From the 1960s, the Hindi Film industry achieved major commercial success more regularly, and the profit earned multiplied manifold; The 1975 movie ‘Sholay’ earned huge amount that the last record-holder 1960s movie Mughal-e-Azam earned, while 1994 came movie ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ more than quadrupled Sholay’s record.
At the beginning, the success of a movie was determined by box office longevity than profit. However, due to growing competition from television and the threat of copying, and later the advent of alternative media, longevity of movies decreased acutely and profit became the focus of success.
Here is a list of top 10 highest grossing Bollywood movies Box office collection Worldwide of all time. Hum Aapke Hain Koun was the first Bollywood movie to cross INR 1 billion (US$15 million) worldwide.
1. PK (2014)
Budget 85 crores Gross: 792 crores India: 489 crores Overseas: 303 crores
PK movie is all set to create history by entering the Rs 300 crore club by the end of its 3rd Sunday run. PK, so far, has collected Rs 326 crores nett at the Domestic Box Office, which takes its Gross total to Rs 470 crores. And on the overseas front, the Film has earned Rs 156 crores gross, that takes its Worldwide Box office collection Rs 626 crores. The movie stars Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan in the title role, with Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt in supporting roles.
2. Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
Budget 90 crores Gross: 626 crores India: 433 crores Overseas: 193 crores
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s movie ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ beats ‘Happy New Year’ and ‘3 Idiots’ lifetime earnings. The movie has become the first Bollywood movie of 2015 to cross Rs 300 crores with its net collection at the domestic box office. The film took just 9 days to earn Rs 200 crores from its domestic box office run. It is the third fastest movie after ‘PK’ and ‘Dhoom 3’ to earn Rs 200 crores in just nine days.
3. Dhoom 3: Back In Action (2013)
Budget 1.5 billion Gross: 542 crores India: 372 crores Overseas: 170 crores
Bollywood stars Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif starrer movie Dhoom 3 is breaking all records in India and overseas. Dhoom 3 movie became the highest grossing Bollywood movie in India and around the world by earning over Rs 533 crores (US$85 million) worldwide in just two weeks. The movie beat the INR3.95 billion (US$60 million) record set by movie Chennai Express according to Box Office India.
4. Chennai Express (2013)
Budget 75 crores Gross: 422 crores India: 301 crores Overseas: 121 crores
Chennai Express is a 2013 Indian romantic action-comedy movie directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Gauri Khan under the SRK banner Red Chillies Entertainment. The movie stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. The movie currently the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of 2013. The movie broke the record held by movie 3 Idiots (2009) in the domestic box office and was declared a Blockbuster in India by Box Office collection. It is also the third highest-grossing Bollywood movie in overseas collection. Chennai Express went on to become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie worldwide.
5. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015)
Budget 80 crores Gross: 400 crores(still running) India: 305 crores Overseas: 95 crores
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo stars with Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor, directed and produced by Sooraj Barjatya. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo has become the highest opening movie of 2015.
6. 3 Idiots (2009)
Budget 35 crores Gross: 395 crores India: 269 crores Overseas: 126 crores
Since the year 2013, the movie was at top the list of highest grossing Bollywood movies box office collection worldwide. The record was first broken by movie Chennai Express than movie Dhoom 3 and than movie PK. Now movie 3 Idiots is at number 5 in the list with worldwide gross INR Rs 395 crores (US$60 million). It is a 2009 Indian comedy-drama movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi, and the movie is produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
7. Happy New Year (2014)
Budget 1.50 billion Gross: 383 crores India: 293 crores Overseas: 90 crores
Directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan, movie Happy New Year had a bumper opening on the first day setting a new record by earning around INR450 million (US$7.3 million) nett, making it the first Bollywood movie to reach the figure for a single day. The movie released on Diwali, 24 October 2014, in three languages: Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Happy New Year became the 6th Highest grossing Bollywood movies box office collections worldwide and collected around Rs 383 crores.
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8. Kick (2014)
Budget 100 crores, Gross: 377 crores India: 310 crores Overseas: 67 crores
Salman Khan starrer Kick has been highly awaited movie in that year. The film has been collected awesome performance at the worldwide box office collection in his 1st week and 2nd weekend journey. Kick movie has collected a total of Rs 390 crorers, Rs 68 crores of overseas box office collections and over Rs 322 crores of domestic box office collections. It will now be lagging behind just three movies – Dhoom 3, Chennai Express and 3 Idiots.
9. Krissh 3 (2013)
Budget 115 crores Gross: 374 crores India: 320 crores Overseas: 54 crores
Superhero science fiction movie Krrish 3 became the 9th highest grossing Bollywood movie box office collection with worldwide gross INR 374 crores. The movie which released in 2013, is produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan.
10. Bang Bang (2013)
Budget 145 crores Gross: 341 crores India: 181.03 crores Overseas: 79 crores
The 2014 Bollywood action thriller movie Bang Bang became the 10th highest grossing Bollywood movie. The movie is an official remake of the Hollywood movie Knight and Day and features Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles performed by Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz respectively in the original.
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