As per the report, 2023 became the first-ever year to cross this mark at the India box office, surpassing 2019 (`10,948 Cr). It witnessed a healthy 15% growth over 2022. Jawan was the highest-grossing film of 2023, with a gross box office of `734 crore.

1. THE ORMAX BOX OFFICE REPORT: 2023

2. • With gross box office of `12,226 Cr, 2023 became the first-ever year to cross `12,000 Cr mark at the India box office, surpassing
2019 (`10,948 Cr)
• Hindi cinema also saw its best-ever year, with a gross box office of `5,380 Cr, crossing the `5,000 Cr mark for the first time. Hindi
cinema’s box office share (44%) reached the pre-pandemic level of 44%, up from 33% in 2022
• While Tamil & Telugu languages held on to their share, Hollywood & Kannada cinema lost their share compared to 2022, moving
down from 12% to 9%, and 8% to 3%, respectively.
• While more than 1,000 films released in the year 2023, just the top 10 films contributed 40% of the year’s total box office. Jawan
was the highest-grossing film of 2023, with gross box office of `734 Cr
Executive Summary (1/2)

3. • The top four films of 2023 are all original Hindi language films, i.e., Jawan, Animal, Pathaan and Gadar 2. These films individually
crossed the `600 Cr gross mark. Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire, Jailer & Leo were the other three films to cross `400 Cr mark at the India
box office
• 2023 registered 94.3 Cr (943 Million) footfalls, a growth of only 6% over 2022. Footfalls remain below the pre-pandemic level of
103.0 Cr in 2019
• Average Ticket Price (ATP) grew by 9% vis-à-vis 2022, from `119 to `130. The growth is primarily an outcome of the increase in box
office contribution of Hindi cinema, which operates at higher ATP compared to the South language industries
• While most language industries (except Hindi) struggled to hold on their 2022 performance (Tamil & Telugu showed growth of 14%
& 6% respectively), Punjabi cinema resurged in 2023, with 60% growth in box office over 2022
Executive Summary (2/2)

4. BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS

5. India Box Office
2023 is the first-ever year when the gross box office in India has crossed the `12,000 Cr mark, surpassing the previous best year 2019
(`10,948 Cr) by `1,278 Cr. India box office witnessed a healthy 15% growth over 2022.
8,315 8,649
9,630 9,810
10,948
2,056
3,772
10,637
12,226
1,000
3,000
5,000
7,000
9,000
11,000
13,000
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

6. Box Office Share by Language
Hindi
44%
Telugu
19%
Tamil
16%
Hollywood*
9%
Malayalam
5%
Kannada
3%
Others
5%
*Hollywood includes all language versions

7. Box Office Share by Language
Compared to 2022, Hindi cinema has gained 11 percentage points in share, reaching its pre-pandemic level share (2019) at the India Box
Office. While Tamil & Telugu cinema held on to their 2022 share, Kannada and Hollywood lost 5 and 3 percentage points respectively.
45 44 41 45 44
27 33
44
14 14 19 14 13
29 20
19
15 12 12 13 13 17
16
16
11 13 11 12 15 11
12
9
6 7 7 5 6 6 6
5
4 6 4 4 5 7 8 3
5 4 6 7 4 3 5 5
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020-21 (Cum.) 2022 2023
Hindi Telugu Tamil Hollywood* Malayalam Kannada Others
*Hollywood includes all language versions

8. Box Office by Language (2022 vs. 2023)
Hindi & Punjabi cinema have grown
by more than 50%. Tamil is the only
other major language to see double-
digit growth.
After its best-ever year in 2022,
Kannada cinema saw a steep decline
of 61% in its gross BO in 2023.
Gross BO figures in ` Cr
*Hollywood includes all language versions
Language
Gross BO
(2022)
Gross BO
(2023)
Growth %
% Share
(2022)
% Share
(2023)
Hindi 3,513 5,380 53 33 44
Telugu 2,145 2,265 6 20 19
Tamil 1,724 1,961 14 16 16
Hollywood* 1,230 1,139 -7 12 9
Malayalam 633 572 -10 6 5
Kannada 810 312 -61 8 3
Punjabi 147 235 60 1 2
Marathi 268 201 -25 3 2
Bengali 77 66 -15 1 1
Gujarati 56 50 -10 1 0
Others 35 43 23 0 0

9. Top 15 Films (All India)
177
181
210
213
252
265
319
325
406
408
512
619
636
645
734
0 200 400 600 800
RockyAur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Waltair Veerayya
Varisu
Ponniyin Selvan -PS2
Dunki
The Kerala Story
Tiger 3
Adipurush
Leo
Jailer
Salaar: Part 1 -Ceasefire
Gadar 2
Pathaan
Animal
Jawan
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films still running in theatres
Cumulative BO of each film in all languages in which it was released

10. FOOTFALLS & AVERAGE TICKET PRICE

11. Domestic Footfalls
Footfalls grew by 6% in 2023, but were below the pre-pandemic level (2019), indicating that the growth in Gross Box office in 2023 (15%) was
driven more by an increase in Average Ticket Price (ATP) than by a growth in footfalls.
90.3 90.1
101.0
94.5
103.0
22.5
42.7
89.2 94.3
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

12. Average Ticket Price (`)
ATP grew by 9% over 2022, and is now 22% higher than the pre-pandemic (2019) level.
92
96 95
104 106
91
87
119
130
50
75
100
125
150
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

13. ATP (`) by Language
While there has been only marginal increase in ATP for individual language industries, the overall ATP has increased by 9%, because of higher
contribution of Hindi cinema, which operates at higher ATP compared to the South language industries, to India box office.
241
187
119 109 101 99 102 92 84 87 84 75
237
196
130
106 103 102 99 94 89 86 85 75
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Hollywood* Hindi All India Bengali Kannada Punjabi Marathi Telugu Tamil Gujarati Malayalam Others
2022 2023
*Hollywood includes all language versions

14. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
HINDI FILMS

15. Hindi: Domestic Box Office
Hindi cinema surpassed its previous best year 2019 (`4,831 Cr), to cross the `5,000 Cr mark for the first time.
2,386
3,245
3,752 3,804 3,810 3,881 4,064
4,392
4,831
869 717
3,513
5,380
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

16. Hindi: Domestic Footfalls
Despite 46% growth vis-à-vis 2022, footfalls are well below the pre-pandemic mark, with each year
in the 2012-2019 period having recorded more footfalls than 2023.
24.6
30.9
33.2 31.7 30.0 29.4 30.1 31.6
34.1
6.0 4.9
18.9
27.5
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

17. Hindi: Top 10 Films
175
177
190
252
265
313
590
617
619
673
0 200 400 600 800
OMG 2
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire (Hindi)
Dunki
The Kerala Story
Tiger 3
Animal
Pathaan
Gadar 2
Jawan
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
2023 saw the resurgence of original
Hindi language films, with four films
crossing the `550 Cr gross mark.
The contribution of dubbed versions
of films from South India dropped
from 32% in 2022 to only 5% in 2023.
Only one (Salaar) out of the top 10
Hindi films is a dubbed version.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Hindi versions have been reported in this chart

18. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
TELUGU FILMS

19. Telugu: Domestic Box Office
2023 topped 2022 as the best-ever year till date for Telugu cinema, with the industry crossing the `2,000 Cr mark for the second year in a row.
869
1,014
1,214 1,249
1,865
1,384 1,404
522
1,118
2,145
2,265
200
700
1,200
1,700
2,200
2,700
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

20. Telugu: Domestic Footfalls
Like Gross Box Office, Telugu cinema ranks no. 2 on footfalls too, which are just 4% below the peak level in the last decade (2017).
13.8
15.6
18.4 18.1
25.2
18.6 18.2
7.7
16.4
23.3 24.2
0.0
6.0
12.0
18.0
24.0
30.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

21. Telugu: Top 10 Films
68
68
69
85
92
101
109
153
181
278
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Kushi
Baby
Virupaksha
Dasara
Bro
Bhagavanth Kesari
Veera Simha Reddy
Adipurush
Waltair Veerayya
Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Salaar: Part 1 - Ceasefire emerged as
the top grosser for Telugu cinema,
contributing 12% to the total Telugu
box office in 2023.
Four other films crossed the `100 Cr
gross mark, and a consistent flow of
releases ensured steady
performance through the year for
the Telugu film industry.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Telugu versions have been reported in this chart

22. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
TAMIL FILMS

23. Tamil: Domestic Box Office
2023 was the highest-grossing year for Tamil cinema too, and the industry came close to achieving the `2,000 mark for the first time.
1,120
932
1,211
996
1,191
1,283
1,460
324
666
1,724
1,961
250
500
750
1,000
1,250
1,500
1,750
2,000
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

24. Tamil: Domestic Footfalls
At 22.0 Cr footfalls (best-ever, at least in the last decade), Tamil cinema ranks third, only behind Hindi and Telugu cinema.
17.2
14.1
18.1
14.0
16.3 16.8
19.4
4.8
9.8
20.5
22.0
0.0
5.0
10.0
15.0
20.0
25.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

25. Tamil: Top 10 Films
44
48
50
54
79
130
162
174
326
328
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Jigarthanda DoubleX
Vaathi
Maaveeran
Maamannan
Mark Antony
Thunivu
Ponniyin Selvan - PS2
Varisu
Jailer
Leo
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Two Tamil films crossed the `300
Cr mark in 2023, while three other
films crossed the `100 Cr mark.
The top 10 films contributed 71%
to the total Tamil box office in
2023, vis-à-vis 68% in 2022,
indicating that the industry
became even more dependent on
big-ticket/ event films in 2023.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Tamil versions have been reported in this chart

26. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
HOLLYWOOD FILMS

27. Hollywood: India Box Office
2023 was an underwhelming year for Hollywood, with the industry experiencing de-growth over 2022,
and being at the 2016/2017 level in 2023.
525
648
917
1,117 1,065
1,222
1,595
86
563
1,230
1,139
0
450
900
1,350
1,800
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

28. Hollywood: India Footfalls
Excluding the two pandemic-affected years, Hollywood footfalls in India fell below the 5 Cr mark for the first time since 2014.
4.1
4.8
6.5
7.7 7.5
8.0
9.8
0.5
3.3
5.1 4.8
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

29. Hollywood: Top 10 Films
39
46
54
54
55
60
72
133
135
158
0 50 100 150 200
Evil Dead Rise
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Ant-Man and theWasp: Quantumania
The Nun II
Barbie
John Wick: Chapter 4
Guardians of theGalaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Fast X
Oppenheimer
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
Figures include all language versions
While three films crossed the `100 Cr
mark, the absence of any `200+ Cr
films limited the box office
performance of Hollywood in India in
2023.
Except Oppenheimer, all films in the
top 10 list are franchise-led,
highlighting the limited potential of
non-franchise Hollywood content in
India.

30. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
MALAYALAM FILMS

31. Malayalam: Domestic Box Office
Malayalam theatrical business shrunk by 10% in 2023, going below the `600 Cr mark.
477
563
712
515
604
147
191
633
572
0
200
400
600
800
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

32. Malayalam: Domestic Footfalls
Excluding the two pandemic-affected years, Malayalam footfalls dropped below the 7.0 Cr mark for the first time since at least 2015.
7.0
8.3
10.5
7.3
8.2
2.3
2.9
7.5
6.7
0.0
3.0
6.0
9.0
12.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

33. Malayalam: Top 10 Films
12
15
16
16
17
41
42
47
53
89
0 25 50 75 100
Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum
Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire (Malayalam)
King Of Kotha
Garudan
VoiceOf Sathyanathan
Romancham
Kannur Squad
Neru
RDX
2018
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Two films crossed the `50 Cr mark,
with ‘2018’ becoming the biggest
grosser of all time for Malayalam
cinema.
Only 13 films crossed `10 Cr, and 19
films crossed `5 Cr, vis-à-vis 18 & 32 in
2022, indicating that the industry
suffered from the lack of a good
second string of releases in 2023.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Malayalam versions have been reported in this chart

34. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
KANNADA FILMS

35. Kannada: Domestic Box Office
2023 performed very poorly for Kannada cinema, with even the pandemic-affected 2021 being higher than it.
342
531
430
383
522
41
374
810
312
0
300
600
900
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

36. Kannada: Domestic Footfalls
Footfalls also saw a huge drop of 63%, and just managed to the touch the 3 Cr mark by the end of 2023.
5.7
8.5
6.9
5.5
7.3
0.6
4.4
8.0
3.0
0.0
2.5
5.0
7.5
10.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

37. Kannada: Top 5 Films
21
22
30
41
67
0 20 40 60 80
Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side-A
Ghost
Kabzaa
Kranti
Kaatera
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Only five films crossed the `20 Cr
mark, highlighting how the
absence of successful big-ticket
films affected the Kannada film
industry in 2023.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Kannada versions have been reported in this chart

38. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
PUNJABI FILMS

39. Punjabi: Domestic Box Office
After a low-key 2022, Punjabi box office witnessed resurgence in 2023,
and fell just short of becoming the best-ever year for Punjabi cinema in India.
99
122
167
220
249
19
91
147
235
0
60
120
180
240
300
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

40. Punjabi: Domestic Footfalls
Punjabi footfalls reached the pre-pandemic levels, crossing the 2.0 Cr mark this year.
1.1
1.4
2.3 2.2
2.5
0.2
0.9
1.5
2.3
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

41. Punjabi: Top 6 Films
12
14
16
21
33
54
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Maurh
Jodi
Godday Godday Chaa
Kali Jotta
Mastaney
Carry On Jatta 3
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Carry On Jatta 3 crossed the `50 Cr
mark, becoming the top-grossing
Punjabi film of all time, and
contributing 23% to the Punjabi box
office in 2023.
Six Punjabi films managed to gross
`10+ Cr, vis-à-vis only two in 2022.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres

42. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
MARATHI FILMS

43. Marathi: Domestic Box Office
Marathi cinema barely went past the `200 Cr mark in 2023, de-growing by 25% vis-à-vis 2022.
192 190
117
203
111
8
23
268
201
0
55
110
165
220
275
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

44. Marathi: Domestic Footfalls
The footfalls for Marathi BO just managed to touch the 2.0 Cr mark in 2023.
2.5
2.3
1.0
1.9
1.2
0.1
0.3
2.6
2.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

45. Marathi: Top 3 Films
14
18
92
0 20 40 60 80 100
Jhimma 2
Subhedar
Baipan Bhari Deva
Gross Box Office (` Cr)
Baipan Bhari Deva grossed `90 Cr+,
and single-handedly contributed 46%
to the Marathi box office of 2023,
thereby becoming the second-
highest-grossing Marathi film of all
time after Sairat.
However, only three films, including
it, managed to cross the `10 Cr mark,
highlighting the absence of popular
films in Marathi cinema in 2023.
Lifetime gross has been estimated for films that are still running in theatres
For films released in multiple languages, only Marathi versions have been reported in this chart

46. LANGUAGE-WISE PERFORMANCE
BENGALI FILMS

47. Bengali: Domestic Box Office
Bengali box office witnessed 14% de-growth in 2023, vis-à-vis 2022.
83
70
152
93
62
18 18
77
66
0
50
100
150
200
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Gross Box Office (` Cr)

48. Bengali: Domestic Footfalls
With only three films (Dawshom Awbotaar, Pradhan, and Bagha Jatin) crossing the `5 Cr mark,
Bengali cinema’s total annual footfalls stood at only 6 Mn in 2023.
1.0
0.9
1.4
0.9
0.7
0.2 0.2
0.7 0.6
0.0
1.0
2.0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
in Crore

49. All box office data in this report has been compiled and analysed using information collected from
various credible industry sources, such as producers, distributors, exhibitors and trade analysts. All
figures in this report should be considered as estimates, which may vary vis-a-vis actuals by upto 5%
for the Hindi, Hollywood, Telugu & Tamil, and by upto 10% for other languages.
Methodology

50. w w w. o r m a x m e d i a . c o m
Copyright © Ormax Media Pvt. Ltd. 2024