All Time Highest Kollywood Grossers: From PS1 to Bigil, here’s a list of the top 10 highest grossing Tamil movies.
- Recently released Jailer has crossed Rs 550 Crore worldwide. It is now the second highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time.
- The list is dominated by Superstars Rajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay.
Superstar Thalapathy Vijay’s recently released action thriller movie Leo has been ruling the global box office since its release on Oct 19, 2023. As of Oct 26, 2023, the movie has collected Rs 500+ Crore globally. In fact, in just seven days, it has become the third highest-grossing Tamil movie of all time.
If we look at the list of all-time highest grossing Tamil movies, it is dominated by superstars Rajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay. Rajinikanth’s sci-fi action movie 2.0 tops the list with a worldwide gross of Rs 800+ Crore. Thalapathy Vijay’s Bigil, Mersal, and Sarkar also make a place on the list. Here’s presenting the list of highest grossing Tamil movies.
List of Highest Grossing Tamil Movies: Rajinikanth and Thalapathy Vijay rule
2.0
Release Date- Nov 29, 2018
Star Cast- Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson
India (Gross)- Rs 600+ Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 200+ Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 800+ Crore
Jailer
Release Date- Aug 10, 2023
Star Cast- Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Sunil and Yogi Babu
India (Gross)- Rs 421 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 179 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 600 Crore
Leo
Release Date- Oct 19, 2023
Star Cast- Thalapathy Vijay, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun, Trisha,
India (Gross)- Rs 280 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 220 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 500 Crore
Ponniyin Selvan: I
Release Date- Sep 30, 2022
Star Cast- Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha
India (Gross)- Rs 320+ Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 175+ Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 495+ Crore
Vikram
Release Date- June 3, 2022
Star Cast- Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil
India (Gross)- Rs 320+ Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 126+ Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 446+ Crore
Ponniyin Selvan: II
Release Date- Apr 28, 2023
Star Cast- Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha
India (Gross)- Rs 215+ Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 127+ Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 342+ Crore
Enthiran
Release Date- Oct 1, 2010
Star Cast- Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
India (Gross)- Rs 233 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 87 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 320 Crore
Varisu
Release Date- Jan 11, 2023
Star Cast- Vijay, R. Sarathkumar, Srikanth, Shaam, Rashmika Mandanna, Prabhu,
India (Gross)- Rs 225 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 85 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 310 Crore
Kabali
Release Date- July 22, 2016
Star Cast- Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika
India (Gross)- Rs 198 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 107 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 305 Crore
Bigil
Release Date- Oct 25, 2019
Star Cast- Vijay, Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff
India (Gross)- Rs 207.5 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 93 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 300.5 Crore
Mersal
Release Date- Oct 18, 2017
Star Cast- Vijay, S. J. Surya, Sathyaraj, Nithya Menen, Samantha Ruth Prabhu
India (Gross)- Rs 194 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 66 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 260 Crore
Sarkar
Release Date- Nov 6, 2018
Star Cast- Vijay, Keerthy Suresh
India (Gross)- Rs 185 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 70 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 255 Crore
Master
Release Date- Jan 13, 2021
Star Cast- Vijay, Vijay Sethupathi, and Malavika Mohanan
India (Gross)- Rs 200 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 51 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 251 Crore
I
Release Date- Jan 14, 2015
Star Cast- Vikram, Amy Jackson
India (Gross)- Rs 180 Crore
Overseas (Gross)- Rs 60 Crore
Worldwide (Gross)- Rs 240 Crore
Other highest grossing Tamil movies are Beast (Rs 237 crore), Petta (Rs 227 Crore), Darbar (Rs 224 Crore), Annaatthe (Rs 220 crore), Vishwaroopam (Rs 220 Crore) and Thunivu (Rs 203 Crore).
Disclaimer: Box Office data has been collected from various sources as Kollywood doesn’t have any official source.
