Top 10 highest grossing Bollywood movies:
Bollywood is the term used for Hindi cinema. These movies are watched by the entire Indian household with great keen and passion. From watching movies of your favorite stars to the latest debut these movies bring about great excitement among the fans. It has a great fan base around the world. Numerous Bollywood movies have gained wide spread recognition and have been highly acclaimed. In the recent past, the trend of Crore clubs has been setup and we have witnessed several records being broken with every Bollywood movie release. This is a ranking of highest grossing Indian films which include films from various languages based on the conservative global Box Office estimates as reported by reputable sources. Now here are given below the top 10 highest grossing Bollywood movies in 2017.
10. Chennai Express ( US$ 66 million ) 423 crore
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, and produced by Gauri Khan for Red Chillies entertainment. The film features Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukon in lead roles it is the second collaboration between Khan and Padukon after Om Shanti Om 2007. The film is about a man's journey from Mumbai to Rameshwaram, and what happens along the way after he falls in love with the daughter of a local don. Principal photography began on September 27, 2012, filming began in October 2012 and was completed by may 2013. Chennai Express was released in the overseas markets on 8 August 2013, and a day later in India. Extensive paid previews were held in India on 8 August as well. Although the film received mixed reviews from critics, it broke several box office records in India and abroad becoming the quickest film to collect 1 billion net domestically at that time. The film currently ranks as the tenth highest grossing Indian film of all time. At the time, Chennai Express became the highest grossing Bollywood film, both in India and around the World, collecting 3.96 billion ( US$ 62 million ) by the end of its run. It currently stands as the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film worldwide. The film's gross broke the 3.92 billion ( US$ 61 million ) record set by 3 Idiots, according to box office India. Chennai Express also broke overseas records, during paid previews in the UK, the film collected more than any first day of a Bollywood film in the UK. The film Broke opening weekend records in foreign territories taking in 504.70 million ( US$ 7.9 million ), including record collections from key markets in the US ( $ 2.22 million ), the UAE ( AED $ 7.73 million ) and the UK. The film earned $ 720 million ( US$ 11 million ) in just nine days in overseas markets. By the second weekend it has grossed approximately US$ 14 million. Chennai Express has grossed about US$ 16 million by its third weekend, US$ 16.85 million by the fourth.
9. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo ( US$ 67 million ) 432 crore
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is a 2015 Indian Romantic Drama film, written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya, produced by Rajshri productions and distributed by Fox Star studios. It stars is Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor in lead roles. This is the fourth collaboration between Barjatya and Khan after their previous films Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun? and Hum Saath Saath Hain. The Cinematography of the movie was done by V. Manikandan and was edited by Sanjay Shankla. The sound track was composed by Himesh Reshammiya, and the background music done by Sanjoy Chowdhury. The film was released in India and Pakistan on November 12, 2015. It emerges as a commercial success and ranks among the highest Bollywood grossing films, with a gross of 432 crore ( US$ 67 million ) worldwide. The movie was reported to be inspired by the South Korean movie Masquerade, which itself was loosely based on the Novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. The film was also released in Telugu and Tamil versions as Preema Leela and Meymarandhen paaraayo respectively. Critic Aelina Kapoor of Rediff.com gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying that the music of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is well done has a strong traditional flavor. have a Paarivaarik feel and is exactly what the filmmaker ordered. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo collected 40.35 crore ( US$ 6.3 million ) net on its opening day and became highest opener of the year by beating the record previously held by Bajrangi Bhaijaan. It is also thesecond film in Hindi cinema to Gross over 40 crore ( US$ 6.2 million ) in a single day after Happy New Year. The gross collections of the film was 55.03 crore ( US$ million ) on the first day, which is highes in India. On its second day the film saw a 25% drop in its business as it collected 31.05 crore ( US$ 4.8 million ) net which is the highest non-holilday second day ever.
8. Kabali ( US$ 74 million ) 477 crore
Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil language Gangster drama film written and directed by PA. Ranjith to create Hype about scheduled caste and produced by kalaipuli.S Thanu. The film revolves around the Gang war between Kabaleeswaran, and Tony Lee, Radhika Apte, Dhansika, Dinesh Ravi, Kalayiarasan, and John Vijay also star in pivotal roles. Principal photography for the film began on 21 August 2015 in Chennai. While filming mostly occurred in Malaysia, some scenes were shot in Bangkok and Hong Kong. The film was released in Tamil along with dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi on 22 July 2016, while the film was released in malay a week later. Kabali was released on 3200 screens in India, of which 2200 in South India. Upon release, the film had the largest opening weekend for any Indian film worldwide. On 18 August 2015, Director PA Ranjith announced on his Twitter page that principal photography would began the following week, which was confirmed on 22 August when behindwoods covered a photo shoot which took place on 21 August at AVM studios in Chennai. First scheduled on the filming started on Vinayagar Chaturthi on 17 September 2015 at the Russian center of science and cultural of Chennai. Kabali had the highest opening day for a South Indian film in terms of net collections earnings, 500.5 million ( US$ 7.8 million ) net on the first day of its release in India in all the languages. Kabali was just behind the 2015 Film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo for the highest first day gross earning 530 million ( US$ 8.3 million ) in India in a single day. It also became the first Tamil film to surpass 200 million ( US$ 3.1 million ) net in a single day from Tamil Nadu. Kabali went on to record the top earning first weekend in India, grossing 1.2425 billion ( US$ 19 million ) in three days from all its versions. Kabali grossed 2.05 billion ( US$ 32 million ) in ten days in India. Kabali total grossed 477 crore ( US$ 74 million ) in all over the World.
7. Sultan ( US$ 91 million ) 584 crore
Sultan is a 2016 romantic sports drama film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner, the film star Salman Khan as the title character opposite Anushka Sharma. The film focuses on Sultan Ali Khan, a fictional wrestling champion from Haryana whose success career creates a rift in his personal life. The film was released on 6 July 2016 and grossed approximately 584 crore worldwide and became the seventh highest grossing Indian film of all time. On 6 July 2016, the film's digital copy was reported to be available in the darknet. Confirming that the copy was created from the sample sent by the producers to the CBFC board for review, cyber crime experts investigating the leak said '' The Leak is confirmed ''. The copy of the movie is available on the darknet and soon it will be available on Torrent. However, Yash Raj film's the film's producer denied such development. Kislay Chaudhary a private investigator, claims that the links of the two hour, 36 minute long minute were available. and shared the screenshot of the same with mail today. Many websites have been blocked since Tuesday evening and links were removed immediately, he added. Sultan created new record for advanced bookings. On its day of release Sultan received an average of 70% audience occupancy and grossed approximately 36.54 crore ( US$ 5.7 million ). By the end of its second week the film had grossed an estimated 278 crore ( US$ 43 million ). The film grossed approx 206 crore ( US$ 32 million ) from its first weekend, becoming the first Indian film to do so. It grossed around 345 crore ( US$ 54 million ) from its extended first weekend. As of 3 August 2016, the movie has grossed 416 crore ( US$ 65 million ( in India and $24 million in overseas to take its worldwide total to 589 crore ( US$ 92 million ) and became the fourth highest grossing Indian film of all time. According to box office Mojo, the film 87,280,000 worldwide.
6. Dhoom 3 585 crore ( US$ 92 million )
Dhoom 3 is a 2013 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra. The third installment of the Dhoom series, it features Amir Khan as the antagonist and Katrina Kaif, with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role reprising his role of ACP, Jai Dixit and Udhay Chopra reprising his role as Ali Akbar, as in the previous films of the franchise.Made on a budged of 175 crore ( US$ 27 million ), it was the most expensive Indian film, until it was beaten by Baahubali: the beginning. Dhoom 3 was released on 20 December 2013 marking itself as the first Indian film to be released in the IMAX motion picture film format with Dolby Atmos surround sound. The film went on to gross 4 billion ( US$ 62 million ) worldwide in tjust en days, to become the highest grossing Indian film in all time in international markets at the time and as of May 2017 it is the sixth highest grossing film of all time. It was the 78th highest grossing film of 2013 worldwide. The film was screened the 2014 international film festival of India in the celebrating dance in the Indian cinema section. Domestically Dhoom 3 received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hangama rated the film 4.5 out of five stars and said on the whole Dhoom 3is one solid entertainer loaded with attitude and star power that will leave fans of the series salivating for more. The daily Bhaskar also rated it 4.5 out of 5 stars. While praising the performance of khan the newspaper wrote '' The whole film rests on Khan's shoulders '' and it won't be an overestimation to say that he is strong enough to hold the three hours all by himself. Dhoom 3 grossed 198 crore ( US$ 31 million ) worldwide in its first weekend, including its Tamil and Telugu versions. On 6 January 2014, Yash Raj films issued a statement that Dhoom 3 is officially the first Indian film to earn 5 billion ( US$ 78 million ) worldwide. The film's final worldwide gross as stated by box office Mojo and box office India was US$ 88 million. The Dhoom 3 total grossed in all over worldwide is 585 crore ( US$ 92 million ).
5. Bajrangi Bhaijaan 626 crore ( US$ 98 million )
Bajrangi Bhaijaan is a 2015 Indian adventure comedy drama film directed by Kabir Khan. Written by K.V Vijayendra Prasad, the film was produced by Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh. It stars Salman Khan and Harshaali Malhotra with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Kareena Kapoor Khan in supporting roles. Khan stars as Bajrangi, an ardent devotee of Hindu deity Hanuman, who embarks on taking a mute six year old Pakistani girl ( Malhotra ) separated in India from her parents, back to her hometown in Pakistan. Made on a budged of 90 crore the principal photography commenced in November 2014. The Cinematography was done by Aseem Mishra and was edited by Rameshwar S. Bhagat. Bajrangi Bhaijaan was released on 17 July 2015, one day before Eid on 4,100 and 800 screens in India and overseas respectively. The sound track was composed by Pritam, who collaborated with Julius Packiam to score the background music. In October 2015, the film was broadcast on star gold and became the most watched Bollywood movie in the history of television. It had 15.5 TRP in its world television premier, beating the previous record held by the film 3 Idiots. The film was nominated for best film and best actor in 61st filmfare awards, as well as other categories, and bagged the filmfare award for best story. The film has garnered the national film award for best popular film providing Wholesome entertainment at the 63rd national film awards. Bajrangi Bhaijaan grossed 333 crore ( US$ 52 million ) worldwide in its first week, beating the previous record of 332 crore ( US$ 52 million ) worldwide by PK. The film went on to net 3.15 billion ( US$ 49 million ) and 4.26 billion ( US$ 66 million ) gross in India and grossed 1.729 billion ( US$ 28 million ) overseas for a worldwide gross of 6.03 billion ( US$ 94 million ) in 31 days and currently is the second highest grossing Bollywood film of all time in domestic markets and second highest Bollywood film of all time in International markets. Bajrangi Bhaijaan became the quickest film to collect 1 billion ( US$ 16 million ) and 2 Billion ( US$ 31 million ) net domestically beating PK and Dhoom 3. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan total grossed in all over the World is 626 crore ( US$ 98 million ).
4. Baahubali: The Beginning 650 crore ( US$ 100 million )
Baahubali: The beginning also known by the initialism BBTB, is an Indian Epic historical fiction film directed by S.S Rajamouli. The film was produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni and was shot as the Bilingual in Telugu and Tamil. Thefilm stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty and Tamanaah in the lead roles with Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj and Nassar in supporting roles. The first of two cinematic parts, the beginning is a tale of lost rightful heir of the fictional Kingdom of Mahishmati, who learns about his true identity while falling in love with a rebellious warrior who intends to rescue the former queen of Mahismati. The film was made on a budged of 180 crore ( US$ 27.9 million ) making it the most expensive Indian film at its time of release. The film opened worldwide on 10 July 2015, garnering critical acclaim and record breaking box office success. With the worldwide box office gross of 6.5 billion ( US$ 100 million ), it became the highest grossing film in India and the thirsd highest grossing film in worldwide, and the highest grossing South Indian film at the time of its release. Its Hindi dubbed version also broke several records by becoming the highest grossing dubbed film in India. Both Budged and box Office records since has been surpassed by its sequel Baahubali 2: The conclusion. The beginning is the highest grossing Indian film of 2015 and the fourth highest grossing Indian film of all time. It received several accolades. It won the national film award for best special effects and best feature film becoming the first Telugu film to win the award. At the 63rd filmfare awards South, the Telugu version won five awards from ten nominations, including best film, best director for Rajamouli and best supporting actress for Krishnan. The beginning became first Indian film to be nominated for Saturn awards, receiving five nominations at the 42nd ceremony, including best fantasy film and best supporting actress for Tamanaah. The film's second and final cinematic part was released on 28 April 2017.
3. PK 792 crore ( US$ 120 million )
PK is a 2014 Indian Satirical science fiction comedy film. The film was directed by Rajkumar Hirani, produced by Virani and Vidhu Vinod, Chopra and written by Hirani and Abhijat Joshi. The film stars Amir Khan is the Title role with Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput Boman Irani, Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt in supporting roles. It tells the story of an alien who comes to earth on a research mission. He befriends a television journalist and questions religious dogmas and superstitions. The film received positive reviews and at the time emerged as the highest grossing Indian film of all time, and ranks as the 70th highest grossing film of 2014 worldwide. The film has been regarded as oneof the best Hindi films 2014. PK is the first Indian film to gross over more than 7 billion worldwide. It is also the first Indian film to gross 630 crore ( US$ 100 million ) worldwide. It is currently the third highest grossing Indian film of all time behind only Dangal 2016, and Baahubali 2: The conclusion 2017. The film was earlier scheduled to release on June 6 2014. The director who is also editor of the film Rajkumar Hirani, wanted to spend more time on the editing, besides some portions with Sanjay Dutt were yet to be shot. Also the second season of Satyamev `Jayate was to kick off from March. So Amir was not sure if he would be able to promote the PK in June. Hence the makers of film settled for a December release. Finaly the film was release on 19 December 2014, as the 200th Bollywood release in 2014. The film's release was later expanded to 6000 screens worldwide, which included 5200 screens in India and 844 screens in overseas. PK was initially released in 4844 screens worldwide. PK has been made Tax Free in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. PK is the widest Indian movie released in the UK 198 screens, Pakistan 70 screens, Australia 35 screens and outside of India 844 screens in over 40 overseas markets. Pk opted to have its box office figures tracked by Rentrack, a United States based company that specializes in audience measurements. The final worldwide gross of PK was 743 crore ( US$ 120 million ).
2. Baahubali 2: The Conclusions 1,725 crore ( US$ 270 million )
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion also known by the initialism BB2, is a 2017 Indian historical fiction film directed by S.S Rajamouli. The film was produced by Tollywood Studio Arka media works. It is the continuation of Baahubali: The Beginning taking place before and after the events of that film. It was originally made in Tamil and Telugu and dubbed in to Hindi, Malayalam, German, French, Japanese and English. The film stars major actors from Tollywood industry with Prabhas, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati and Sathyaraj in lead roles. Initially both parts were produced on a joined budged of 250 crore ( 2.5 billion ), but the budged of the second part was later increased. Baahubali 2: The conclusion was premiered at the British film institute, and is the inaugural feature film at the 39th Moscow international film festival. The Conclusion was theatrically released over 9000 screens worldwide on 28 April 2017. Baahubali 2 was the first Telugu film to be released in 4K high definition format. It is estimated that close to 200 screens were upgraded to 4K projectors before the release date of the movie. Baahubali 2 received positive reviews from critics and surpassed the 2014 Hindi film PK, to briefly become the highest grossing Indian film of all time collecting approximately 800 crore ( US$ 120 million ) worldwide, within just six days of its release. It became the first ever Indian film to gross over 1,000 crore ( US$ 160 million ) in all languages, doing so in just ten days. Within India, it sets many films records becoming the highest grossing film in Hindi language as well as in its original Telugu and Tamil languages. Currently it stands as the highest grossing film in Indian territory and 2nd highest Indian grossing film in worldwide collection. The film has garnered the Telstra people's choice awards at the 2017 Indian film festival of Melbourne. After an initial limited release in most Gulf countries, including the UAE on 27 April 2017, it was released worldwide, in about 9,000 theaters, in conventional 2D as well as IMAX format the next day. Baahubali 2: The Conclusions total grossed in all over the world is 1,725 crore ( US$ 270 million ).
1. Dangal 1,979 crore ( US$ 310 million )
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