Half of 2023 is done, and the cinema from the South has seen many highs and lows this year. Some of the movies from the South Indian industry became huge hits and collected huge revenues, at the same time some movies disappointed us big time. And irrespective of negative talk, some movies have generated huge numbers at the box office.
Today we are going to take a look at the highest-grossing South Indian movies of 2023 so far
Rank 1: Adipurush
Worldwide Gross: 450 Cr
Adaptation of Indian mythology that depicts the triumph of good over evil.
Rank 2: Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two
Worldwide Gross: 336.8cr
Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.
Rank 3: Varisu
Worldwide Gross: 292.8cr
Vijay Rajendran is a happy-to-go-lucky man. Things change when his father becomes terminally ill, and he is left to manage his business empire.
Rank 4: Waltair Veerayya
Worldwide Gross: 210.2cr
A fisherman who engages in smuggling accepts a request from a disheveled police officer in order to use it to his personal advantage
Rank 5: Thunivu
Worldwide Gross: 196.6cr
A mysterious mastermind – Daredevil and his team form a plan and commits a bank heist to find the corporate looted people’s money.
Rank 6: 2018
Worldwide Gross: 175.4cr
A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.
Rank 7: Veera Simha Reddy
Worldwide Gross: 119.5cr
Veera Simha Reddy is a revered man in a village and his son Jai Simha Reddy settles in the USA. When his father gets killed in the village politics, Jai Simha returns to India and takes revenge on who killed his father.
Rank 8: Dasara
Worldwide Gross: 118.1cr
Set in the backdrop of Singareni coal mines near Godavarikhani of Telangana.
Rank 9: Vaathi
Worldwide Gross: 111.1cr
The Life of a young man and his struggles against the Privatization of Education.
Rank 10: Virupaksha
Worldwide Gross: 103cr
Mysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person’s occult practices. The whole town is afraid, and the problems continue as they search for the one responsible.