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The global film market has long been dominated by Hollywood, Of course it claims to be born in the States. but Indian film industry, which includes both Hindi films (Bollywood) and regional cinema, plays a vital role in the entertainment landscape. In this analysis, we compare the revenue, box office collections, popularity, and the challenge of piracy between Indian films—separating Hindi cinema from regional productions

Indian film analysis

Here’s a table of 2024 Indian films, including both Bollywood and regional language hits, along with details on their box office success, key production crew;

Film Name	Language	Total Revenue (₹)	Revenue Source	Director	Producer	Lead Cast
Kalki 2898 AD	Telugu	1200 Cr	Pinkvilla, Hindustan Times	Nag Ashwin	Vyjanthimala Movies	Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone
Fighter	Hindi	340 Cr	Pinkvilla	Siddharth Anand	Viacom18 Studios, Marflix Pictures	Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone
Hanuman	Telugu	301 Cr	Pinkvilla	Prasanth Varma	K. Niranjan Reddy	Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer
Manjummel Boys	Malayalam	242 Cr	Pinkvilla	Chidambaram	N/A	N/A
Aadujeevitham	Malayalam	155 Cr	Pinkvilla	Blessy	N/A	Prithviraj Sukumaran
Aavesham	Malayalam	155 Cr	Pinkvilla	N/A	N/A	Fahadh Faasil
Shaitaan	Hindi	200 Cr	Pinkvilla	Ajay Devgn	Ajay Devgn Films	Ajay Devgn, Tabu
Crew	Hindi	150 Cr	Pinkvilla	Rajesh Krishnan	Rhea Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor	Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kriti Sanon, Tabu

Key Insights:

• Bollywood: “Kalki 2898 AD” stands as the highest-grossing film of 2024 with ₹1200 crore, despite being a Telugu film, appealing to a pan-Indian audience. Bollywood’s biggest success, “Fighter,” has a significant ₹340 crore box office, though it underperformed relative to its large budget and expectations.
• Regional Cinema: 2024 was a significant year for regional films, especially Malayalam cinema. Movies like Manjummel Boys and Aadujeevitham excelled globally, proving the growing popularity and profitability of regional language films with their content-driven approach.

You can easily read the collection v/s popularity. Mind it, we have chosen only those films, who declared their box-office collections or marketed enough. There may be films you watched and felt like It is superhit content, and didn’t make it to this list. Believe me, I am only going to judge it by the numbers and not by the treatement or key casts. Anyways, let’s dive into more details of regional content poured upon us this year.

Here’s a compact table of top-performing 2024 regional Indian films:

Film	Language	Box Office (₹)	Director	Lead Cast	Source
Kalki 2898 AD	Telugu	1200 Cr	Nag Ashwin	Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Hanuman	Telugu	301 Cr	Prasanth Varma	Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Manjummel Boys	Malayalam	242 Cr	Chidambaram	N/A	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Aadujeevitham	Malayalam	155 Cr	Blessy	Prithviraj Sukumaran	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Aavesham	Malayalam	155 Cr	N/A	Fahadh Faasil	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Indian 2	Tamil	600 Cr	S. Shankar	Kamal Haasan, Kajal Aggarwal	Pinkvilla
Gandhada Gudi 2	Kannada	300 Cr	Amoghavarsha	Puneeth Rajkumar	Times of India
Baap Manus	Marathi	80 Cr	Kedar Shinde	Nana Patekar	Film Companion
Pratibad	Bengali	70 Cr	Srijit Mukherji	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Anandabazar
Carry On Jatta 3	Punjabi	100 Cr	Smeep Kang	Gippy Grewal	Times of India

This table concisely presents the top-grossing regional films across India in 2024.

Here is a table summarizing some of the top box-office performances of regional Indian films in 2024, including Bollywood, based on the available information:

Film Title	Language	Revenue (Cr)	Director	Producer	Lead Cast
Kalki 2898 AD	Telugu	1100	Nag Ashwin	Vyjayanthi Movies	Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan
The GOAT	Tamil	456	Lokesh Kanagaraj	Sun Pictures	Thalapathy Vijay, Trisha
Leo	Tamil	555	Lokesh Kanagaraj	Seven Screen Studio	Thalapathy Vijay, Sanjay Dutt
Bhagavanth Kesari	Telugu	220	Anil Ravipudi	Shine Screens	Nandamuri Balakrishna, Kajal Aggarwal
Stree 2	Hindi	200	Amar Kaushik	Maddock Films	Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor
Mann	Marathi	40	Vishwas Patil	GSEAMS	Gashmeer Mahajani, Mrinal Kulkarni
Vash	Gujarati	50	Krishnadev Yagnik	Lemon Grass Productions	Janki Bodiwala, Hiten Kumar
Gang of Bhojpuri	Bhojpuri	35	Ajay Srivastava	Saideep Films	Dinesh Lal Yadav, Amrapali Dubey
Chaal	Bengali	45	Srijit Mukherji	SVF Entertainment	Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta

here you see many films doing very well, despite being on sites that promote and celebrate piracy by sharing full movie videos. I tell you one thing, all these films have definitely done well.

How can I forget to mention Gujarati film industry? we are small, evolving and slowly uplifting well despite many hurdles and struggles. But, our audience has noticed us. And that marks a SUCCESSFUL YEAR in the history of Gujarati cinema. Here’s a table of Gujarati films that performed well at the box office in 2024, including their revenue details:

Film Name	Language	Total Revenue (INR)	Director	Lead Cast	Source
Jhamkudi	Gujarati	10+ crores	Umang Vyas	Manasi Parekh, Viraj Ghelani	Pinkvilla​( PINKVILLA )
Kasoombo	Gujarati	8.4 crores	Not specified	Not specified	Sacnilk​( Sacnilk )
Builder Boys	Gujarati	6.5 crores	Chanakya Patel	Raunaq Kamdar, Esha Kansara	Wikipedia​( Wikipedia )
Ram Bharosey	Gujarati	5.2 crores	Vishal Vada Vala	Dhairya Rathod, Reeva Rachh	Wikipedia​( Wikipedia )

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