Cinema of India No. of screens 9,382 (2022)[ 1] • Per capita 6 per million (2021)[ 2] Total 2886 Total 2,020,000,000 • Per capita 1.69 National films 1,713,600,000 Total ₹ 15,000 crore [ 5] National films $2.1 billion (2015)[ 6]
The cinema of India includes movies produced in India . It has been around since the early 20th century. Movies made in India are popular in the Middle East , South Asia , and Western countries like the United Kingdom and the United States as well as India. In 2010 India produced the most films, even more then Hollywood and China .[ 8]
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↑ "Indian Feature Films Certified in 2021—22" (PDF) . Film Federation of India . Retrieved 8 September 2022 .
↑ "Culture: Feature Films" . UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2019 .
↑ Jacob, Shine (19 April 2023). "South Indian films outshine others in 2022, may maintain trend in 2023: CII" . Business Standard . Retrieved 12 August 2023 .
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↑ "Chinese film industry races close to Bollywood" . The Times Of India . 10 January 2011.