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 or more either within India or worldwide. It is preceded by the 100 Crore Club. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion became the first Indian film to gross over worldwide. It grossed across all languages in India and grossed worldwide. It stands as the highest-grossing film in India domestically till date.
It was followed by Dangal, which is the highest-grossing Indian film globally till date, which grossed about, including a domestic gross of. It became the fifth Highest-grossing non-English language film of that time. 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, Jawan, Kalki 2898 AD, Pushpa 2: The Rule and Dhurandhar.

History

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, which released on 28 April 2017, became the first Indian film to cross the and 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. Overseas, it is the highest-grossing Indian film in the United States, 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, 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 worldwide, making it the first Indian film to gross $300 million worldwide and one of the top 30 highest-grossing 2016 films. 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 List of highest-grossing [Indian films in overseas markets|overseas] crossing in international markets, including ¥1.29 billion in China and 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, the leggiest box office release, had the most consecutive days with a ¥10 million gross and $1 million gross, was the highest-grossing film in May 2017, and is the year's second highest-grossing foreign film. 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 and RRR, is the only Indian film director to direct two films that earned over ₹1000 crore.

List

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, see list of highest-grossing Indian films.
NoTitleWorldwideDomesticOverseasYearLanguageRef
1Dangal2016Hindi
2Baahubali 2: The Conclusion2017Telugu
3Pushpa 2: The Rule2024Telugu
4RRR2022Telugu
5Dhurandhar2025Hindi
6KGF: Chapter 22022Kannada
7Jawan2023Hindi
8Kalki 2898 AD2024Telugu
9Pathaan2023Hindi

Milestones

See 100 Crore Club for milestones between ₹100 crore and ₹1000 crore
TitleReleaseMilestoneDateRef
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion20178 May 2017
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion201715 May 2017
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion201719 May 2017
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion201727 May 2017
Dangal20167 June 2017
Dangal201626 June 2017