Year Ender 2022: Not only domestic market, South-Indian movies dominate the global box office

2022 has been a tough year for the entertainment industry, especially Bollywood. While the Hindi film industry struggled to make a mark at the box office, we saw the rise of Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam across the country.

Here we go… #NaatuNaatu becomes 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 to be shortlisted for the Academy Awards! 🤩🙏🏻

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— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) December 22, 2022

Since decades, we have seen that in the Indian film industry, it is Hindi movies that have been getting big numbers in the international markets. However, this year was dominated by south-Indian movies as _RRR_ (Telugu) grabbed the 34th spot in Box Office Mojo’s highest-grosser list of 2022 with the collections of $102,701,245 followed by _KGF 2_ at 38th position (Kannda) which collected $89,123,940.

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Apart from these two movies, Kamal Haasan-Vijay Sethupathi-Fahadh Faasil’s _Vikram_ (Tamil) is at 72nd spot with $29,837,637 and Mani Ratnam’s multi-starrer _Ponniyin Selvan: I_ at 87th spot with $21,876,105.

Bollywood movies, which made it to the list are Ranbir Kapoor-Amitabh Bachchan-Alia Bhatt starrer _Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva_ at 58th rank with $50,164,785 followed by _The Kashmir Files_ at 77th position with $24,821,898.

Talking about _RRR_, which is the highest-grossing Indian film of 2022 at the global box office, has garnered the Best Original song nomination in the 2023 Academy for its thumping energetic track Naatu Naatu. Other songs in the category include Nothing Is Lost from _Avatar: The way Of Water_, Lift Me Up from _Blank Panther: Wakanda Forever_, Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick among others.

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