1000 Crore Club

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 worldwide. 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 and grossed ₹1,810 crore worldwide.^[2] It stands as the Highest-grossing film in India domestically till date.^[3][4][5] It was followed by Dangal, which is the Highest-grossing Indian film, expanding the club to 1900 crore (including domestic gross of 350 crore),^[6] before creating the ₹2,000 crore (US$230 million) club,^[7] and becoming the fifth Highest-grossing non-English language film of that time. In 2022, two films released in the span of a month, RRR^[a] and KGF: Chapter 2,^[12] grossed over ₹1,000 crore at the global box office. The club expanded with films like Pathaan (2023),^[13] Jawan (2023),^[14] Kalki 2898 AD (2024),^[15] and Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024),^[16] with the latter being the fastest film to achieve the record.

History

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which released on 28 April 2017,^[17] 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).^{[citation needed]} Overseas, it is the highest-grossing Indian film in the United States ($21 million),^[18] 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.^[19]

Dangal (2016), following its Chinese release on 5 May 2017,^[20] became the Highest-grossing Indian film of all time and fifth highest-grossing non-English language film of that 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).^[21] Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film of 2017, and Disney's fourth highest-grossing film of 2017.^[22]

Dangal is the first Indian film to exceed $100 million nearly 1000 cr overseas^[23] crossing ₹1,400 crore ($215 million) in international markets, including ¥1.29 billion (US$191 million) in China^[24][25] and ₹41 crore ($6.3 million) in Taiwan.^{[citation needed]} 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,^[26][27] the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film (surpassing Japanese anime film Your Name),^[28] the leggiest box office release (cumulative gross 83 times its opening day haul,^[27][29] surpassing Zootopia),^[30] had the most consecutive days with a ¥10 million (US$1 million) gross (surpassing the 30 days of Transformers: Age of Extinction)^[31] and $1 million gross^[27] (38 days),^[32] was the highest-grossing film in May 2017 (ahead of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales^[33] and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2),^[23] and is the year's second highest-grossing foreign film (after The Fate of the Furious).^[34] In 47 days, the film had 44,445,270 admissions at the Chinese box office.^[35] Aamir Khan's earnings from Dangal is estimated to be ₹300 crore ($46 million),^[36] the highest payday for a non-Hollywood actor.^[37]

S.S. Rajamouli, the director of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and RRR (2022), is the only Indian film director to direct two films that earned over ₹1000 crore. Shah Rukh Khan, the lead actor of Pathaan (2023) and Jawan (2023), and Prabhas, the lead actor of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and Kalki 2898 AD (2024), are the only two actors to lead two films each that earned over ₹1000 crore.

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 with us dollars

No	Title	Worldwide	Domestic	Overseas	Year	Language	Ref
1	Dangal	₹2,070 crore (US$317.87 million)	₹520 crore (US$79.85 million)	₹1,550 crore (US$238.02 million)	2016	Hindi	[38][39][40]
2	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	₹1810 crore (US$335.94 million)	₹1429 crore (US$244.75 million)	₹381 crore (US$61.37 million)	2017	Telugu	[41]
3	RRR	₹1,387 crore (US$176.45 million)	₹944 crore (US$120.09 million)	₹443 crore (US$56.36 million)	2022	Telugu	[42]
4	KGF: Chapter 2	₹1,250 crore (US$159.02 million)	₹1,008 crore (US$128.24 million)	₹242 crore (US$30.79 million)	2022	Kannada	[43]
5	Jawan	₹1,148.32 crore (US$130 million)	₹761.98 crore (US$88 million)	₹388 crore (US$45 million)	2023	Hindi	[44]
6	Pathaan	₹1,050.30 crore (US$120 million)	₹654.28 crore (US$76 million)	₹396 crore (US$46 million)	2023	Hindi	[45]
7	Kalki: 2898 AD	₹1061 crore	₹776 crore	₹285 crore	2024	Telugu
2	Pushpa 2: The Rule	₹1871 crore	₹1591 crore	280 crore	2024	Telugu

Milestones

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

Worldwide milestones

Title	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	[46]
		₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million)	19 May 2017	[47]
		₹1,800 crore (US$276.41 million)	27 May 2017	[citation needed]
Dangal	2016	₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million)	27 May 2017	[citation needed]
		₹1,700 crore (US$261.05 million)	29 May 2017	[48]
		₹1,800 crore (US$276.41 million)	1 June 2017	[49]
		₹1,900 crore (US$291.76 million)	7 June 2017	[6]
		₹2,000 crore (US$307.12 million)	26 June 2017	[7]
		₹2,100 crore (US$322.47 million)	November 2017	[38]

Domestic

Further information: List of highest-grossing films in India

Domestic milestones

Nominal
Title	Milestone	Date	Ref
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (gross)	15 May 2017	[46]
	₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million) (gross)	19 May 2017	[50]
	₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (nett)	25 May 2017	[citation needed]
	₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million) (gross)	5 June 2017	[31]
	₹1,100 crore (US$168.91 million) (nett)	September 2017	[citation needed]
	₹1,800 crore (US$276.41 million) (gross)

Overseas

Further information: List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets

Overseas milestones

Nominal gross
Title	Release	Milestone	Date	Ref
Dangal	2016	₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million)	25 May 2017	[citation needed]
		₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million)	1 June 2017	[51]
		₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million)	5 June 2017	[citation needed]
		₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million)	12 June 2017	[citation needed]
		₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million)	November 2017	[n 1]

See also

• 100 crore club
• List of highest-grossing Indian films
• List of highest-grossing films in India
• List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets
• List of most expensive Indian films

Notes

1. Dangal worldwide gross: ₹2,112.33 crore (US$324.37 million)

   • India — ₹512 crore (US$76.2 million)^[52]
   • Overseas — ₹1,525.33 crore (US$234.23 million)
     • Chinese markets — ₹1,318.1 crore (US$202.41 million)
       • China — ₹1,254 crore (US$192.56 million)^[53]
       • Taiwan — ₹41 crore (US$6.3 million)^[54]
       • Hong Kong — ₹ 23.1 crore (US$3.5 million)^[55]
     • Other territories — ₹ 207.23 crore (US$30.7 million)^[56]

1. NDTV India,^[8] News18,^[9] India Today,^[10] DNA^[11]

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