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"Baahubali 2" is the only non-Bollywood film in the list.
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Still, four of the top five grossing Indian movies in 2017 were Bollywood, according to Box Office India. Tamil action-thriller "Mersal" and Telugu action-drama "Jai Lava Kusa" were two other non-Hindi movies that reaped high box office collections in 2017, according to the EY-FICCI report. "Baahubali 2" originally released in Tamil and Telugu and was dubbed in several languages including English, Hindi and Malayalam. While some Tamil and Telugu movies did well in international markets in 2017, and Tamil superstars like Rajinikanth have a huge following in different parts of the world, other films proved unpopular with audiences, said Abhishek.Įxcluding the earnings from "Baahubali 2" last year, the total overseas box office collections of Tamil and Telugu movies would have declined from 2016, he said. "(The) problem with regional movies is that their budgets at times can be limited." "Hindi movies do well because they have a larger appeal," Abhishek said. The release of Jyothika Kaatrin Mozhi and Vijay Antony’s Thimiru Pudichavan could affect the box office hold that Sarkar currently has.Hindi-language movies, popularly known as Bollywood films, earned more in international markets in 2017 compared to their counterparts in other languages such as Tamil, Telugu or Punjabi, Abhishek said. The ruling party of Tamil Nadu AIADMK had taken offence to a particular scene that portrayed AR Murugadoss throwing freebies provided by the government into fire as well as a character named Komalavalli, which was seen as a reference to J Jayalalithaa. The collection is despite the protests that took place on the first couple of days after Sarkar released. While the film is performing very well in Tamil Nadu and earned Rs 65 crore in eight days, according to a report in Firstpost, Sarkar has to collect another Rs 40 crore before additionally to be considered a profitable project for all the stakeholders involved, especially the distributors of the film. The film has also overtaken the lifetime collections of hit Bollywood films such as Akshay Kumar’s Independence Day release Gold and Alia Bhatt starrer Raazi.
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Sarkar is produced by Sun Pictures and also stars Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Keerthy Suresh in lead roles. After one week at the box office, Aamir’s film has reportedly collected Rs 133.75 crore. Sarkar has also outperformed Aamir Khan’s Diwali release Thugs of Hindostan, which had a great opening but earnings declined after release. Sarkar is also the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 2018 after Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer Padmaavat, Ranbir Kapoor’s Sanju, Salman Khan’s Race 3, Tiger Shroff’s Baaghi 2 and Rani Mukherji’ Hichki. The Rs 200 crore club includes only seven film from the region including Rajinikanth’s Enthiran and Kabali Vikram’s I, Prabhas’ Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion Vijay’s Mersal, and Ram Charan’s Rangasthalam. The AR Murugadoss directorial earned Rs 217.13 crore and has overtaken Ram Charan’s summer success, Rangasthalam, which collected Rs 215.7 crore. Vijay’s Sarkar has emerged as the highest grossing south Indian film just two weeks after its release on the occasion of Diwali 2018.