1000 Crore Club

1000 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade and 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. It is preceded by the 100 Crore Club. In 2017, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion became the first Indian film to gross over ₹1,000 crore worldwide. It grossed ₹1,430 crore (equivalent to ₹20 billion or US$240 million in 2023) across all languages in India and grossed ₹1,810 crore (equivalent to ₹25 billion or US$300 million in 2023) worldwide. It stands as the highest-grossing film in India domestically till date.

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1000 Crore Club

Baahubali 2 was followed by Dangal, which is the highest-grossing Indian film globally till date, which grossed over ₹1,900 crore (equivalent to ₹27 billion or US$320 million in 2023), including a domestic gross of ₹511 crore. In 2022, two films released in the span of a month, RRR and KGF: Chapter 2, grossed over ₹1,000 crore at the global box office. The club expanded with films like Pathaan (2023), Jawan (2023), Kalki 2898 AD (2024), Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024) (fastest to achieve the record). Dhurandhar has been the only franchise of which two films crossed ₹1000 crore; Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026).

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1000 Crore Club

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, released on 28 April 2017, 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 ₹1,429 crore (US$219.44 million). Overseas, it is the highest-grossing Indian film in the United States ($21 million), 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.

Dangal (2016), following its Chinese release on 5 May 2017, became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time and fifth highest-grossing non-English language film of that time, crossing ₹1,900 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). Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film of 2017, and Disney's fourth highest-grossing film of 2017.

Dangal is the first Indian film to exceed $100 million nearly 1000 crore overseas crossing ₹1,400 crore ($215 million) in international markets, including ¥1.29 billion (US$191 million) in China and ₹41 crore ($6.3 million) in Taiwan. 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, the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film (surpassing Japanese anime film Your Name), the leggiest box office release (cumulative gross 83 times its opening day haul, surpassing Zootopia), had the most consecutive days with a ¥10 million (US$1 million) gross (surpassing the 30 days of Transformers: Age of Extinction) and $1 million gross (38 days), was the highest-grossing film in May 2017 (ahead of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), and is the year's second highest-grossing foreign film (after The Fate of the Furious). In 47 days, the film had 44,445,270 admissions at the Chinese box office.

S. S. Rajamouli, the director of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and RRR (2022) and Aditya Dhar, the director of Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: The Revenge are the only two Indian film director to direct two films that earned over ₹1000 crore.

List

1000 Crore Club

This is a list of the films in the 1000 crore club, without 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.

<table><thead><tr><th>No</th><th>Title</th><th>Worldwide</th><th>Domestic</th><th>Overseas</th><th>Year</th><th>Language</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Dangal</td><td>₹1,968.03 crore (US$292.88 million)</td><td>₹512 crore (US$76.2 million)</td><td>₹1,456 crore (US$216.68 million)</td><td>2016</td><td>Hindi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Baahubali 2: The Conclusion</td><td>₹1,810.60 crore (US$278.03 million)</td><td>₹1,430 crore (US$219.59 million)</td><td>₹380.60 crore (US$58.44 million)</td><td>2017</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Pushpa 2: The Rule</td><td>₹1,642 crore (US$190 million)</td><td>₹1,381 crore (US$160 million)</td><td>₹261 crore (US$31 million)</td><td>2024</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dhurandhar: The Revenge</td><td>₹1,434.14 crore (US$170 million)</td><td>₹1,070.19 crore (US$130 million)</td><td>₹363.95 crore (US$43 million)</td><td>2026</td><td>Hindi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Dhurandhar</td><td>₹1,350.83 crore (US$160 million)</td><td>₹1,057.80 crore (US$130 million)</td><td>₹293.03 crore (US$35 million)</td><td>2025</td><td>Hindi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>RRR</td><td>₹1,300 crore (US$165.38 million)</td><td>₹944 crore (US$120.09 million)</td><td>₹443 crore (US$56.36 million)</td><td>2022</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>KGF: Chapter 2</td><td>₹1,250 crore (US$159.02 million)</td><td>₹1,008 crore (US$128.24 million)</td><td>₹242 crore (US$30.79 million)</td><td>2022</td><td>Kannada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Jawan</td><td>₹1,148.32 crore (US$139.02 million)</td><td>₹761.98 crore (US$92.25 million)</td><td>₹386.34 crore (US$46.77 million)</td><td>2023</td><td>Hindi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Kalki 2898 AD</td><td>₹1,100 crore (US$130 million)</td><td>₹776 crore (US$92 million)</td><td>₹324 crore (US$38 million)</td><td>2024</td><td>Telugu</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Pathaan</td><td>₹1,050.50 crore (US$127.18 million)</td><td>₹654.28 crore (US$79.21 million)</td><td>₹396.22 crore (US$47.97 million)</td><td>2023</td><td>Hindi</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

By Language (Industry)

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Language</th><th>No of 1000 Crore films</th><th>Highest Grossed film</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Hindi</td><td>5</td><td>Dangal</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Telugu</td><td>4</td><td>Baahubali 2: The Conclusion</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kannada</td><td>1</td><td>KGF: Chapter 2</td></tr></tbody></table>

Milestones

1000 Crore Club

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Title</th><th>Release</th><th>Milestone</th><th>Date</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Baahubali 2: The Conclusion</td><td>2017</td><td>₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million)</td><td>8 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million)</td><td>15 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million)</td><td>19 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,800 crore (US$276.41 million)</td><td>27 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dangal</td><td>2016</td><td>₹1,900 crore (US$291.76 million)</td><td>7 June 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹2,000 crore (US$307.12 million)</td><td>26 June 2017</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Domestic

<table><thead><tr><th>Nominal</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Title</td><td>Milestone</td><td>Date</td><td>Ref</td></tr><tr><td>Baahubali 2: The Conclusion</td><td>₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (gross)</td><td>15 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million) (gross)</td><td>19 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million) (nett)</td><td>25 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million) (gross)</td><td>5 June 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,100 crore (US$168.91 million) (nett)</td><td>September 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million) (gross)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Overseas

<table><thead><tr><th>Nominal gross</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Title</td><td>Release</td><td>Milestone</td><td>Date</td><td>Ref</td></tr><tr><td>Dangal</td><td>2016</td><td>₹1,000 crore (US$153.56 million)</td><td>25 May 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,200 crore (US$184.27 million)</td><td>1 June 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,300 crore (US$199.63 million)</td><td>5 June 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,400 crore (US$214.98 million)</td><td>12 June 2017</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>₹1,500 crore (US$230.34 million)</td><td>November 2017</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>