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Punjabi cinema (Template:Lang-pa), commonly known as Pollywoodis the Punjabi language film industry in the states of Punjab in India and Pakistan. While 20th-century Punjabi cinema had great influence of Pakistani-based Punjabi cinema, the 21st-century Punjabi cinema, due to its boom, has become synonymous with Indian Punjab. The first Punjabi film was made in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and was released in Lahore, provincial capital of the then-British province of Punjab. The Lahore film industry is known as Lollywood, a portmanteau of the words Lahore and Hollywood. As of 2009, the Punjabi film industry has produced between 900 and 1,000 films. The average number of releases per year in the 1970s was nine; in the 1980s, eight; and in the 1990s, six. In 1995, the number of films released was 11; it plummeted to seven in 1996, touched a low of five in 1997 and as high as 42 in 2014. Since the 2000s Punjabi cinema has seen a revival with more releases every year with bigger budgets, homegrown stars, and Bollywood actors of Punjabi descent taking part.

The following is a list of the highest grossing Punjabi films (including dubbed versions) based on world wide collections (gross and distributors share).

Background color       indicates movies playing on 21 January 2025 in theaters around the world

Worldwide Share

Biggest opening day (Worldwide)

References

1. "Chaar Sahibzaade was first 3D animated historical film. It grossed over Rs 70 crore (US$11 million) globally".

v t e Cinema of Punjab
Films	By decade 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s By year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Production companies and studios	White Hill Productions Sippy Grewal Productions Basic Brothers Productions Baweja Movies
Awards	Punjabi International Film Academy Awards PTC Punjabi Film Awards
Theatres	Event Cinemas Hoyts PVR Cinemas Cineplex Entertainment PAF Cinema Cineworld

• Lists of Indian films
• Lists of highest-grossing films