Highest grossing Indian movies overseas 2023

The biographical film ‘Dangal’ continued to be the highest grossing Indian movie overseas as of November 2023, having generated nearly 233 million U.S. dollars. Pathaan, one of Bollywood's latest releases in 2023 starring Shahrukh Khan, ranked eighth during the surveyed period with an overseas revenue of 48 billion dollars.

Bollywood cinema

The term Bollywood refers to the Hindi film industry located in Mumbai, the movie metropolis formerly known as Bombay. While many movies follow similar plot patterns, Bollywood productions feature various genres. Baahubali 2- The Conclusion, originally a Telugu and Tamil film, dubbed into other languages including Japanese, Russian and Chinese due its successful franchise.

Movie industry in India – facts and figures

Although Bollywood is associated with Indian films, it is important to note that Indian cinema spans across the country - with successful regional cinema as well. This combination makes the Indian movie industry has been the largest producer of films for over a decade, consistently surpassing the United States and China. The country also sold the highest number of movie tickets in 2018. In a 2018 ranking of the leading box office markets worldwide, India was ranked seventh, with a revenue of 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.