#1 of 42 2008 · Comedy, Action
$29.2M worldwide · 13% of the chart's total
Singh Is Kinng (2008) is the highest-grossing Hindi-language movie released in 2008, with $29.2M worldwide, ahead of Jodhaa Akbar (2008) at $26.9M and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na (2008) at $19.9M. 42 Hindi-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $223M in all, 5% of it from the US & Canada. That is down 38% on 2007, whose releases took $359.8M. By genre, Comedy leads with $154.9M across 22 Hindi releases.
#1 of 42 2008 · Comedy, Action
$29.2M worldwide · 13% of the chart's total
Singh Is Kinng (2008) leads with $29.2M, 13% of the total. The top 5 together took $100.6M, 45% of what all 42 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2008.
Aug 8, 2008 US and Canada: $2.2M Rest of the world: $27M Worldwide: $29.2M
Feb 15, 2008 US and Canada: $3.4M Rest of the world: $23.5M Worldwide: $26.9M
Jul 4, 2008 US and Canada: $604K Rest of the world: $19.2M Worldwide: $19.9M
May 9, 2008 US and Canada: $476K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $13.2M
Aug 15, 2008 US and Canada: $702.2K Rest of the world: $10.7M Worldwide: $11.4M
Apr 25, 2008 US and Canada: $457.4K Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $11.3M
Jul 18, 2008 US and Canada: $490.2K Rest of the world: $10.5M Worldwide: $11M
Apr 11, 2008 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $10.9M
Oct 29, 2008 US and Canada: $191.4K Rest of the world: $8.5M Worldwide: $8.7M
Jun 13, 2008 US and Canada: $113.6K Rest of the world: $7.3M Worldwide: $7.4M
Apr 11, 2008 US and Canada: $487.2K Rest of the world: $6.8M Worldwide: $7.3M
Aug 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.2M
Mar 28, 2008 US and Canada: $274.6K Rest of the world: $5.8M Worldwide: $6.1M
Nov 21, 2008 US and Canada: $570.1K Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $5.2M
Aug 15, 2008 US and Canada: $163.8K Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $4.8M
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $655.5K Rest of the world: $3.6M Worldwide: $4.2M
Jan 11, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.2M
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.3M
Nov 14, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M
Aug 22, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.1M
Sep 12, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.9M
Nov 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.8M
Aug 1, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1M
Oct 24, 2008 US and Canada: $55.2K Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $2M
Nov 28, 2008 US and Canada: $80K Rest of the world: $1.9M Worldwide: $2M
Jan 27, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2M
Jul 25, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: $6.4K Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $1.5M
Aug 22, 2008 US and Canada: $16.4K Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $1.2M
Dec 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2M
Aug 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1M
Jul 11, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
May 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $971.4K
Aug 21, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $615.2K
Aug 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $519K
Nov 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $461.5K
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $380K
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $187.7K
Sep 5, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $136K
Nov 14, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $121.3K
Sep 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.3K
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $14.4K Of the top 10, Jodhaa Akbar (2008) earned the biggest share at home (13% in the US & Canada), while Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008) made 98% of its gross abroad. Across all 42 films, $12M (5%) came from the US & Canada.
None of the 42 films reached $100M. 34 films, 81% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $223M total.
August releases took the most, $61.1M from 10 films, led by Singh Is Kinng (2008). December was the quietest month ($1.2M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
Of these 10 years, 2007 earned the most: $359.8M from 60 films, led by Om Shanti Om (2007). 2008 took $223M.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 15 films | 15 | $7.3M | – | Taal (1999) $2M |
| 2000 23 films · +28% | 23 | $9.3M | +28% | Mohabbatein (2000) $4.3M |
| 2001 11 films · +53% | 11 | $14.3M | +53% | Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) $11.3M |
| 2002 24 films · +170% | 24 | $38.6M | +170% | Kaante (2002) $5.8M |
| 2003 44 films · +117% | 44 | $83.7M | +117% | Koi… Mil Gaya (2003) $12.2M |
| 2004 24 films · −43% | 24 | $47.3M | −43% | Main Hoon Na (2004) $10.8M |
| 2005 31 films · −20% | 31 | $37.8M | −20% | Salaam Namaste (2005) $9.3M |
| 2006 45 films · +500% | 45 | $227M | +500% | Dhoom 2 (2006) $32.4M |
| 2007 60 films · +58% | 60 | $359.8M | +58% | Om Shanti Om (2007) $40M |
| 2008 42 films · −38% | 42 | $223M | −38% | Singh Is Kinng (2008) $29.2M |
Comedy took $154.9M across 22 films, 69% of the total, ahead of Romance ($122.1M) and Drama ($115.1M). A film counts once for each of its genres.
Every year from 1944 to 2025 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $610.3M, led by Sanju (2018).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 42 films as the chart.
Singh Is Kinng (2008) leads with $29.2M worldwide, $2.2M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Jodhaa Akbar (2008) at $26.9M and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na (2008) at $19.9M.
42 Hindi-language films released in 2008 report a worldwide gross, $223M in all, or $5.3M per film on average. 2007 releases took $359.8M.
None. The biggest, Singh Is Kinng (2008), earned $29.2M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2008. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact, and so are films whose stored language is most likely wrong.
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.