This list charts the most successful
Pakistani films
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screened at cinemas in Pakistan and overseas.
Pakistani films
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the film industry, filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and ...
generate income from several revenue streams including
box office
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sales (admissions),
theatrical
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exhibitions
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,
television broadcast
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rights and
merchandising
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. See ''
List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Pakistan, with gross revenue in Pakistani rupees. This is not an official tracking of figures, as reliable sources that publish data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates. F ...
'' for domestic gross figures.
Global gross figures
With a worldwide box-office gross of more than Rs. 238.9
crore
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,
The Legend of Maula Jatt
''The Legend of Maula Jatt'' is a 2022 Pakistani Punjabi-language action drama film directed and written by Bilal Lashari. The film is an adaptation of the 1979 cult classic film ''Maula Jatt'' but it is considered neither a remake nor a seq ...
is the highest-grossing
Pakistani film
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...
.
The following list shows Pakistan's top 24 highest-grossing films, which include
films
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from all the
Pakistani languages
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Urdu is the national language and the lingua fr ...
. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.
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Domestic gross figures
This is the list of top 11 highest-grossing
Pakistani films
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within local
Pakistani cinemas, which include
films
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from all the
Pakistani languages
Pakistan is a multilingual country with dozens of languages spoken as first languages. The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family.
Urdu is the national language and the lingua fr ...
(business by foreign
films
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in Pakistan is not included). These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.
Highest-grossing opening weekends
The following list shows
Pakistan's
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top 11 highest-grossing opening
weekends
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world
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wide, which include
films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
from all the
Pakistani languages
Pakistan is a multilingual country with dozens of languages spoken as first languages. The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family.
Urdu is the national language and the lingua fr ...
. For opening weekends gross in Pakistan, see
List of highest-grossing opening weekends in Pakistan
These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.
Highest grossing films by year of release
This is the list of highest-grossing
Pakistani films
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by year of release. These
films
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are listed as per their
world
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wide
gross figures at time of release. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.
Timeline of highest-grossing films
Highest grossing franchises and film series
The ''
Jawani Phir Nahi Ani
''Jawani Phir Nahi Ani'' (), sometimes abbreviated as ''JPNA'' is a 2015 Pakistani adventure comedy film directed by Nadeem Baig. It was co-produced by Humayun Saeed, Salman Iqbal and Shahzad Nasib at Saeed's production house, Six Sigma Plus. ...
'' franchise is
Pakistan's
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first film franchise to
gross over ₨100
crore
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.
See also
*
List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Pakistan, with gross revenue in Pakistani rupees. This is not an official tracking of figures, as reliable sources that publish data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates. F ...
*
Lists of Pakistani films
The following pages for each decade list films produced in Pakistan by year of release.
Pre-1950
*List of Pakistani films before 1950
1950s
* List of Pakistani films of 1950
* List of Pakistani films of 1951
* List of Pakistani films of 1952
* ...
*
Cinema of Pakistan
Cinema of Pakistan, popularly known as Lollywood ( ur, ), refers to the filmmaking industry in Pakistan. Pakistan is home to several film studios centres, primarily located in its three largest cities – Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad.
...
*
Lists of highest-grossing films
The following are lists of high-grossing films.
Worldwide grosses
* List of highest-grossing films
** List of highest-grossing non-English films
** List of highest-grossing puppet films
** List of highest-grossing R-rated films
** List of high ...
*
List of 2022 box office number-one films in Pakistan
Notes
References
External links
The History of Lollywood Decade By Decade (1947—present)Best Pakistani Movies On IMDB
Pakistani Movies On IMDB
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