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The most successful Bollywood movie at the global box office was 'Dangal', which generated over ** billion Indian rupees in box office takings worldwide as of 2025. The list was populated by several productions either starring or directed by actor, Aamir Khan.

Indian films beyond Bollywood

Many believe that Bollywood is synonymous with the Indian film industry, but there is far more to it than that. Bollywood is the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai and is just one component of the larger Indian film industry, which is made up of various production centers in various languages.

Nowadays, South Indian films have a growing fan base not just among native speakers but also Hindi audiences and the Indian diaspora worldwide. Tamil and Telugu cinema, respectively known as Kollywood and Tollywood, are among the major contributors of Indian cinema in terms of both revenue and releases.

Asia's leading film markets

When it comes to Asian cinema, Bollywood isn’t the only multi-million dollar film industry. Chinese films are also proving to be popular with audiences, considering the box office revenue of the most successful movies of all time in China. As of May 2018, the most successful movie ever in China was Chinese director Wu Jing's action film ‘Wolf Warriors 2’, and in second place was 'Operation Red Sea' which generated ** million Yuan at the Chinese box office.