At a point of time, the business of Hindi films was limited to the people within the industry. Even the actors, barring a handful of them, never kept an eye
on film business in those days. But times have changed! Today, not just those belonging to the film fraternity, even the common man is keen to know how a
film is faring at the ticket window. The aam junta is well aware of the weekend figures, the weekly business and the lifetime earnings of a film.
That's not all, this writer is inundated with questions [tweets], every single day, on Twitter about the performance of films in the international markets.
That's why we have decided to clear the air about the Top 10 grossers in India [Rs 100 cr Club]. So here's the list…
Film                   Lifetime Business –
India
                         [INR
; nett figures only]
3 IDIOTSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 202 cr
BODYGUARDÂ Â Â Â Â 148 cr
DABANGGÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 143 cr
READYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 122 cr
RA.ONE*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 118 cr
GHAJINI Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 115 cr
GOLMAAL 3 Â Â Â Â Â Â 108 cr
DON 2*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 108 cr [still counting]
SINGHAMÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 102 cr
Note:-
* denotes Hindi + Tamil + Telugu versions.
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