South Movies Overseas Box Office Collection: Earlier, South films were watched on TV. There has never been that much craze for regional films all over India. But films like Baahubali and Pushpa changed the atmosphere and films like RRR changed the fortunes of the South film industry by winning Oscars. In the year 2026, there is tremendous dominance of Malayalam films. South’s films are performing very well. At the same time, as much as these films are not attracting the Hindi audience, they are being liked by the foreign audience more. We are not saying this out of thin air, but the overseas collection figures of this film are going to be so amazing this year.
In the year 2026, 10 such films have been released in theaters in the South which have not only surprised with their earnings but have also scored centuries and half-centuries at the foreign box office. Most of these are Malayalam films. Then Telugu films have won and Tamil films are at third place. But no Kannada film is included in it. Let us know which are the 10 highest grossing films of South Cinema abroad in 2026 and how much money they have collected in the overseas market.
South’s top 10 overseas movies of 2026
If we talk about the top 10 films of the South Film Industry, there are a total of 5 Malayalam films in it and 4 films are in the top 5. So in terms of overseas collections, Malayalam cinema is completely dominating. There are 3 Tamil films in this list which also includes Surya’s Karuppu film. There are 2 films in this list from Telugu cinema. But there is no movie from Kannada cinema in it. The highest grossing film of Kannada cinema this year is KD The Devil in which Sanjay Dutt is seen in the role of male villain.
Talking about overseas collection, Malayalam film Drishyam 3 is on top with a collection of Rs 111.25 crore. This film has earned more from abroad than from India. At the second place is the film Vazha 2. This film has collected Rs 85.30 crore and is at second position. This is also a Malayalam film. The third number is from the film Karuppu. This is a Tamil film which has earned Rs 80 crore from abroad and its earnings are still continuing. Malayalam film Aadu 3 is at number four. This film has also performed amazingly and has earned Rs 61 crore from the overseas market. The name of the film Patriot is also in this list which earned around Rs 44 crore from abroad.
These 10 South films made a splash in foreign countries
Chiranjeevi’s film Man Shankar Vara Prasad Garu also made huge money in terms of overseas collection and the overseas collection of this Telugu film was Rs 40 crore. Talking about the recently released film Peddi, this Telugu film has earned Rs 36 crores. There will definitely be an increase in its earnings and its eyes will be towards surpassing the overseas collection of Mohanlal’s Drishyam 3. The name of Prabhas’s Telugu film The Raja Saab is also in this list. This film earned Rs 34 crore from abroad although it was a flop.
malayalam movie A good collection of Atharadi was seen. This film earned Rs 24.65 crore from abroad. Talking about Parasakthi film, with the collection of Rs 22.85 crore, this Tamil film is at number 10 in the list of films of the year 2026 in terms of overseas collection. The thing to note is that even half the month of the year has not ended properly. In such a situation, changes in this list are also possible. It will be interesting to see which film earns the most in foreign countries this year and will there be any film which will challenge the overseas collection of the Bollywood film Dhurandhar 2, which remains the highest grossing movie till date in terms of overseas earnings of the year 2026.
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No one can compete with Dhurandhar 2
Generally, Bollywood films are not able to be exported as much as Malayalam and Telugu films are being exported abroad. But the film Dhurandhar 2 proved to be an exception. This film has collected Rs 1813 crore worldwide and has become the second highest grossing film of the country. According to reports, it has collected Rs 438 crore from abroad. This makes this film even more special. Till now no film has been able to come even close to this overseas collection. Ram Charan’s Peddi and Rajinikanth’s Jailer 2 are currently preparing to compete with Dhurandhar 2 in this race. Whatever happens, this box office battle is going to be very interesting.
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