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 ) or more either domestically 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 worldwide. It grossed across all languages in India and grossed worldwide. It stands as the highest-grossing film in India till date.
Baahubali 2 was followed by Dangal, which is the highest-grossing Indian film globally till date, which grossed over . 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), and Pushpa 2: The Rule (2024), with the latter being the fastest to achieve the record (in 6 days). The Dhurandhar has been the only franchise of which two films crossed ₹1000 crore; Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026).
History Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, released on 28 April 2017, became the first Indian film to cross the mark in May 2017, and briefly became the highest-grossing Indian film worldwide, before being overtaken by Dangal with the help of Chinese release.
Baahubali 2 is the highest-grossing film in India till date, where it has grossed . The film became the highest grossing film in 28 out of the 29 Indian states at the time of its release, a feat achieved by no other film since. Overseas, it was the highest-grossing Indian film of its time 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 () 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 now 30th biggest hit worldwide but this is all Aamir Khan will earn from it , Indian Express, 12 June 2017 Dangal is also the highest-grossing sports film of 2017, and Disney's fourth highest-grossing film of 2017.Dangal box office: Aamir Khan film is fourth biggest worldwide hit for Disney, to enter Rs 2000-cr club this weekend, Indian Express, 22 June 2017 Dangal is the first Indian film to exceed $200 million overseas, crossing over () in international markets, including ¥1.29 billion (US$ million) in China and () in Taiwan. Its overseas gross in China more than doubled its domestic gross of $84.4 million in India.
Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026) became the first Indian film to cross 1,000 crore net in a single language (Hindi); netting over 1,100 crore in all languages; in addition, it became the highest-grossing Indian film in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada.
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 directors to direct two films that earned over ₹1000 crore. Prabhas, Shah Rukh Khan and Ranveer Singh are the only lead actors with two films in the ₹1000 crore club. Deepika Padukone is the only actor with three films in the ₹1000 crore club.
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 (without adjusted for inflation), see list of highest-grossing Indian films.
Worldwide Title Worldwide gross Year Language 1Dangal –2016Hindi2Dhurandhar: The Revenge2026Hindi3Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017Telugu4Pushpa 2: The Rule –2024Telugu5Dhurandhar – 2025Hindi 6RRR –2022Telugu7KGF: Chapter 2 –2022Kannada8Jawan 2023Hindi9Pathaan 2023Hindi10Kalki 2898 AD –2024Telugu
Domestic Title Domestic gross Year Language 1Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017Telugu2Pushpa 2: The Rule2024Telugu3Dhurandhar: The Revenge2026Hindi4Dhurandhar 2025Hindi 5KGF: Chapter 2 2022Kannada
Overseas Title Overseas gross Year Language 1Dangal2016Hindi
Milestones See 100 Crore Club for milestones between ₹100 crore and ₹1000 crore
Worldwide Title Release Milestone Date Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 8 May 2017 15 May 2017 Whoa!! 'Baahubali 2' grosses Rs 1330 crore worldwide in 16 days , DNA India, 15 May 2017 19 May 2017 Dangal201629 May 201731 May 20172 June 2017 7 June 2017 26 June 2017
Domestic
TitleRelease Milestone Date Baahubali 2: The Conclusion2017 (gross) 15 May 2017 (gross)17 May 2017 (gross) 19 May 2017 Baahubali 2 box office collection crosses Rs 1,500-crore mark; Dangal now at Rs 1,200 crore, Firstpost, 19 May 2017 (nett) 25 May 2017 (gross) 5 June 2017 Box Office: 'Dangal' Nears $300M, 'Baahubali' Slows , Forbes, 5 June 2017 (nett) September 2017 (gross)
Overseas
Title Release Milestone Date Dangal 2016 25 May 2017 28 May 2017 1 June 2017 5 June 2017 12 June 2017 November 2017
See also
List of highest-grossing Indian films List of highest-grossing films in India List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets List of most expensive Indian films
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