The world's loving Indian films! Their growth in collections is higher abroad than at home!

Indian films are showing higher growth in collections abroad than at home, with overseas box-office mop-up surging nearly 30% to $323 million (INR27.60 billion) between 2022 and 2024. But their domestic growth crawled at 7.2% to INR118 billion, according to the FICCI-EY Media and Entertainment 2025 report.

- BY S VENKAT NARAYAN

Indian films were screened in 38 countries in 2024 as against 33 in 2022. A total of 359 films were released abroad in 2024 against 335 in 2022. Overseas gross box office collections (including China) stood at INR27.6 billion in 2024 as against INR21.28 billion in 2022. Gross box office collections in India amounted to INR118 billion in 2024 as against INR110 in 2022.

"Recently, Indian films have been telling stories which have universal emotions and global appeal. These films score well on the parameter of visual presentation of stories. Consequently, Indian films have been crossing language and geographical barriers," said Adi Tiwary, creative director and partner, Stuart Entertainment, an Australia-based boutique distributor and producer specialising in global content licensing, production and strategic partnerships.

Indian films such as 'Pushpa 2: The Rule' (2024), 'Kalki 2898 AD' (2024), 'Pathaan' (2023), 'Jawan' (2023), 'Animal' (2023), 'Leo' (2023), 'Jailor' (2023), 'KGF: Chapter 2' (2022) and 'RRR' (2022) collected INR 2 to 5 billion each in overseas markets.