The year 2025 remained average for Tamil cinema. The biggest hit of Kollywood this year was Rajinikanth starrer ‘Coolie’. This film earned more than Rs 500 crore worldwide. Nevertheless, this film by Thalaivar and Lokesh Kanagaraj did not live up to the expectations and could not take advantage of the huge pre-release buzz and promotion. Let us know here the list of worldwide top 10 films of the year 2025.

How was the report card of Kollywood films in the year 2025?
While Rajinikanth’s Coolie achieved the top position in the worldwide collections, Ajith Kumar had two films released this year, Vidamuyarchi and Good Bad Ugli. Although Vidamuyarchi failed to woo the audience, Good Bad proved to be the next big success. Apart from Coolie and Good Bad Ugli, no other star-studded film could perform well at the box office in the year 2025. Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Mani Ratnam, flopped badly. The performance of Suriya’s Retro and Sivakarthikeyan’s Madrasi were also mediocre.

At the same time, Kollywood box office was missing Thalapathy Vijay, whose film was not released in 2025. His last film, Jana Nayakan, is scheduled to release on January 9, 2026, coinciding with the Pongal festival.

Low budget films did wonders
Apart from big stars, some medium and low budget films also got support from the audience. Where Pradeep Ranganathan’s Dragon earned more than Rs 1 crore. ‘Thalaivan Thalaivi’ and ‘Tourist Family’ proved to be two surprising films of Tamil cinema this year. Both these low budget films not only impressed the audience but also performed well at the box office.

world Wild 2025 at the box office Top 10 tamil movies

1-Coolie- Rs 323.00 crore (India), Rs 501.25 crore (Worldwide)

2-Good Bad Next- Rs 173.00 crore (India) Rs 238.50 crore (Worldwide)

3-Dragon- Rs 114.50 crore (India) Rs 147.00 crore (Worldwide)

4-Vidamuyarchi- Rs 98.00 crore (India), Rs 138.00 crore (Worldwide)

5. Dude- Rs 86.00 crore (India) Rs 114.50 crore (Worldwide)

6-Retro- Rs 70.50 crore (India), Rs 96.75 crore (Worldwide)

7-Maharshi- Rs 74.00 crore (India) Rs 96.50 crore (Worldwide)

8-Thug Life: Rs 53.90 crore (India), Rs 95.25 crore (Worldwide)

9-Thalaivan Thalaivi- Rs 74.90 crore (India), Rs 90.50 crore (Worldwide)

10-Tourist Family Rs 69.90 crore (in India), Rs 85.00 crore (worldwide)

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The year 2025 has been quite eventful for Bollywood. Dominance of many films was seen from box office to OTT. This trend, which started with the craze of Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhaava’, is still continuing. The excitement of Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda-starrer ‘Sayyara’ has hit the audience as if it will never subside.

Aryan Khan’s directorial debut ‘The Bads of Bollywood’ created a stir on and off the screen. Keeping in mind all the things that created discussion this year, IMDb has released the list of ‘Top-10 Best Films’ of 2025.

‘Sayara’ overshadowed everyone
The name of the film ‘Sayara’ is included first in the list of most popular top films of IMDb. Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda debuted with this film. The film has been produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF). It has been directed by Mohit Suri.

‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ became the second popular film
Ashwin Kumar’s animated film ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ grabbed the second position in this list. Released in theaters on July 25, this film proved to be a blockbuster at the box office.

The story, special effects and sound effects of the film impressed the audience a lot. From theaters to OTT, ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ continued to dominate. According to Sacknilk, this animated film collected Rs 250.29 crore. The film earned Rs 325.74 crore worldwide.

‘Chaava’ at number three
Vicky Kaushal’s film ‘Chhaava’ was at third place in this list. Vicky Kaushal was enthralled in the role of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj in the film which was released in theaters on 14 February. Rashmika Mandanna was also seen with him in the film.

List of Top 10 Most Popular Indian Movies

• Sayara
• Mahavatar Narasimha
• shade
• Kantara: A Legend – Chapter 1
• Coolie
• dragon
• stars on the ground
• Deva
• Raid 2
• Loca Chapter 1: Chandra

For many years, South films have been overshadowing Bollywood. In fact, ‘Bahubali’, released 10 years ago, did such a miracle that this pan India film not only became a worldwide blockbuster but it also wrote a new chapter in the fate of the South Industry. Since then, South Cinema is proving itself to be superior to Bollywood in every aspect, be it new and heart-touching stories or action sequences, South Cinema has now overtaken Bollywood in every aspect.

The year 2025 is also not untouched. This year too, South films won and earned handsomely at the box office. Whereas Bollywood lagged behind in terms of earnings this year. The films of many big superstars including Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan could not do wonders at the box office this year. Rishabh Shetty’s serial action thriller ‘Kantara Chapter 1’ not only broke all the earning records but also got the title of the biggest film of the year.

South films will shine in the year 2025
Many films of South Cinema were successful at the box office this year. Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kaatanra Chapter 1’ holds the record of highest grosser of the year. Let us tell you that this film was made with a budget of Rs 130 crore and it made a huge collection of Rs 662 crore in India and its worldwide earning was Rs 840 crore. Rajinikanth starrer ‘Coolie’ had collected Rs 516 crore worldwide. Kalyani Priyadarshan’s film ‘Lokah Chapter 1’, made with a budget of just Rs 40 crore, also did wonders. It surprised everyone by doing a worldwide business of Rs 302 crores. Mohanlal’s ‘L2 Empuraan’ was also a big hit of the year. The budget of this Malayalam language film was Rs 150 crore and it did a worldwide business of Rs 268 crore.

These South films earned the most in the year 2025

• Kantara Chapter 1- 840 crores worldwide
• Coolie- 561 crores worldwide
• Lokah Chapter 1- 302 crores worldwide
• L2 Empuraan – 268 crores worldwide

Movies of big Bollywood stars lagged behind
In the year 2025, films of big Bollywood superstars proved to be cold at the box office. Let us tell you that Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s ‘War 2’ was released in the beginning of this year. There were a lot of expectations from this film of YRF’s spy universe but this film could not recover its budget. Made at a cost of Rs 400 crore, this film was able to do a worldwide business of Rs 360 crore. Whereas superstar Salman Khan’s film ‘Sikander’ was released on Eid but it could not perform well. Made at a cost of Rs 200 crore, this film had collected Rs 184.71 crore worldwide. At the same time, Akshay Kumar’s multi-starrer film ‘Housefull 5’ was also not special. Made at a cost of Rs 225 crore, this film had earned Rs 190 crore worldwide. Recently, Maddock’s horror universe film ‘Thama’ also did not perform well. Its budget is said to be Rs 140 crore and it earned only Rs 132 crore worldwide.

Two films saved the shame of Bollywood
However, Bollywood’s honor was saved by two films. One is Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhaava’ and the other is newcomer Ahan Pandey and Aneet Padda’s ‘Sayara’. Let us tell you that ‘Chhawa’, made at a cost of Rs 150 crore, had earned Rs 808 crore worldwide. It is at second place among the highest grossing films of the year. Whereas new stars Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda’s ‘Sayara’ is at third place in the list. Made at a cost of Rs 50 crore, this film surprised everyone by doing a worldwide business of Rs 334 crore.

The year 2025 has been very special for Indian cinema. Many blockbuster films came this year. These films were a hit at the box office as soon as they came out. Some films proved to be flops while some made huge profits. Today we are going to tell you about the top 5 films of the year 2025 which have made their place in the top 5 by earning huge money. We also tell who appeared in these films and who directed them.

Kantara Chapter 1

The first name in this list is of Rishabh Shetty’s film Kantara Chapter 1. This film has made the highest earning in the year 2025. Gulshan Daiveya is seen playing an important role along with Rishabh Shetty in this film. This film was directed by Rishabh Shetty himself. Talking about box office collection, according to the report of Bollywood Hungama, it had collected worldwide Rs 834 crore.

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The second name in this list is Vicky Kaushal’s Chhava. This film was released in the beginning of this year. Before Kantara, Chhaava was the highest grossing film of this year. In this film, along with Vicky Kaushal, many actors including Rashmika Mandanna, Akshay Khanna were seen playing important roles. The film has been directed by Laxman Utekar. According to the report of Bollywood Hungama, Chhava had earned Rs 797 crore worldwide.

Sayara

No one had thought that the debut film of Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda would earn so much. Syara, directed by Mohit Suri, was a hit at the box office. Talking about the box office collection of Saiyara, according to the report of Bollywood Hungama, it had collected Rs 579.23 crore.

Coolie

People liked Rajinikanth’s Coolie a lot. In this film, Nagarjuna was seen in the lead role with Rajinikanth and Aamir Khan had a cameo. This high octane drama has been directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. According to the report of Saknilk, Coolie had earned Rs 518 crore worldwide.

war 2

Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR and Kiara Advani’s War 2 has proved to be a flop at the theatres. This film was directed by Ayan Mukherjee. Despite being a flop, this film is included in the list of highest grossing films of the year 2025. According to the report of Bollywood Hungama, War 2 had earned Rs 303.22 crore worldwide.

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December, the last month of the year 2025, is going on and now this year is about to end in a few days. Many great films of Bollywood and South were released in 2025. There was tremendous buzz regarding many of these films. The audience searched many films extensively on Google. This year, Bollywood has won the top 10 most searched movies on Google.

Out of the 10 most searched films in 2025, 5 are Bollywood films. Apart from this, 5 South films have also made it to the list of top 10 movies.

Sayara

• Bollywood film Saiyara has topped the list of most searched films on Google in 2025.
• This musical romantic film has been directed by Mohit Suri.
• Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda made their Bollywood debut through Saiyara.
• According to Sacknilk, the film had collected Rs 329.2 crore at the box office.

Kantara- Chapter 1

• South film Kantara – Chapter 1 is the second most searched film this year.
• Rishabh Shetty starrer this film had earned Rs 622.04 crore at the box office.

Coolie

• Rajinikanth starrer action film Coolie is at number three in this list.
• The film collected Rs 285.01 crore at the box office.

war 2

• Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s film War 2 was also searched a lot this year.
• This film had collected Rs 236.55 crore at the box office.

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• Sanam Teri Kasam was re-released this year, hence there was a huge craze for the film.
• This film is the fifth most searched film on Google this year.
• The total collection of re-release and original release of Sanam Teri Kasam was Rs 42.28 crore.

marco

• Unni Mukundan starrer Malayalam film is at number 6 in this list.
• The film did a business of Rs 60.27 crore at the box office.

housefull 5

• Housefull 5 is at number seven in the list of most searched films on Google.
• This multi-starrer film of Akshay Kumar had earned Rs 183.3 crore at the box office.

game changer

• Ram Charan and Kiara Advani’s film Game Changer has secured the 8th position in this list.
• This political-thriller film did a business of Rs 131.17 crore at the box office.

Mrs.

• The film Mrs. released on Zee5 was also searched a lot on Google this year.
• Sanya Malhotra is seen in the lead role in this film.

Mahavatar Narasimha

• The animated movie Mahavatar Narasimha is also included in the list of most searched films on Google this year.
• This film had collected Rs 250.29 crore at the box office.

It is every actor’s dream to work with Amitabh Bachchan in Bollywood, but for one actor this dream became a big challenge for his career. Due to this he had to face unemployment for a long time. Not only this, many big films were also released with him. We are talking about actor Puneet Issar, whose career was deeply affected by an accident on the sets of the film ‘Coolie’ in 1982. This accident proved to be a major turning point in his film journey. After this he had to face unemployment for a long time and many big films were also lost from his hands.

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Actually, during an action scene on the sets of ‘Coolie’, Puneet had to punch Amitabh Bachchan. Due to wrong timing, this punch actually hit Amitabh. Due to this, Amitabh Bachchan fell on a table and got seriously injured. His condition became so bad that he had to undergo surgery immediately. Prayers were sought for him across the country. This incident is considered one of the most scary and memorable episodes in the history of Bollywood. Puneet Issar had to suffer the biggest loss from this incident.

Didn’t get any work for six years
Puneet told in a digital interview that after this accident he did not get any work for six years. People started fearing him as an 8th degree black belt holder and misconceptions were created about him. Although it was only an accident, many people in the industry wrongly held him responsible. His 10 films were snatched away. Puneet said, “I was signed as the main villain at that time, but everything changed in a moment. People forgot that I was a gold medalist and trained artist from the Actors Studio.” At that time Puneet was only 23 years old.

Career started again
After this, Puneet Issar’s career gradually resumed with new roles and opportunities. He gained most recognition by playing the role of Duryodhana in the TV serial ‘Mahabharata’ (1988–1990), which established him as a strong screen performer. After this, he directed Abhishek Bachchan’s debut film ‘Refugee’, Salman Khan starrer ‘Garv: Pride and Honor’ (2004) and played the role of Salman’s brother-in-law in the film ‘Sanam Bewafa’. Apart from this, he has also appeared in Bigg Boss. These experiences helped him re-establish his identity. However, after this accident, Puneet never worked with Amitabh Bachchan again.

This year has been very special for Indian cinema. Many blockbuster films have come in the year 2025. There are some films which we did not even expect to do so much business. All types of films, from Pan India mythological to romance, dominate the box office. There have been blockbuster movies one after the other at the box office. Which has made huge money at the box office. Let us tell you about some of the highest grossing films of the year 2025 so far which were very much liked.

Kantara Chapter 1

The highest grossing film of this year so far is Kantara Chapter 1. This too is dependent on theaters and is earning well. This is the prequel of Kantara which came in the year 2022. Which people have given more love to. Rishabh Shetty’s film has earned around Rs 697 crore so far.

shade

Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava is a historical action film. In which the story of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj is shown. Vicky Kaushal has impressed a lot with his tremendous acting and action in the film. This film Has done business of around Rs 695 crore in India.

Sayara

No one had even thought that people would like Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda’s film Saiyara so much. This is a musical-romantic drama which won the hearts of people. Saiyara has done a business of around Rs 393 crore at the box office.

Coolie

Rajinikanth’s action-thriller film Coolie depicts a story ranging from smuggling to revenge for his friend’s death. In this film, Shruti Haasan and Nagarjuna are seen playing important roles along with Rajinikanth. This film has collected Rs 323 crore in India.

Mahavatar Narasimha

No one had thought that the animated film Mahavatar Narasimha would be liked so much. This animated film had defeated many big films. Mahavatar Narasimha was made in a very low budget and it collected Rs 268 crore at the box office.

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