List of highest-grossing Pakistani films explained

This list charts the most successful Pakistani films screened at cinemas in Pakistan and overseas. Pakistani films generate income from several revenue streams including box office sales (admissions), theatrical exhibitions, television broadcast rights and merchandising. See List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan for domestic gross figures.

Global gross figures

With a worldwide box-office gross of more than Rs. 4 billion,^[1] The Legend of Maula Jatt is the highest-grossing Pakistani film.

The following list shows Pakistan's top 24 highest-grossing films, which include films from all the Pakistani languages. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources

Rank	Peak	Title	Worldwide gross in PKR (USD)	Year	Language	Director	Production company	Reference(s)
1	1	The Legend of Maula Jatt		2022	Punjabi	Bilal Lashari	Encyclomedia / Lashari Films / Geo Films	^[2]
2	1	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		2018	Urdu	Nadeem Baig	Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films	^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
3	2	London Nahi Jaunga		2022	Urdu Punjabi		Six Sigma Plus	^[6]
4	1	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		2017	Urdu Punjabi		Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films	^[7]
5	3	Teefa in Trouble		2018	Urdu Punjabi	Ahsan Rahim	Lightingale Productions Geo Films	^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]
6	1	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		2015	Urdu	Nadeem Baig	Six Sigma Plus ARY Films	^[12]
7	5	Parwaaz Hai Junoon		2018	Urdu	Haseeb Hassan	Momina & Duraid Films Hum Films	^[13]
8	7	Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad		2022	Urdu	Nabeel Qureshi	Filmwala Pictures	^[14]
9	11	The Donkey King		2018	Urdu	Aziz Jindani	Talisman Studios Geo Films	^[15] ^[16] ^[17]
10	2	Bin Roye		2015	Urdu	Shahzad Kashmiri	MD Films Hum Films	^[18]
11	11	Money Back Guarantee †		2023	Urdu	Faisal Qureshi	Zashko FilmsGame Over Productions	^[19]
12	1	Waar		2013	Urdu English	Bilal Lashari	MindWorks Media ARY Films
13	3	Wrong No.		2015	Urdu	Yasir Nawaz	YNH Films ARY Films
14	12	Superstar		2019	Urdu	Mohammed Ehteshamuddin	Momina & Duraid Films Hum Films	^[20]
15	5	Actor in Law		2016	Urdu	Nabeel Qureshi	Filmwala Pictures	^[21]
16	6	Janaan		2016	Urdu Pashto	Azfar Jafri	IRK Films ARY Films	^[22]
17	10	Parey Hut Love		2019	Urdu	Asim Raza	The Vision Factory FilmsARY Films	^[23]
18	5	Ho Mann Jahaan		2016	Urdu	Asim Raza	The Vision Factory Films ARY Films
19	12	Wrong No. 2		2019	Urdu	Yasir Nawaz	YNH Films Geo Films	^[24]
20	8	Lahore Se Aagey		2016	Urdu	Wajahat Rauf	AN Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Showcase Films ARY Films
21	10	Na Maloom Afraad 2		2017	Urdu	Nabeel Qureshi	Filmwala Pictures Excellency Films	^[25] ^[26]
22	9	Yalghaar		2017	Urdu English	Hassan Rana	MindWorks Media
23	1	Choorian		1998	Punjabi	Syed Noor	Pak Nishan Films	^[27]
24	18	Chhalawa		2019	Urdu	Wajahat Rauf	Showcase Films Hum Films	^[28]
25	20	Ghabrana Nahi Hai		2022	Urdu	Saqib Khan	Mastermind ProductionsJB FilmsGeo Films	^[29]

Domestic gross figures

See also: List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan. This is the list of top 11 highest-grossing Pakistani films within local Pakistani cinemas, which include films from all the Pakistani languages (business by foreign films in Pakistan is not included). These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.

Rank	Film	Total gross	Language	Year	Reference(s)
1	The Legend of Maula Jatt		Punjabi	2022	^[30]
2	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		Urdu	2018	^[31] ^[32]
3	Teefa in Trouble		Urdu Punjabi	2018
4	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		Urdu Punjabi	2017
5	Parwaaz Hai Junoon		Urdu	2018
6	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		Urdu	2015
7	London Nahi Jaunga		Urdu	2022	^[33]
8	The Donkey King		Urdu	2018
9	Actor in Law		Urdu	2016
10	Waar		Urdu English	2013
11	Na Maloom Afraad 2		Urdu	2017

Highest-grossing opening weekends

The following list shows Pakistan's top 11 highest-grossing opening weekends worldwide, which include films from all the Pakistani languages. For opening weekends gross in Pakistan, see List of highest-grossing opening weekends in Pakistan

These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.

Rank	Film	Total gross	Weekend days	Year	Reference(s)
1	The Legend of Maula Jatt		3	2022	^[34]
2	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		5	2018	^[35]
3	Parwaaz Hai Junoon		5	2018	^[36]
4	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		3	2017	^[37]
5	Parey Hut Love		3	2019	^[38]
6	Superstar		3	2019	^[39]
7	Chhalawa		5	2019	^[40]
8	Wrong No. 2		5	2019	^[41]
9	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		3	2015
10	Teefa in Trouble		3	2018
11	Load Wedding		5	2018	^[42]

Highest-grossing films by language

Urdu

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross in PKR (USD)	Year	Director	Production company	Reference(s)
1	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		2018	Nadeem Baig	Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films	^[43] ^[44] ^[45]
2	London Nahi Jaunga		2022		Six Sigma Plus	^[46]
3	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		2017		Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films	^[47]
4	Teefa in Trouble		2018	Ahsan Rahim	Lightingale Productions Geo Films	^[48] ^[49] ^[50] ^[51]
5	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		2015	Nadeem Baig	Six Sigma Plus ARY Films	^[52]
6	Parwaaz Hai Junoon		2018	Haseeb Hassan	Momina & Duraid Films Hum Films	^[53]
7	Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad		2022	Nabeel Qureshi	Filmwala Pictures	^[54]
8	The Donkey King		2018	Aziz Jindani	Talisman Studios Geo Films	^[55] ^[56] ^[57]
9	Bin Roye		2015	Shahzad Kashmiri	MD Films Hum Films	^[58]
10	Money Back Guarantee		2023	Faisal Qureshi	Zashko FilmsGame Over Productions	^[59]

Punjabi

Rank	Title	Worldwide gross in PKR (USD)	Year	Director	Production company	Reference(s)
1	The Legend of Maula Jatt		2022	Bilal Lashari	Encyclomedia / Lashari Films / Geo Films	^[60]
2	Choorian		1998	Syed Noor	Pak Nishan Films	^[61]

Highest grossing films by year of release

This is the list of highest-grossing Pakistani films by year of release. These films are listed as per their worldwide gross figures at time of release. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Language	Production company/director	Reference(s)
1975	Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat		Urdu	Shabab Productions
1998	Choorian		Punjabi	Pak Nishan Films
2007	Khuda Kay Liye		Urdu / English	Shoman Productions	^[62]
2011	Bol		Urdu	Shoman Productions
2013	Waar		Urdu / English	MindWorks Media / Off Road Studios
2014	Na Maloom Afraad		Urdu	Filmwala Pictures
2015	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		Urdu	Six Sigma Plus
2016	Janaan		Urdu / Pashto	Filmwala Pictures
2017	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		Urdu / Punjabi	Six Sigma Plus / Salman Iqbal Films
2018	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		Urdu	Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal Films ARY Films
2019	Superstar		Urdu	Momina & Duraid Films Hum Films
2022	The Legend of Maula Jatt		Punjabi	Encyclomedia / Lashari Films

Timeline of highest-grossing films

Year	Title	Record gross earning	Language	Reference(s)
1975	Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat		Urdu
1998	Choorian		Punjabi
2013	Waar		Urdu English
2015	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani		Urdu
2017	Punjab Nahi Jaungi		Urdu Punjabi
2018	Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2		Urdu
2022	The Legend of Maula Jatt †		Punjabi

Highest grossing franchises and film series

The Jawani Phir Nahi Ani franchise is Pakistan's first film franchise to gross over ₨100 crore.

See also

• List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan
• Lists of Pakistani films
• Cinema of Pakistan
• Lists of highest-grossing films
• List of 2022 box office number-one films in Pakistan

External links

• The History of Lollywood Decade By Decade (1947—present)
• Best Pakistani Movies On IMDB
• Pakistani Movies On IMDB

Notes and References

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39. Web site: Thank you for showing so much love and appreciation! Superstar is winning hearts at the box office! Watch it with your family and friends. . 2019-08-15. 2019-08-15. @SSthemovie_.
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