of figures and sites publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.

During the 1940s cinema in South India accounted for nearly half of India's cinema halls which had grown to 75% of all film revenues in India as of 2009. Indian films have been screened in markets around the world since the early 20th century. As of 2003, there are markets in over 90 countries where films from India are screened. During the first decade of the 21st century, there was a steady rise in the ticket price, a tripling in the number of theaters and an increase in the number of prints of a film being released, which led to a large increase in the box office collections.

The figures are not adjusted for inflation. Adjusted for inflation, estimates for the 1975 film Sholay reach as high as ₹300 crore (US$45 million) in 2009.

The following list shows India's top 15 highest-grossing films, which include films from all the Indian languages.

Notes:

The Bengali language film industry is centered in the Tollygunge neighborhood of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal and has been known by the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood , since 1932. A 2014 report stated that while there were about 100 films created in Tollywood every year, fewer than ten percent were breaking even financially.

The Bhojpuri cinema produces films in the Bhojpuri language. It caters audience from eastern Uttar Pradesh, western Bihar and Nepal.

The Gujarati cinema produces films in Gujarati language and is primarily focused on the audience in Gujarat and Maharashtra. The film industry is sometimes referred as Dhollywood or Gollywood.

...
Wikipedia