The Indian movie industry has seen many setbacks in the last few years. There are numerous causes for this, including the lockout situation, the emergence of OTT platforms, web series capturing a large following, increased access to international films, and so on and so forth. However, this year saw a rise in the number of theatergoers as things returned to normal, as did the box office. Many films performed well at the box office, and even films that were not well received by reviewers performed well. Let’s take a look at some of highest grossing bollywood movies in 2023:
1. Pathaan
This movie is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller film. Pathaan is directed by Siddharth Anand and written by Abbas Tyrewala and Shridhar Raghavan. Pathan is produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films. Pathaan had a box office collection of INR 1050.05 crore! John Abraham and Deepika play the lead roles. Pathaan was released on 25 January 2023.
2. Adipurush
Adipurush is an Indian mythological action film. This movie is based on Ramayana and Hindu. Adipurush is directed and co-written by Om Raut. Adipurush was announced in August 2020. This movie has a box office collection of only INR 392.7 crore.
3. Ponniyin Selvan
This movie also known as PS-1 is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language epic historical action film. Ponniyin Selvan directed by Mani Ratnam. This movie gain INR 344.63 Crore in the box office collection.
4. The Kerala Story
This movie is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by Vipul Amrutal Shah. The Kerala Story is directed by Sudipto Sen. INR 302 crore had a box office collection. This movie will be released on 5 May 2023.
5. Varisu
This movie is an Indian Tamil-language action drama film. Varisu is directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Dil Raju, Sirish. This movie was released on 11 January 2023. Varisu has a gross collection of INR 297.55 crore.