Cinema of India | |
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No. of screens | 9,382 (2022)[1] |
• Per capita | 6 per million (2021)[2] |
Produced feature films (2021-22)[3] | |
Total | 2886 |
Number of admissions (2016)[4] | |
Total | 2,020,000,000 |
• Per capita | 1.69 |
National films | 1,713,600,000 |
Gross box office (2022)[7] | |
Total | ₹15,000 crore[5] |
National films | $2.1 billion (2015)[6] |
The cinema of India includes movies produced in India. It has been around since the early 20th century. Movies made in India are popular in the Middle East, South Asia, and Western countries like the United Kingdom and the United States as well as India. In 2010 India produced the most films, even more then Hollywood and China.[8]