1000 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade and the media, related to Indian language films that have grossed ₹1000 crore (10 billion Indian rupees or $135 million) or more either within India or on a global scale. The 1000 crore club is preceded by the 100 crore club. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) became the first Indian film to gross over ₹1000 crore worldwide.[1] It grossed ₹1,430 crore across all languages in India.[2][3][4] It was followed by the Aamir Khan-starrer Hindi film Dangal, which is the highest-grossing Indian film, expanding the club to 1900 crore,[5] before creating the ₹2,000 crore ($250 million) club,[6] and becoming the fifth highest-grossing non-English language film of all time. In 2022, two films released in the span of a month, RRR and K.G.F: Chapter 2, have also grossed more than ₹1,000 crore at the global box office. In 2023, the trend persisted with the release of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Hindi films Pathaan and Jawan.

History

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which released on 28 April 2017,[7] became the first Indian film to cross the ₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) and ₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million) marks, in May 2017, and briefly became the highest-grossing Indian film worldwide, before being overtaken by Dangal. Baahubali 2 is the highest-grossing film in India, where it has grossed ₹1,417 crore (US$217.59 million).[8] Overseas, it is the highest-grossing Indian film in the United States ($21 million), where it became the first Indian film to cross $20 million, as well as becoming the first Indian film to gross over $10 million in the United Arab Emirates.[9]

Dangal (2016), following its Chinese release on 5 May 2017,[10] became the highest-grossing Indian film and fifth highest-grossing non-English language film of all time, crossing ₹2,000 crore ($307 million) worldwide, making it the first Indian film to gross $300 million worldwide and one of the top 30 highest-grossing 2016 films (surpassing the $299.5 million gross of Alice Through the Looking Glass).[11] Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film of 2017, and Disney's fourth highest-grossing film of 2017.[12]

Dangal is the first Indian film to exceed $100 million[13] and ₹1,000 crore overseas,[14] crossing ₹1,400 crore ($215 million) in international markets, including ¥1.29 billion (US$191 million) in China[15][16] and ₹41 crore ($6.3 million) in Taiwan.[17] Its overseas gross in China more than doubled its domestic gross of $84.4 million in India. In China, Dangal became the 16th highest-grossing film of all time, the 8th highest-grossing foreign film,[18][19] the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film (surpassing Japanese anime film Your Name),[20] the leggiest box office release (cumulative gross 83 times its opening day haul,[19][21] surpassing Zootopia),[22] had the most consecutive days with a ¥10 million (US$1 million) gross (surpassing the 30 days of Transformers: Age of Extinction)[23] and $1 million gross[19] (38 days),[24] was the highest-grossing film in May 2017 (ahead of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales[25] and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2),[13] and is the year's second highest-grossing foreign film (after The Fate of the Furious).[26] In 47 days, the film had 44,445,270 admissions at the Chinese box office.[27] Aamir Khan's earnings from Dangal is estimated to be ₹300 crore ($46 million),[28] the highest payday for a non-Hollywood actor.[29]

In 2022, S. S. Rajamouli became the first Indian film director to deliver two films that earned over ₹10 billion. Meanwhile, in 2023, Shah Rukh Khan became the first Indian actor to do so.

List

Further information: List of highest-grossing Indian films

See also: List of highest-grossing films in India and List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets

This is a list of the films in the 1000 crore club, adjusted for inflation. For the list of the highest-grossing Indian films in terms of nominal value (without adjusted inflation), see List of highest-grossing Indian films.

Nominal gross revenue
Rank Film Year Language Director Production Budget Worldwide Domestic Overseas (INR) Overseas (USD)
1 Dangal 2016 Hindi Nitesh Tiwari Aamir Khan Productions ₹70 crore ₹2,024 crore (US$250 million) ₹565 crore ₹1,459 crore $246.89 million
2 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 Telugu S. S. Rajamouli Arka Media Works ₹250 crore ₹1,810.6 crore (US$278 million) ₹1,429.83 crore ₹381 crore $220.81 million
3 RRR 2022 Telugu DVV Entertainments ₹550 crore ₹1,387.26 crore (US$170 million) ₹944 crore ₹443.26 crore $169.18 million
4 K.G.F: Chapter 2 2022 Kannada Prashanth Neel Hombale Films ₹100crore ₹1,250 crore (US$160 million) ₹1,008 crore ₹242 crore $152.43 million
5 Jawan 2023 Hindi Atlee Red Chillies Entertainment ₹300 crore ₹1,148.32 crore (US$140 million) ₹761.98 crore ₹386.34 crore $140.04 million
6 Pathaan 2023 Hindi Siddharth Anand Yash Raj Films ₹240 crore ₹1,050.30 crore (US$130 million) ₹654.28 crore ₹396.02 crore $128.78 million

Milestones

See 100 Crore Club for milestones between ₹100 crore and ₹1000 crore

Worldwide

Further information: List of highest-grossing Indian films
Worldwide milestones
Nominal gross
Film Release Milestone Date Ref
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 ₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) 8 May 2017 [1]
₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million) 15 May 2017 [30]
₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million) 19 May 2017 [31]
₹1,600 crore (US$245.69 million) 27 May 2017 [32]
Dangal 2016 ₹1,600 crore (US$245.69 million) 27 May 2017 [33]
₹1,700 crore (US$261.05 million) 29 May 2017 [34]
₹1,800 crore (US$276.41 million) 1 June 2017 [35]
₹1,900 crore (US$291.76 million) 7 June 2017 [5]
₹2,000 crore (US$307.12 million) 26 June 2017 [6]
₹2,100 crore (US$322.47 million) November 2017 [n 1]

Domestic

Further information: List of highest-grossing films in India
Domestic milestones
Nominal
Film Milestone Date Ref
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion ₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (gross) 15 May 2017 [30]
₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million) (gross) 19 May 2017 [41]
₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (nett) 25 May 2017 [42]
₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million) (gross) 5 June 2017 [23]
₹1,100 crore (US$168.91 million) (nett) September 2017 [8]
₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million) (gross)

Overseas

Further information: List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets
Overseas milestones
Nominal gross
Film Release Milestone Date Ref
Dangal 2016 ₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) 25 May 2017 [43]
₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million) 1 June 2017 [44]
₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million) 5 June 2017 [45]
₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million) 12 June 2017 [46]
₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million) November 2017 [n 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Dangal worldwide gross: ₹2,112.33 crore (US$324.37 million)
    • India — ₹512 crore (US$76.2 million)[36]
    • Overseas — ₹1,525.33 crore (US$234.23 million)
      • Chinese markets — ₹1,318.1 crore (US$202.41 million)
      • Other territories — ₹ 207.23 crore (US$30.7 million)[40]

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