Box office revenue in India 2023, by language

The year 2023 saw an increase of box office revenues for Bollywood and other language productions within the Indian film industry. South Indian films recovered with a revenue of 52 billion Indian rupees in that year. Additionally, Hollywood films recoded a revenue of ten billion Indian rupees that year.

 Turbulent times for the Indian box office  

Due to lockdowns and social distancing resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, there were significantly fewer theatrical releases of Indian films in 2020. As a result, the industry braced itself forbox office revenues to fall steeply after significant growth over the preceding decade. Despite this setback, Indian box office revenues still ranked among the top ten in the world in 2020. What’s more, the value of the Indian film industry is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels by the end of fiscal year 2022.

 A world leader in cinema 

  India has consistently been the world leader in the number of films produced annually. In addition, India is the number two country in terms of film tickets sold. Finally, the Indian film industry has wide reach, with Indian theatrical releases generating significant international box office revenues.