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)

Whenever there is talk of comedy in Hindi cinema, a name that comes immediately in mind is Mahmood Ali, whom people know by the name of Mahmood. Born on September 29, 1932, this versatile artist played such a magic on the silver screen with his unique comic timing, flirtatious style and heart touching simplicity that even after decades his films are liked by the audience.

Actor, producer, director Mahmood not only lived every character, but made him immortal. In his career from 1950 to 1980s, Mahmood acted in about 300 films, but his unique talent to do comedy was his real identity.

Mahmood used to live in every character

Bhola’s role in ‘Padosan’, Khanna’s careless style in ‘Bombay to Goa’, or Rickshawale’s emotional story in ‘Kunwara Bap’, Mahmud killed every role.

His laughter not only entertained, but also brought the truths of society in a light way. Mahmood was not just an actor, he was a storyteller who took the life of the common man on screen through his characters. There was such a mixture of humor and sensitivity in his films that the audience used to get emotional laughing. Mahmud used to be in every character.

Mahmud was called the king of comedy, his humor was not limited to films, but he was present in every moment of his life. His unmatched attendance and comedy saved him from difficult situations many times.

When Mahmood laughed the custom officers and exempted the investigation

His biography ‘Mahmud a Man of Manny Moods’ records a similar funny anecdote, which tells how a father mimicked his angry son, made a serious atmosphere pleasant and exempted the investigation of the custom office.

This story is from when Mahmood was returning from an international visit with his son Lucky Ali. Custom officials at Mumbai Airport stopped him thinking that he had brought more goods from abroad. The process of investigating the officials was quite complex and boring. Mahmud’s son Lucky Ali got angry with repeated questions.

Lucky Ali got angry and said to the officer, “You know whom you are talking to? This is my father Mahmood!”

Mahmood was starting to mim his own son

This was a natural response to an actor’s son, but it immediately became a chance of comedy for Mahmood. While the officials were serious, Mahmood immediately started copying his son’s anger and a loud voice of his voice. He the same line, “You know whom you are talking to?” He made a face in a film style and repeated many times.

His comedy was so funny that not every person at the airport could live without laughing. Custom officers also could not stop laughing. Mahmud immediately lightened the stress and serious atmosphere of that moment with his spontaneous comedy. It was only after this act that the officer recognized Mahmood and his investigation was eliminated lightly.

This anecdote proves that Mahmud’s comedy was not just an art, but an integral part of his personality. He always admitted that even in the most serious situations of life, one opportunity for laughter is hidden, and this result makes him a great artist in the history of Indian cinema.

Raj Kapoor’s most ambitious dream was broken. ‘My name Joker’, which had created a mountain of expectations, the mind had fallen. The Great Show Man was drowned in Aakanth’s loan. Home and R.K. Had to mortgage even the studio. He raised his favorite pastime in debt burden, deep disappointment and depression.

It was a comic book. The name was Archie. While reading this, his eyes were stuck on a dialogue, and he was, “Seventeen years of age, we have our own life, and we realize it.” What happened after this, he set a new example bypassing the customs.

This entire story is mentioned in KA Abbas’s book Bobby-The Complete Story. Is also justified. A film that changed the direction and condition of cinema, why not write a book on it? That too at the hands of the person who has been a part of that history!

How did Rishi Kapoor become the hero of ‘Bobby’

A sentence of Archie Comics ’17 is no age ‘shook Raj Saheb inside. Raj Kapoor picked up the car and reached the office of his trusted writer ‘Khwaja Ahmed Abbas’ in Juhu. On the way, Abbas Saheb’s partner and co-writer V.P. Sathe also joined him.

In that journey from Dionar to Juhu, Raj Kapoor had created the entire scene in his mind. Had had decided to give the character of Hero to his son Chintu (Rishi Kapoor). The same son whose ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was well appreciated.

The afternoon of 1972 became a sweet memory and settled in everyone’s hearts. Kapoor, Abbas and Sathe together sowed Bobby’s seeds. The film based on teenage love touched an entire generation with innocence, simplicity and unmatched music.

‘Bobby’ became an example

When ‘Bobby’ was released on 28 September 1973, it became an example. The beginning of the seventies was tremendous. Iqbal of Indian cinema was elevated. Rajesh Khanna was dominated as a romantic hero by giving 15 hits, as well as Dev Anand’s ‘Hare Ram Hare Krishna’ (1971) showed hippie and drug culture well, in the meantime, Prakash Mehra’s ‘Zanjeer’ (1973) made the Hindi film industry aware of ‘Angry Young Man’.

In a similar era, Raj Kapoor introduced ‘Bobby’ on a teenage age innocent rebellion, where Rishi Kapoor became the face of the younger generation dreams. Breaking the traditions in the film, Raj Kapoor gave a modern look to fourteen -year -old teenager Dimple Kapadia. Like the characters adorned on the pages of Archie Comics, there was an emphasis of shorts, swimsuits, maxi gowns, polka dots and bell-boatms. Rishi Kapoor’s style also turned into a jolt. Torn jeans, Bushshirts and Pulover became the style statement of the youth.

This film changed many narratives. Kishore love, new actors, younger generation rebellion, fashion, music and boldness attracted the youth a lot and this is where the era of teenage romance in Hindi cinema started.

Dev Anand was the evergreen actor of Hindi cinema, who was called the romantic icon of his time. His personality was very charismatic, sharp eyes, smiling face and unique style, Dev Anand’s style touched every heart.

His dialogue delivery and romantic characters made him millions of hearts. He became synonymous with the romance of his time. He was an evergreen actor of the golden era of Hindi cinema. From 1940 to 1980, he gave new heights to cinema with films like ‘Guide’, ‘Jewel Thef’, ‘Hum both’, and ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ in his acting career.

Dev Anand had also opened his own production house

He then opened his own production house, named Navketan Films. He made a lot of hit films under this banner. In this production house, bold stories and new talent were given a chance through Dev Anand. As a director, Dev Anand also always enriched cinema with new subjects and ways of storytelling.

Born on 26 September 1923, Dev Anand showed the spirit of ‘romance with life’ on the screen, it was also in his real life. But there is an anecdote in his life that tells that his personality was not limited to romance, but also had amazing sensitivity and generosity in it. This story is associated with his early struggle and his first earnings, which showed his greatness.

The story of the generosity of Dev Anand

This story is from when Dev Anand was struggling to make his place as an actor in Mumbai. They neither had a proper place to live nor enough money to eat. Many times they had to sleep hungry. After such difficult days, he received a fee of Rs 400 for his first film Hum Ek Hain. It was not just money for him, but a new ray of hope.

When he was returning after finishing his shooting, he saw a very old and weak beggar who was suffering from hunger. Seeing him, Dev Anand remembered the days of his struggle. Without thinking anything, he took out the entire income from his pocket and put it in the hands of that beggar.

Why did Dev Anand give full money to the beggar

When one of his friends came to know about this, he was surprised. He asked Dev Anand, “Why did you give your first earnings like this? You were in dire need of it!”

To this, Dev Anand smiled and replied, “I will earn money again, but cannot bear the pain of seeing someone suffering from hunger again.”

This story shows that deep sympathy and big heart of Dev Anand, which made him not only a great artist, but also a great person. He adopted the same rule throughout his life that in life more humanity matters more than money and fame, as he has also told in his autobiography ‘Romance with Life’.

Housefull 5 vs Thug Life Box Office Prediction: There are now only 4 days left for Akshay Kumar’s multistarrer film ‘Housefull 5’ to be released. It has become too much about the film and it is expected that the film is going to be the biggest opening Indian comedy film till date.

According to Pinkvilla’s report, this film of Akshay Kumar-Abhishek Bachchan can take an opening of Rs 27.5 crore on the first day and can join the list with 2025 films of Bollywood’s biggest opening and Sikander.

Meanwhile, the opening day of another film has come out, which seems that ‘Housefull 5’ can lag behind in this case. We are talking about Kamal Haasan’s film ‘Thug Life’ to be released on June 5, a day before the release date of ‘Housefull 5’.

‘Housefull 5’ VS ‘Thug Life’ Box Office Prediction

According to the expectation of Kamal Haasan’s ‘thug life’, this Tamil film can take about one and a half times the opening from Akshay Kumar’s film. According to Koimoi, the South film can take an opening of Rs 35-38 crore on the first day. Which is more than Housefull’s opening box office prevention.

Bollywood has defeated South 3 times before in 2025

After the opening day collection of ‘Housefull 5’ and ‘Thug Life’, it will be known which film is getting overwhelmed. But before this, there have been 3 times this year when South has defeated Bollywood. Let’s look at all these films below.

Movie	Release date	Opening day collection (for crores of rupees)
Fateh (Bollywood)	6 February	2.4
Game Changer (Telugu)	6 February	61.1
Jat (Bollywood)	10 April	9.5
Good Bad Agli (Tamil)	10 April	34.4
Red 2 (Bollywood)	1 May	19.25
Retro (tamil)	1 May	22.75
Hit the third case	1 May	24.75

It is clearly visible in the table above that even though the lifetime collection of these films has been anything, all these South films are heavy on Bollywood in terms of opening day collection. Now, if you look at the predections of two upcoming films, it seems to be happening again.

Mission impossible the final Reckoning Advance Booking: In front of the stardom of Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, it seems that this time the big stars of Indian cinema are going to be bright. His famous film series Mission Impossible’s 8th and last part is coming to theaters on May 17.

Mission Impossible The Final Rekning is scheduled to release on Saturday and it can harm films like South films Retro, Hit 3 to Bollywood films Jat, Kesari 2 and Red 2. This is not us, but the report of Sachnilk related to the advance booking of the film is saying.

Mission Impossible: Advance Booking of The Final Recking
According to Sixelk, the second part of the Mission Impossible Dead Rekning Part One, which came in 2023, is getting excellent advance booking in India. The film sold more than 12000 advance tickets in 3 multiplex chains like PVR, Iinox and Cinepolis in the first weekend 6 days before its release.

Out of this, more than 8 thousand tickets of the film have been sold for the first day. However, on the day the film is released, the real picture will be revealed on how much opening the film takes, but the initial signs are very positive.

How much will Mission Earn Impossible: The Final Recking?
The first part of the film, which came 2 years ago, earned Rs 15 crore. So at the same time, it is expected about this film that this film can earn more than 20 crores. If the film is releasing on Saturday, then the weekend can get a strong benefit that day.

Apart from this, this is also the last film of this franchise, so its strong fan base is also excited to see it. If the film earns 20 crores or more, then it will come in the list of films like Chhava, Sikander and Red 2.

Tom Cruise’s film may be a threat to all films like Red 2
At present, Ajay Devgan’s Red 2, Sunny Deol’s Jat and Akshay Kumar’s Kesari 2 are also in theaters. Tom Cruise’s film can affect the box office of all these films. If the film gets the benefit of Word of Mouth, then it may be that all these films can also be discharged at the box office.

Raid 2 Box Office Collection Day 11: When Ajay Devgan’s film Red 2 was released, Sunny Deol Ki Jat and Akshay Kumar’s Kesari 2 were already in theaters. Two big Tamil films Hit 3 and Retro were also released with the film. Not only this, Hollywood big film Thunderbolts also threatened in theaters on May 1. Despite so many competitions, Red 2 continued its raid at the box office and was seen increasing the collection continuously.

After Operation Sindoor, the film’s earnings increased further. Today has been 11 days since the film was released. So let’s know how much the film has earned on the last day of the second weekend i.e. today.

Box office collection of Red 2

The official figures related to the earnings of the film Red 2, directed by Rajkumar Gupta, have been told by the film Critic Taran Adarsh ​​in his X post. According to this, the film earned Rs 8.52 crore on the 10th day after earning Rs 5.33 crore on the 9th day and the total collection of the film increased to Rs 112.42 crore.

The figures on the 11th day related to the film’s earnings have come on Sxnilk and the film has earned Rs 118.83 crore by earning Rs 6.41 crore till 5:05 pm today. At present, these figures are not final. They may change.

Red 2 will be the second highest grossing film of 2025?

If you look at the list of the highest grossing Bollywood films released this year, then it is at number one by earning Rs 600 crore. The second number is a sky force with Rs 131.44 crore. Now at number three, Red 2 has made his name in the third place in the list by rearring Salman Khan’s Alexander with a box office collection of Rs 103.45 crore.

Seeing the way the collection of the film is growing, the expectations are also awakening that the film will soon take back the sky force and also make it to its name. Let us know that for this, Red 2 is still needed about 10 crore rupees.

Red 2 budget, starcast and worldwide collection

Adorned with actors like Ajay Devgan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Amit Syal and Saurabh Shukla, this film has been prepared in a budget of 48 crores. According to Sixelk, if we look at the worldwide collection of the film, according to Sixelk, it earned Rs 148.20 crore in 10 days. That is, the film has reached above 150 crores today.

Retro box office collection day 8: May 1 was a special day for the Indian film industry as 3 films of different languages ​​were released simultaneously on this day. Tamil superstar Surya’s retro, Nani’s hit the third case in Telugu and Bollywood’s Red 2.

These three films got good opening, the weekend collection was also good and praised, but the front of them was Red 2. While Red 2 has collected a domestic box office collection of Rs 94 crore in 8 days, Nani’s hit 3 has earned only around Rs 63 crore.

Talking about retro, in terms of domestic box office collection, it is at the bottom of all three films. The initial collections of the 8th day related to the film’s earnings have come out, so let’s know how much the film has earned so far.

Retro box office collection

Retro according to Cyxnilk in 7 days 50.95 Earned crores of rupees. So at the same time, by 3:05 pm today, the film has grossed 0.64 crores. Talking about total collection 51.59 Crores have been done. The data related to today is not final. It may change.

Rajinikanth did not even praise retro work?

Retro director Karthik Subbaraj had posted from his social media handle and told that Rajinikanth had liked his film retro very much. He has said about the last 40 minutes of the film that keeps you tied.

Karthik also wrote on behalf of Rajni that he has described Surya’s acting in the film as super. Despite this, South’s superstar Rajinikanth has praised a film, his collection is decreasing every day.

Retro failed in front of Red 2

The budget of Red 2 is only 48 crores and the film has earned above 94 crores i.e. the film has already been a hit. So at the same time, retro has been prepared for about 60 crores and it has not yet earned equal to the budget. This is the first time in the last few months when Bollywood has shown dominating South.

Hit 3 vs Retro Box Office Collection Day 6: On May 1, the Tamil film retro and Telugu film Hit 3 clashed in theaters. Surya and Nani starrer is getting a tough fight at the box office between these two films. Currently, the hit 3 is hitting the box office. Let us know here how much collection these two films have collected for the release.

How much has Hit 3 earned on the sixth day of release?
In the film Hit 3 directed by Shailesh Kolanu, Nani and Srinidhi Shetty have performed the lead role. Nan has played the role of SP Arjun Sarkar in the film while Srinidhi Shetty has played the role of Mridula. This crime thriller is getting tremendous response from the audience. Even it has left Surya’s retro behind in terms of earning. Talking about the film’s earnings

• Hit 3 earned 21 crores on the first day of release.
• On the second day, the film collected 10.5 crores.
• On the third day, the film earned 10.4 crores and 10.25 crores on the fourth day.
• On the fifth day, the film did 3.65 crore business.
• According to the Early Trend Report of Caiknilk, Hit 3 has earned 2.75 crores on the sixth day of its release.
• With this, the total earnings of 6 days of Hit 3 have now increased to Rs 58.55 crore.

How much did Retro collect on the sixth day?
Surya’s retro was a long awaited film of the year. The actor’s film had become quite a ring before its release, due to which it was spectacular. But then on the second day, its earnings declined. But its collection was also seen on the weekend. However, now the earnings in the weekendage are decreasing every day. It is lagging behind in terms of collection from Hit 3. Talking about the film’s earnings amidst all this

• Retro collected 19.25 crores on the first day of release.
• The film earned 7.75 crores on the second day and 8 crores on the third day.
• On the fourth day, Retro earned 8.15 crores and the collection of fifth day was 3.4 crores.
• At the same time, according to the Early Trend Report of Caiknilk, the film has grossed 2.35 crores on the sixth day.
• With this, the total earning of 6 days of retro has now increased to Rs 48.90 crore.

Whose pan is heavy in hit 3 and retro
There is a strong collision at the box office between the hit 3 and retro. However, Hit 3 has made a great increase with retro. While the total collection of 6 days of Hit 3 is Rs 58.55 crore, the total earning of 6 days is 48.90 crores, that is, the hit 3 Filhala is leading the retro with 10 crore more collections. By the way, it will be seen now how these two films perform on the second weekend.

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Box Office Collection: The long queue of films in theaters is on screen at this time. In such a situation, the audience is also going to theaters watching the movies of their favorite actor and Joron. This is the reason that despite being on the screen of 6-7 films simultaneously, many films are earning strong. However, some films are in bad shape and their earnings are reduced to millions.

Red 2
Ajay Devgan’s crime-action film Red 2 is a sequel to the year 2018. The fans of this film were waiting for a long time. Now from May 1, the film is in theaters and is earning strongly. After two days of great earnings, Red 2 has done a business of Rs 18.55 crore on the third day. With this, he has recovered its cost in three days of the film made in the budget of 48 crores. The total collection of three days of Red 2 has increased to Rs 51.31 crore.

The ghost
The Ghost also came on screen with Red 2 on May 1 and is seen disappearing between the clash. According to Caiknilk, the film earned 65 lakh rupees on the first day and 63 lakh rupees on the second day. Now, despite being Saturday on the third day, the film has been able to earn only 69 lakh rupees. With this, The Bhootni has done a total business of Rs 1.96 crore in three days.