100 Crore Club is an unofficial designation by the Indian film trade
and the media, related to Indian-language films that have net ₹100
crore (1 billion Indian rupees) or more in India after deducting the
entertainment tax. By 2012, the ₹100 crore ($19 million) box office
target had become "a new benchmark for a film to be declared a hit",
and those affiliated with the 100 Crore Club were considered part of
the "elite strata" within the Bollywood film community. It was
succeeded by the 1000 Crore Club in 2017. Salman Khan (15) and Akshay
Kumar (14) are currently the highest holders.The first Indian film to
cross ₹100 crore worldwide was the 1982 Bollywood film Disco Dancer,
directed by Babbar Subhash, written by Rahi Masoom Raza, and starring
Mithun Chakraborty, with over ₹90 crore grossed at the Soviet box
office.[n 1] The first Indian film to gross over ₹100 crore
domestically in India was the Madhuri Dixit-Salman Khan-starrer Hum
Aapke Hain Kaun (1994), which was also the first to reach ₹200
croreworldwide. The next film to cross ₹100 croreworldwide was the
Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
and the media, related to Indian-language films that have net ₹100
crore (1 billion Indian rupees) or more in India after deducting the
entertainment tax. By 2012, the ₹100 crore ($19 million) box office
target had become "a new benchmark for a film to be declared a hit",
and those affiliated with the 100 Crore Club were considered part of
the "elite strata" within the Bollywood film community. It was
succeeded by the 1000 Crore Club in 2017. Salman Khan (15) and Akshay
Kumar (14) are currently the highest holders.The first Indian film to
cross ₹100 crore worldwide was the 1982 Bollywood film Disco Dancer,
directed by Babbar Subhash, written by Rahi Masoom Raza, and starring
Mithun Chakraborty, with over ₹90 crore grossed at the Soviet box
office.[n 1] The first Indian film to gross over ₹100 crore
domestically in India was the Madhuri Dixit-Salman Khan-starrer Hum
Aapke Hain Kaun (1994), which was also the first to reach ₹200
croreworldwide. The next film to cross ₹100 croreworldwide was the
Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-starrer Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
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