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)

The year 2025 is about to end 9 months and during this time hundreds of films were released at the box office. All these films came from different films from Hindi to Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Some of these flops, some hits and some superhit were also there.

However, here we are talking about 10 films that came from different film industries and went on a big ruckus. That is, these are films that became a blockbuster, not actually a hit or superhit. So let’s take a look at them

2 blockbusters from Bollywood- ‘Chhava’ and ‘Saira’

• This year became the first blockbuster film Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhava’. This film, made in a budget of just 130 crores, managed to earn 601.54 crores in India and worldwide 807.91 crores
• The second number is Anit Padda and Ahaan Pandey’s ‘Saira’ which was made in just 45 crores according to Koi Moi. It earned 329.2 crores in India and worldwide 569.75 crores.

Malayalam cinema gave 2 blockbusters- ‘Thudaram’ and ‘Loca Chapter 1’

• This year, Mohanlal’s ‘Thaudaram’ got the title of becoming the first blockbuster film of Milollywood, which earned Rs 121.2 crore in India and Rs 234.5 crore. According to the Indian Express, the budget of the film was 28 crores.
• The second film is ‘Loca Chapter 1’ which is currently earning at the box office. Kalyani Priyadarshan’s film has been made in a budget of only 30 crores and it has earned the worldwide above 240 crores.

Telugu cinema gave 2 blockbusters- ‘Mad Square’ and ‘Sankrantik Vastunam’

• This year, Telugu cinema’s first blockbuster film Venkatesh’s’Sankrantik Object‘ Bunny. It was prepared for 50 crores according to Sixelk and the film’s earning in India was Rs 186.7 crore and worldwide was Rs 255.2 crore.
• ‘Mad Square’ was Tollywood’s second blockbuster this year. The film earned 50.12 crores in India and 72 crores worldwide. This was a low budget film.

Tamil cinema also gave 2 blockbusters- ‘Tourist Family’ and ‘Dragon’

• This year was the first blockbuster film ‘Dragon’ from Tamil cinema i.e. Kollywood, which earned 101.34 crores in India and worldwide 150.52 crores. According to the Times of India, the budget of the film was only 36 crores.
• This was followed by the second blockbuster named ‘Tourist Family’. The film earned 60.75 crores in India and worldwide 86.25 crores. According to the film’s budget Times of India, it was only 7 crores.

Two blockbusters of Kannada cinema- ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ and ‘Su from So’

• If seen, this year was completely of Kannada cinema i.e. Sandalwood. Two low budget films shook the entire box office. On the one hand, ‘Mahavatar Narasimha’ came, which was built for just 40 crores, earned 249.2 crore in India and worldwide 324.9 crores.
• On the other hand, even this small budget film ‘Su from So’ came, which was made in just 3 crores. It did a business of 90.68 crores in India and Rs 121 crore worldwide.

Add the worldwide collection of these 10 films, it reaches Rs 2797.03 crore i.e. a little away from Rs 3000 crore.

Note: This data related to box office figures is according to Scanilk.

Whenever a film of a big star comes on the big screen, the fans are very excited. Fans like Khan or Kapoor, everyone’s films are very much liked. But in the year 2025, small budget films approached the fans more and also entertained. There were films whose story was a hero and left a never -ending impression in the hearts of the fans. Let’s know about those films.

Saira

Talking about the film Syara, Ahaan Pandey and Anit Dadda made their Bollywood debut. There was no promotion about the film. But when the film was released, he broke more than one record. According to Koimoi’s news, the film has collected a gross collection of 398.47 crores. It became the highest grossing romantic film.

The film was made in a budget of 45 crores. The film profited 650 percent.

Lokah

Kalyani Priyadarshan’s film Lokah Chapter 1 is also being well liked. The film is engaged in the theater and is earning tremendously. The film has become a super duper hit and is not taking the name of stopping. The budget of the film is 30 crores and the film collected 118.01 crores in just 18 days. According to Koimoi’s news, so far the film has taken out more than 250 % profit.

Turist family

The film Turist family also liked fans very much. SS Rajamouli also could not stop himself from praising the film. The film was made in a budget of only 7 crores and the film had a collection of 90 crores. The Turist Family profited more than 1200 %.

Mahavatar Narasimha

Mahavatar Narasimha is an animation film. The film was released on 25 July. The film has been more than 50 days in theater, yet the film is earning. This film broke all records.

The film has collected 246.93 crores. The film has been profitable by more than 1500 %. The film was made in a budget of only 15 crores. The film has become a super duper hit.

This year was full of excitement and surprise for the Indian film industry. ,Saira, And ,Mahavatar Nahsimha, Like small budget films have shown that if there is originality in the story of the film and she has the power to do home in the hearts of the people, then no one can stop it from being hit.

On the one hand, this year, where the films of big stars like Sunny Deol, Akshay Kumar, Ajit, Salman Khan flopped, on the other hand, these 5 films made in a very low budget made a big hit at the box office. In many of these films, a very new face was seen, then no actor worked in a film.

So a look at 5 such sleeper hits of 2025

‘Saira’- Mohit Suri made a heart touching film with two new faces like Ahaan Pandey and Anit Padda in a budget of only 60 crores. The film has crossed the mark of 307 crores in India and the worldwide 508 crore.

‘Mahavatar Narasimha’- This year, this film did the biggest. Neither any real actor worked in it nor its budget was very big. According to Koimoi, it has been made in just 15 crores. The film has so far done business of 115 crores in India and more than 141 crores worldwide.

Dragon- This Tamil film of Pradeep Ranganathan proved to be a blockbuster. Its budget was just Rs 20 crore and earned 120 crores and became one of the highest grossing Tamil films of this year.

Suu from So- This Kannada comedy drama was made in a budget of only 4 crores and it made a record by earning more than 50 crores. This film has also become the highest grossing Kannada film of this year.

Tourist Family- This film revolves around the story of the Sri Lankan Tamil family. It has the story of such a Tamil family which comes from Sri Lanka, who is struggling with economic crisis, comes in search of a better future. The story of this film also touched the minds of the audience and this film made in the budget of only 5 crores earned 70 crores.