Top Highest Grossing Tamil Films Of All Time 

Here is the list of the top Highest grossing Tamil films of all time in terms of their box office collection, as per IMDb. The list provides the information about the movies’ cast, crew, budget, and total box office collection. 

1. 2.0

            Straight out of an impressive set of talents, 2.0 marks the second edition of Enthiran, which sets the world where Chitti the Robot is developed by Dr. Vaseegaran. The second movie is about a Chennai city that faces a technical doom, where all the mobile phones are sucked into the air by a bird like robot created by Dr. Pakshirajan and how Chitti combats the threat. 

Cast: Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain. 

Director: Shankar Shanmugam 

Budget: 400- 600 Crores 

Box Office Collection : 660.3 Crores 

2. Leo

            A full on action family drama, Leo is about a humble and kind hearted cafe owner Parthiban whose past and present collide when random people identify him and tries to pull him towards his original family and life as a gangster. 

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Cast: Vijay, Trisha, Sanjay Dutt

Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj

Budget: 250- 300 Crores  

Box Office Collection: 615.5 Crores 

3. Jailer

            A retired jailer sets on to find his missing cop son who is known to be a kind and brave young cop, gets involved in a huge illegal export racket which in turns makes him return to his past days and handle the issues. 

Cast: Rajinkanth, Ramya Krishnan, Vinayakan, Vasanth Ravi. 

Director: Nelson Dilipkumar 

Budget: 200-220 Crores 

Box Office Collection: 607 Crores 

4. Ponniyin Selvan

            A classic epic novel adapted into one of the most highly anticipated and awaited screen adaptations, Ponniyin Selvan is about the regime of the Cholas and the Political entropy inside the royal family. The first part follows Vandhiyathevan in his journey of meeting and finding the Chola family members in ensuring political peace. 

Cast: Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Trisha Krishnan, Sarathkumar. 

Director: Mani Ratnam 

Budget: 450-500 Crores (2 Parts)

Box Office Collection: 498.5 Crores 

5. The Greatest Of All Time

             A retired field agent, expert hostage negotiator who is called for duty years after service for a crucial situation. This also means Gandhi to have an emotional journey that ties up his past and family. 

Cast: Vijay, Sneha, Mohan, Prasanth, Prabhu Deva. 

Director: Venkat Prabhu

Budget: 380- 400 Crores 

Box Office Collection: 456.6 Crores 

6. Vikram 

             A special agent on his investigation of a murder of a cop is roped into much more mystery behind the perpetrators uncovers the involvement of a former black ops member involved in the series of murders. 

Cast: Kamal Hassan, Fahadh Faasil, Vijay Sethupathi. 

Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj

Budget: 120 Crores

Box Office Collection: 423.8 Crores 

7. Ponniyin Selvan 2

            The immediate follow up of Ponniyin Selvan 1, this story follows the aftermath of the war fought in Sri Lanka and the recovery of Arulmozhi and his return to Thanjavur. Who takes the throne? What’s the fate of Karikalan and Nandini? Is the rest of the story. 

Cast: Jayam Ravi, Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha Krishnan.  

Director: Mani Ratnam

Budget: 500 Crores (2 parts)

Box Office Collection: 343.5 Crores 

8. Amaran

            A real life biographical drama based on the life and valour of Late Major Mukund Varadharajan, the story follows a soothing, heart warming love story of Mukund and his wife Rebecca and his time in the Rashtriya Rifles till his death. 

Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Sai Pallavi, Rahul Bose, Bhuvan Arora

Director: Rajkumar Perisamy

Budget: 200 Crores 

Box Office Collection: 326.5 Crores 

9. Bigil

            After the death of Raayappan, a local gangster, his son Micheal gives up his dream of becoming a footballer but steps up to become the coach of a women’s football team that has several stereotypical struggles. 

Cast: Vijay, Jackie Shroff, Kathir. 

Director: Atlee

Budget: 180 Crores 

Box Office Collection: 300.8 Crores 

10. Kabali 

                  A badass and honest gangster released from a Malaysian prison after years of imprisonment is now reformed and watches out for his scattered family, his wife and his daughter despite fighting modern enemies. 

Cast: Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte, Winston Chao, Kalaiarasan, Sai Dhansika, Dinesh. 

Director: Pa. Ranjith

Budget: 100 Crores

Box Office Collection: 294.2 Crores