List of highest-grossing Nepali films
Although there are no definitive box office figures for Nepalese cinema, the following list of highest-grossing Nepali films is based on figures provided by producers, distributors and some news portals, for prominent films since 2070 BS.
The Nepalese film industry is relatively young. Many early films were produced by the Royal Nepal Film Corporation for the government, which was more concerned with the country's cultural heritage than commercial success. These gradually built a film industry infrastructure and enabled private productions. The romance Kusume Rumal held the box-office record until this was surpassed in 2001 by the musical Darpan Chaya. New records were set in 2012 with the critically acclaimed crime thriller Loot and erotic thriller Chapali Height. These were broken by action-thriller Kohinoor, which is considered Nepal's first blockbuster for exceeding crore worldwide, and domestically outperforming Bollywood films. This record was then broken by the comedies Chhakka Panja and Chhakka Panja 3, installments of a trilogy which currently holds the top three positions with a combined worldwide gross of crore.
Current records
- The highest-grossing film in Nepal is the Indian film ' with an estimated gross of crore.
- The highest-grossing Nepalese film in Nepal is Chhakka Panja 3 with gross of crore. The best-performing Nepalese film overseas is The Black Hen with crore.
- The highest-grossing Hollywood film in Nepal is ' with estimated box office collection of crore.
- The biggest domestic opening day by a Nepalese movie is crore by Chhakka Panja 2.
- The biggest single-day box office receipts in Nepal is crore for Chhakka Panja 3 and '.
- ', ' and ' are only foreign movies from 2010 to 2019 to have a release which exceeded 50 days in Nepalese theatres.
Highest-grossing Nepali films in Nepal
Highest opening day receipts of Nepali films in Nepal
Highest grossing foreign movies in Nepal
| Rank | Movie | Country | Year | Director | Studio | Language released | Gross in Nepal |
| 1 | ' | India | 2017 | S. S. Rajamouli | Hindi | रु 25 crore | |
| 2 | Sultan | India | 2016 | Ali Abbas Zafar | Hindi | रु 14 crore | |
| 3 | Dangal | India | 2016 | Nitesh Tiwari | Hindi | रु 12 crore | |
| 4 | PK | India | 2014 | Rajkumar Hirani | Hindi | रु 11.2 crore | |
| 5 | Dhoom 3 | India | 2013 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | Hindi | रु 9 crore | |
| 5 | Chennai Express | India | 2013 | Rohit Shetty | Hindi | रु 9 crore | |
| 6 | Padmaavat | India | 2018 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Hindi | रु 9 crore | |
| 7 | ' | United States | 2019 | English | रु 5.2 crore | ||
| 8 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | India | 2015 | Kabir Khan | Hindi | रु 4.58 crore | |
| 9 | Tiger Zinda Hai | India | 2017 | Ali Abbas Zafar | Hindi | रु 4 crore | |
| 10 | United States | 2018 | Hindi | रु 3.70 crore | |||
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Top 2 highest grossing franchises
The highest-grossing Nepali film series is Chhakka Panja franchise.Background color indicates highest grosser ever.