List of highest-grossing Tamil films

Tamil cinema is a part of Indian cinema based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The films are made primarily in the Tamil language. Chintamani (1937) and Haridas (1944) are landmark films from the early stages of Tamil cinema. Chintamani was the first major box office success, while Haridas is noted for its significant impact and long theatrical run, reflecting industry's development before its formal establishment post-independence. This ranking lists the highest-grossing Tamil films produced by Tamil cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia.^[a] The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no official tracking of figures, and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.^[1][2]

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Highest-grossing films

The top grossing films worldwide with a minimum of ₹200 crore are listed here.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	2.0	₹699.89–800 crore	2018	[b]
2	Jailer	₹605–650 crore	2023	[c]
3	Leo	₹595–615 crore	2023	[d]
4	Coolie *	₹457 crore	2025	[9]
5	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹450–500 crore	2022	[e]
6	The Greatest of All Time	₹440–460 crore	2024	[f]
7	Vikram	₹424–500 crore	2022	[g]
8	Ponniyin Selvan: II	₹345 crore	2023	[20]
9	Amaran	₹300–335 crore	2024	[21][22][23]
10	Enthiran	₹283–320 crore	2010	[h]
11	Kabali	₹305 crore	2016	[28]
12	Bigil	₹285–300 crore	2019	[i]
13	Beast	₹216–300 crore	2022	[j]
14	Master	₹220–300 crore	2021	[k]
15	Good Bad Ugly	₹179–300 crore	2025	[l]
16	Varisu	₹290–293 crore	2023	[m]
17	Mahavatar Narsimha *	₹260 crore	2025	[46]
18	Sarkar	₹243.90–253 crore	2018	[n]
19	Vettaiyan	₹250 crore	2024	[49]
20	Petta	₹220–250 crore	2019	[o]
21	Darbar	₹202–250 crore	2020	[53]
22	Thunivu	₹199.30–250 crore	2023	[p]
23	I	₹227–240 crore	2015	[57][58][59]
24	Vishwaroopam[q]	₹220 crore	2013	[60]
	Mersal	₹220 crore	2017	[61]
25	Dasavathaaram	₹200 crore	2008	[62]

Highest-grossing films by market

India

See also: List of highest-grossing films in India

Rank	Title	Total gross	Year	Ref.
1	2.0	₹519.65 crore	2018	[63]
2	Leo	₹417 crore	2023	[64]
3	Jailer	₹407 crore	2023	[65]
4	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹327.45 crore	2022	[e]
5	The Greatest of All Time	₹305 crore	2024	[66]
6	Vikram	₹302.50 crore	2022	[67]
7	Amaran	₹258 crore	2024	[66]
8	Coolie	₹255.50 crore	2025	[68]
9	Master	₹217 crore	2021	[69]
10	Ponniyin Selvan: II	₹215.50 crore	2023	[70]

Tamil Nadu

Rank	Title	Total gross	Year	Ref.
1	Leo	₹231.50 crore	2023	[71]
2	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹222 crore	2022	[72]
3	The Greatest of All Time	₹220 crore	2024	[73]
4	Jailer	₹189 crore	2023	[74]
5	Vikram	₹181 crore	2022	[67]
6	Amaran	₹161 crore	2024	[75]
7	Good Bad Ugly	₹146.5 crore	2025	[76]
8	Bigil	₹145 crore	2019	[75]
9	Varisu	₹144.50 crore	2022	[67]
10	Master	₹142 crore	2021	[67]

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Rank	Title	Total gross	Year	Ref.
1	2.0	₹94 crore	2018	[77]
2	Jailer	₹84 crore	2023	[78]
3	Enthiran	₹64 crore	2010	[79]
4	Coolie	₹56.25 crore	2025	[68]
5	I	₹51 crore	2015	[80]
6	Leo	₹48 crore	2023	[81]
7	Amaran	₹45 crore	2024	[82]
8	Vaathi	₹43.30 crore	2015	[83]
9	Vikram	₹36.75 crore	2022	[84]
10	Kabali	₹36.30 crore	2016	[85]

Karnataka

Rank	Title	Total gross	Year	Ref.
1	Jailer	₹63 crore	2023	[78]
2	2.0	₹51 crore	2018	[77]
3	Leo	₹41 crore	2023	[81]
4	Coolie	₹33.50 crore	2025	[68]
5	The Greatest of All Time	₹27.95 crore	2024	[86]
6	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹27.20 crore	2022	[87]
7	Amaran	₹24.50 crore	2024	[82]
8	Vikram	₹24 crore	2022	[84]
9	Kabali	₹21.10 crore	2016	[85]
10	Ponniyin Selvan: II	₹19.50 crore	2023	[70]

Kerala

Rank	Title	Total gross	Year	Ref.
1	Leo	₹60 crore	2023	[81]
2	Jailer	₹57.75 crore	2023	[78]
3	Vikram	₹40 crore	2022	[88]
4	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹24.30 crore	2022	[87]
5	Coolie	₹23 crore	2025	[68]
6	2.0	₹22.40 crore	2018	[77]
7	Mersal	₹20 crore	2017	[89]
8	I	₹19.50 crore	2015	[80]
9	Bigil	₹19.10 crore	2019	[90]
10	Ponniyin Selvan: II	₹19 crore	2023	[70]

Highest-grossing films by opening day

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
1	Coolie	₹151 crore	2025	[91]
2	Leo	₹140–148.50 crore	2023	[r]
3	The Greatest of All Time	₹100.5 crore	2024	[94]
4	2.0	₹100 crore	2018	[95]
5	Kabali	₹87.5 crore	2016	[96]
6	Jailer	₹70–87 crore	2023	[s]
7	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹78.29 core	2022	[99]
8	Sarkar	₹69–75 crore	2018	[t]
9	Beast	₹72.67 crore	2022	[102]
10	Vikram	₹66 crore	2022	[103]

Highest-grossing films by month

Month	Title	Worldwide gross	Year	Ref.
January	Varisu	₹290–293 crore	2023	[u]
February	Vishwaroopam[q]	₹220 crore	2013	[60]
March	Veera Dheera Sooran	₹62 crore	2025	[106]
April	Ponniyin Selvan: II	₹345 crore	2023	[20]
May	Aranmanai 4	₹100–100.50 crore	2024	[v]
June	Vikram	₹435–500 crore	2022	[g]
July	Kabali	₹305 crore	2016	[109]
August	Jailer	₹605–650 crore	2023	[c]
September	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹450–500 crore	2022	[e]
October	Leo	₹595–615 crore	2023	[d]
November	2.0	₹666–800 crore	2018	[b]
December	Lingaa	₹158 crore	2014	[110]

Highest-grossing films by year

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Ref.
2010	Enthiran	₹290–305 crore	[h]
2011	7 Aum Arivu	₹90–100 crore	[111][112][113]
2012	Thuppakki	₹121 crore	[114][115]
2013	Vishwaroopam[q]	₹220 crore	[60]
2014	Lingaa	₹120−130 crore
2015	I	₹239 crore	[116]
2016	Kabali	₹305 crore	[117]
2017	Mersal	₹220 crore	[61]
2018	2.0	₹666–800 crore	[b]
2019	Bigil	₹285–300 crore	[i]
2020	Darbar	₹250 crore	[53]
2021	Master	₹220–300 crore	[w]
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	₹450–500 crore	[e]
2023	Jailer	₹605–650 crore	[c]
2024	The Greatest of All Time	₹440–460 crore	[f]
2025	Coolie	₹432 crore	[118]

Highest-grossing franchises

Highest-grossing franchises

Rank Franchise Worldwide gross (crore)[x] No. of films Average gross (crore) Highest grosser)

1 Lokesh Cinematic Universe ₹1,135 3 ₹378 Leo (₹595–615 crore) 1 Leo (2023)[d] ₹595 2 Vikram (2022)[g] ₹435 3 Kaithi (2019)[119] ₹105

2 Enthiran ₹1,000 2 ₹500 2.0 (film) (₹700–800 crore) 1 2.0 (film) (2018)[b] ₹700 2 Enthiran (2010)[h] ₹300

3 Ponniyin Selvan ₹795 2 ₹398 Ponniyin Selvan: I (₹450–500 crore) 1 Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022)[e] ₹450 2 Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023)[20] ₹345

4 Muni ₹305 4 ₹76 Kanchana 3 (₹130 crore) 1 Kanchana 3 (2019)[120] ₹130 2 Kanchana (2011)[121] ₹60 3 Kanchana 2 (2015)[122] ₹105 4 Muni (2007)[y] ₹10

4 Singam ₹336 4 ₹84 Singam II (₹136) 1 Singam II (2013) ₹136 2 Si3 (2017) ₹110 3 Singam (2010) ₹90

6 Vishwaroopam ₹270 2 ₹135 Vishwaroopam (₹220) 1 Vishwaroopam (2013)[q] ₹220 2 Vishwaroopam II (2018)[q] ₹50

7 Indian ₹216 2 ₹108 Indian 2 (₹151) 1 Indian 2 (2024) ₹151 2 Indian (1996) ₹65

8 Aranmanai ₹236.58 4 ₹59 Aranmanai 4 (₹100.5) 1 Aranmanai 4 (2024) ₹100.5 2 Aranmanai (2014) ₹65 3 Aranmanai 3 (2021) ₹55 4 Aranmanai 2 (2016) ₹16.08

9 Pichaikkaran ₹78.25 2 ₹39 Pichaikkaran (₹42.25) 1 Pichaikkaran (2016) ₹42.25 2 Pichaikkaran 2 (2023) ₹36

10 Velaiilla Pattadhari ₹77 4 ₹19 Velaiilla Pattadhari (₹53) 1 Velaiilla Pattadhari (2014) ₹53 2 Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017) ₹24

See also

• List of highest-grossing Indian films
  • List of highest-grossing Hindi films
  • List of highest-grossing Indian Bengali films
  • List of highest-grossing Marathi films
  • List of highest-grossing Punjabi-language films
  • List of highest-grossing South Indian films
    • List of highest-grossing Kannada films
    • List of highest-grossing Malayalam films
    • List of highest-grossing Telugu films
• List of highest-grossing films in India

Notes

1. See WP:RSP, WP:ICTFSOURCES
2. 2.0's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹699.89 crore (Box Office India^[3]) – ₹800 crore (India Today^[4])
3. Jailer's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹605 crore (India Today^[5]) – ₹650 crore (Firstpost^[6])
4. Leo's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹595 crore (Box Office India^[7]) – ₹615 crore (Deccan Chronicle^[8]).
5. Ponniyin Selvan: I's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹450 crore (Zee News^[10]) – ₹500 crore (Hindustan Times^[11])
6. GOAT's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹440 crore (Box Office India^[12]; The Hans India^[13]) – ₹452 crore (The Economic Times^[14]; NDTV^[15]) – ₹460 crore (Filmfare^[16])
7. Vikram's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹424 crore (Deccan Herald^[17]) – ₹435 crore (Bollywood Hungama^[18]) – ₹500 crore (Hindustan Times^[19])
8. Enthiran's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹283 crore (Hindustan Times^[24]) – ₹290 crore (India Today^[25]) – ₹300 crore (The New Indian Express^[26]) – ₹320 crore (Box Office India^[27])
9. Bigil's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹285 crore (Firstpost^[29]) – ₹300 crore (Business Today^[30] and News18 India^[31])
10. Beast's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹216 crore (CNBC TV18^[32]) – ₹240 crore (The Indian Express^[33]) – ₹300 crore (India Today^[34] and Puthiya Thalaimurai^[35]
11. Master's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹220 crore (The Indian Express^[36]) – 230 crore (Box Office India^[37]) – ₹250 crore (India Today^[38]) – ₹300 crore (The News Minute^[39])
12. Good Bad Ugly's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹179 crore (Hindustan Times^[40]) – ₹200 crore (Filmfare^[41]) – ₹240 crore (Deccan Chronicle^[42]) – ₹300 crore (Dina Thanthi^[43])
13. The New Indian Express stated that Varisu grossed ₹290 crore worldwide.^[44] Box Office India stated that the film grossed ₹293 crore worldwide in its lifetime.^[45]
14. Sarkar's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹243.90 crore (Samayam^[47]) – ₹253 crore (The Indian Express^[48])
15. Petta's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹220 crore (Business Today^[50]) – ₹240 (Hindustan Times^[51]) – ₹250 crore Times Now^[52])
16. News18 stated that the film grossed ₹199.30 crore worldwide in its lifetime.^[54] The Times of India stated that the film made ₹220 crore.^[55] Hindu Tamil Thisai published that the film grossed ₹250 crore.^[56]
17. The film was produced in both the Tamil and Hindi languages, according to the filmmakers.
18. Leo's reported opening day worldwide grosses vary between ₹140 crore (^[92]) – ₹148.50 crore (Livemint^[93])
19. Jailer's reported opening day worldwide grosses vary between ₹70 crore (Hindu Tamil Thisai,^[97]) – ₹87 crore (Pinkvilla^[98])
20. Sarkar's reported opening day worldwide grosses vary between ₹69 crore^[100] DNA India^[101]
21. Varisu's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹290 crore (The New Indian Express^[104]) – ₹293 crore (Box Office India^[105])
22. Aranmanai 4's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹100 crore (Film Companion^[107]) – ₹100.50 crore (Pinkvilla^[108])
23. Master's reported worldwide grosses vary between ₹220 crore (The Indian Express^[36]) – 230 crore (Box Office India^[37]) – ₹250 crore (India Today^[38]) – ₹300 crore (The News Minute^[39])
24. The franchise gross is calculated using the lowest reported gross for each film in the franchise.
25. Gross figure unavailable