List of highest-grossing Tamil films

Tamil cinema, popularly known as Kollywood, is the filmmaking industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The films are made primarily in Tamil language. Haridas was the first Tamil film to be nationally distributed across India in 1944.

* Denotes films still playing in theatres
* Denotes bilingual films

Worldwide gross collection

The first Indian film to gross ₹200 crore worldwide was the 2008 Tamil film Dasavathaaram, in which one of India's most prolific actors Kamal Haasan portrayed ten different roles.[1]

Tamil films which have grossed a minimum of ₹200 crore worldwide are listed here.

Rank Film Gross ₹ crore (est.) Inflation-adjusted gross (2023 ₹ crore) (est.) Year Ref
1 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 1,810.595 2,540 2017 [lower-alpha 1]
2 2.0 699.81 936 2018 [5][lower-alpha 2]
3 Jailer 600 600 2023 [lower-alpha 3]
4 Baahubali: The Beginning 599.72 905 2015 [lower-alpha 4]
5 Leo 506 506 2023 [10]
6 Ponniyin Selvan: I 495 523 2022 [lower-alpha 5][13]
7 Vikram 435 461 2022 [14][lower-alpha 6]
8 Ponniyin Selvan: II 345 345 2023 [20]
9 Enthiran 320 718 2010 [lower-alpha 7]
10 Kabali 305 438 2016 [lower-alpha 8]
11 Varisu 293 293 2023 [25][lower-alpha 9]
12 Bigil 285–305 354–379 2019 [lower-alpha 10]
13 Sarkar 243.90–260 326–348 2018 [lower-alpha 11]
14 Master 230–300 247–337 2021 [lower-alpha 12]
15 I 227–240 343–362 2015 [lower-alpha 13]
16 Vishwaroopam 220 374 2013 [33]
17 Petta 219–240 272–298 2019 [lower-alpha 14]
18 Beast 217–300 230–318 2022 [lower-alpha 15]
19 Darbar 202–250 238–294 2020 [lower-alpha 16]
20 Mersal 200–260 281–365 2017 [lower-alpha 17]
21 Dasavathaaram 200 557 2008 [33]
22 Thunivu 185–200 185–200 2023 [lower-alpha 18]
23 Viswasam 185–200 230–249 2019 [lower-alpha 19]
24 Annaatthe 175–240 196–269 2021 [lower-alpha 20]
25 Etharkkum Thunindhavan 175–200 185–212 2022 [50]

Opening Day gross collection

The top 10 Tamil films based on the worldwide opening day gross collections are listed here.

Rank Film Gross ₹ crore (est.) Year Ref
1 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 217 2017 [51]
2 Leo 148 2023 [52]
3 2.0 100 2018 [53]
4 Ponniyin Selvan: I 80 2022 [54]
5 Jailer 70–87 2023 [lower-alpha 21]
6 Sarkar 69–75 2018 [lower-alpha 22]
7 Vikram 66 2022 [60]
8 Beast 65–85.20 2022 [lower-alpha 23]
9 Baahubali: The Beginning 60 2015 [64]
10 Bigil 55 2019 [65]

Tamil Nadu gross collection

The top 15 films based on Final gross collections in Tamil Nadu Which State owns Tamil Cinema, Popularly Known as Kollywood are listed here.

Rank Film Final Gross ₹ crore (est.) Year Ref
1 Ponniyin Selvan: I 222 2022 [66][67][68]
2 Jailer 188 2023 [69][70]
3 Vikram 183 2022 [71][72][73][74]
4 Leo 160 2023 [75]
5 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 146 2017 [76]
6 Varisu 144 2022 [77]
7 Master 142 2021 [78]
8 Bigil 141 2019 [79]
9 Ponniyin Selvan: II 139 2023 [68]
10 Sarkar 131 2018
11 Viswasam 128 2019 [79]
12 Mersal 127 2017 [68]
13 Beast 119 2022
14 Thunivu 118 2023 [80]
15 2.0 113 2018 [68]

See also

Notes
  1. News18,[2] Hindustan Times,[3] Box Office India[4]
  2. News18,[2] Hindustan Times,[3] India Today[6]
  3. Asianet News Network reported that the movie minted over Rs 500 crore at the box office.[7] Hindustan Times reported the collection to be ₹650 crore.[8]
  4. Hindustan Times,[3] Firstpost[9]
  5. Pinkvilla,[11] Hindustan Times[12]
  6. Deccan Herald,[15] The Telegraph,[16] India Today,[17] Asianet News,[18] Hindustan Times[19]
  7. Times of India,[21] Box Office India[22]
  8. Times of India,[23] Box Office India,[22] Forbes[24]
  9. The New Indian Express,[26] Times of India[27]
  10. Firstpost,[28] Times of India[27]
  11. Times of India,[23] Indian Express,[29] Times of India[30]
  12. Indian Express,[31] News Minute[32]
  13. Times of India,[23] Forbes[24]
  14. Pinkvilla,[34] Hindustan Times[35]
  15. Moneycontrol,[36] Indian Express,[37] Times of India,[38] Puthiya Thalaimurai,[39]
  16. Pinkvilla,[34] Hindustan Times[40]
  17. Times of India,[41] The Hans India,[42] Times of India[30]
  18. Pinkvilla,[43] Times of India[44]
  19. Firstpost,[28] Indian Express,[45] The Hans India[46]
  20. Asianet News Tamil,[47] News Minute,[48] News18[49]
  21. The Hindu Tamil,[55] Times of India,[56] Pinkvilla[57]
  22. Firstpost,[58] DNA India[59]
  23. TOI,[61] DNA India,[62] Lehren[63]

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  27. "'Varisu' is now Vijay's highest-grossing film; it breaks the worldwide collections of 'Bigil'". 14 February 2023 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  28. "Bigil, Petta, Viswasam, Kanchana 3, Nerkonda Paarvai, Kaithi power Kollywood's theatrical takings in 2019 to Rs 1000 cr". Firstpost. 4 December 2019.
  29. "Sarkar box office collection: AR Murugadoss film crosses Rs 250 crore mark worldwide". 28 November 2018.
  30. "அடேங்கப்பா, பாக்ஸ் ஆபிஸ் வசூல் இவ்வளவா? மெர்சல் சாதனையை முறியடித்த 'சர்கார்'!". Samayam Tamil.
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  39. ""விஜய் போட்ட கணக்கு ஒன்று... நடந்ததோ வேறொன்று.." - வாரிசு வசூலும் உண்மை நிலவரமும்!". Puthiyathalaimurai. 15 February 2023.
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  55. "உலக அளவில் ரூ.150 கோடி வசூலைக் குவித்த ரஜினியின் 'ஜெயிலர்'". The Hindu Tamil. 13 August 2023.
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