These are the highest-grossing, primarily non-English language films in the world. Mandarin is the most frequent language with 38 films in the top-50 highest grossing non-English films, while Japanese is the second most frequent language with 7 films in the top 50.

Film and language In terms of gross revenue, English-language films are vastly over-represented among the highest-grossing films of all time. Among the top 100 highest-grossing films, 97 of them are in English, with the other three being the Chinese films Ne Zha 2, The Battle at Lake Changjin and Wolf Warrior 2.

One factor behind the relatively high gross revenue of English-language films is because of the function of the English language as the world's lingua franca. It is the first language of 400 million people, the second language of another 400 million, and a foreign language of an additional 700 million. It is thus understood by 1.5 billion people, which is almost 20% of the world population. The Chinese language, especially the standard variant, has over twice as many native speakers as English, but much fewer foreign-language speakers.

Another major factor is the difference in cinema box office ticket prices around the world, with developing countries and newly industrialized countries having lower ticket prices than developed countries, due to lower currency value, less average income and lower living costs. A number of Chinese, Indian and Soviet films sold more than tickets at the box office,Bahubali 2 Is The Biggest Hindi Blockbuster This Century , Box Office India, 8 June 2017 but at relatively low ticket prices compared to Hollywood films and thus limiting the amount of gross revenue generated. Up until the 1990s, US and UK ticket prices were significantly greater than Chinese, Indian and Soviet ticket prices. , the average cinema ticket price was in the United States, compared to ($5.10) in China and () in India.

Highest-grossing films by box office revenue

+ Top 50 highest-grossing films that are not primarily in the English languageRank English title Original title Primarylanguage(s) Countryof origin Worldwidegross (in US$) Year 1 Ne Zha 2 Mandarin China $2,217,758,382 20252 The Battle at Lake Changjin Mandarin China $913,540,914 2021 3 Wolf Warrior 2MandarinChina $870,325,439 2017 4 Hi, MomMandarinChina $841,674,419 2021 5 Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Japanese Japan $800,413,549 2025 6Ne ZhaMandarinChina $742,718,496 20197 The Wandering Earth MandarinChina $699,992,512 20198 Detective Chinatown 3MandarinChina $686,257,563 20219 Full River RedMandarinChina $673,552,250 2023 10 Pegasus 3 Mandarin China $656,459,523 2026 11 The Battle at Lake Changjin II MandarinChina $626,571,697 2022 12 The Wandering Earth 2 Mandarin China $615,023,132 2023 13 The Passion of the Christ The Passion of the Christ United States $612,054,506 2004 14 Operation Red SeaChina $579,330,426 2018 15 The MermaidMandarin $553,810,228 2016 16 Detective Chinatown 2Mandarin China $544,185,156 2018 17 No More Bets Mandarin China $541,001,696 2023 18Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Japanese Japan $512,704,063 2020 19Detective Chinatown 1900 Mandarin China $508,922,947 2025 20 Lost in the Stars China $488,719,815 2023 21 YOLO Mandarin China $479,597,304 2024 22 Successor Mandarin China $469,612,890 2024 23 Pegasus 2 Mandarin China $468,905,664 2024 24 The Eight Hundred Mandarin China $461,421,559 202025 Moon ManMandarinChina $460,300,583 2022 26 Dying to SurviveMandarinChina $451,176,639 2018 27 My People, My Country MandarinChina $450,064,993 2019 28 My People, My HomelandMandarinChina $433,241,288 2020 29 The IntouchablesFrench France $426,588,510 2011 30 Dead to Rights China $422,785,908 2025 31 The Captain Mandarin China $417,282,021 2019 32Too Cool to Kill Mandarin China $413,000,000 2022 33 Your Name Japanese Japan $405,349,022 2016 34 Spirited Away Japanese Japan $395,580,000 200135 Monster Hunt Mandarin $387,053,506 2015 36 Hello Mr. Billionaire Mandarin China $366,961,907 2018 37 Monster Hunt 2MandarinChina $361,682,618 2018 38 Kung Fu Soccer Mandarin China $344,740,000 2026 39 Dangal Hindi India $340,000,000 2016 40 Once Upon a Time in the Middle East China 202641 Article 20 第二十条 Mandarin China $337,554,287 2024 42 Never Say DieMandarinChina $334,530,869 2017 43 Crazy AlienMandarinChina $327,598,891 2019 44 Suzume Japanese Japan $324,185,200 2022 45 The Ex-File 3: The Return of the Exes Mandarin China $307,592,427 2017 46 The Boy and the Heron Japanese Japan $304,900,000 2023 47 Never Say Never Mandarin China $304,280,699 2023 48 Mulan Mandarin China $304,000,000 2009 49 Dear You Teochew China $297,810,000 2026 50 All Wishes Come True! Mandarin China $294,000,000 2026

Box office admissions

A number of non-English markets have traditionally given box office figures in ticket sales (such as France, South Korea and the Soviet Union), rather than gross revenue, thus only ticket sales numbers are available for a number of older non-English films in various markets. This list varies from revenue-based rankings due to the huge difference in the price of admission tickets from place to place as well as from one moment in time to another.

The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing non-English films that have sold at least tickets worldwide.

Note: Some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing non-English films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.

+ Films that are estimated to have sold at least 100million tickets and are not primarily in the English language English title Original title Primarylanguage(s) Countryof origin Ticketssold () Year Notes Legend of the White Snake Mandarin China million 1980 (Full House of Joy) MandarinChina million 1981 Wudang (The Undaunted Wudang) MandarinChina million 1983 Gunshots in the CIB MandarinChina million 1979 Murder in 405 MandarinChina 1980 The Disciple of the Shaolin Temple (The Shaolin Brothers) Mandarin million 1983 Shaolin Temple Mandarin million 1982MandarinChina million 1980Deadly Fury (Pride's Deadly Fury) MandarinChina million 1984Cong Nu Li Dao Jiang JunMandarinChina million 1979The Xi'an IncidentMandarinChina million 1981 Manhunt Japanese Japan million 1976 Mysterious Buddha Mandarin China million 1980 Ji Hongchang吉鸿昌MandarinChina million 1979Kai Qiang, Wei Ta Song Xing开枪,为他送行MandarinChina million 1982Ne Zha 2哪吒之魔童闹海MandarinChina million 2025 Caravan Hindustani India million 1971Tunnel War地道战MandarinChina million 1965Du Shiniang杜十娘MandarinChina million 1981A General Wearing the Sword (Pei jian jiang jun)佩剑将军MandarinChina million 1983Little Heroes (Young Heroes)Mandarin million 1983 Sholay (Embers) Hindustani India million 1975 The Burning of Imperial Palace火烧圆明园Mandarin million 1983 Awaara (The Vagabond) Hindustani India million 1951 Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple Mandarin Hong Kong million 1985 Fei lai de nü xu (Son-in-Law Flew Out of Nowhere)MandarinChina million 1982Lan dun bao xian xiang (Blue Shield Safe)MandarinChina million 1983 Juvenile Delinquents (Innocent Teenagers) Mandarin million 1985 Wolf Warrior 2 Mandarin China million 2017 Mother India HindustaniIndia million 1957 Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) India million 1960 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Telugu India million 2017 Romance on Lushan Mountain MandarinChina million 1980 The Red Snowball Tree Russian Soviet Union million 1974 DangalHindiIndia million2016 Ne Zha Mandarin China million 2019 Disco Dancer Hindustani India million 1982ZorroZorroFrenchItaly133 million1975A Policeman with a Special IdentityMandarinChina million 1982The Battle at Lake ChangjinMandarinChina million 2021Hi, MomMandarinChina million 2021Mandarin million 1986MandarinChina million 1982She anMandarinChina million 1983 Bobby Hindustani India million 1973Mirage (Hai shi shen lou)海市蜃楼Mandarin million 1987 Mandarin China million 1983 The Wandering Earth MandarinChina million 2019 The Glacier Fox Japanese Japan million 1978 The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya Japanese Japan million 1943 Amphibian Man Russian Soviet Union million 1962 Sandakan No. 8 Japanese Japan million 1974 Dong fang jian东方剑MandarinChina million 1982 MandarinChina million 1992

Home video sales revenue

The following table lists known home video sales for various high-grossing non-English films. Note that this list is incomplete and is thus not necessarily representative of the highest-grossing non-English films by video sales, therefore no rankings are given.

English title Original title Primarylanguage Countryof origin Video salesrevenue () Year Spirited Away Japanese Japan 2001 Princess MononokeJapaneseJapan 1997 My Neighbour TotoroJapaneseJapan 1988 Final Fantasy VII: Advent ChildrenJapaneseJapan 2005 Howl's Moving CastleJapaneseJapan 2004 Pokémon: The First MovieJapaneseJapan 1999 Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindJapaneseJapan 1984 Castle in the SkyJapaneseJapan 1986 Parasite Korean South Korea 2019 Akira Japanese Japan 1988 Demon Slayer: Mugen TrainJapaneseJapan 2020 Resident Evil: DegenerationJapaneseJapan 2008 Your NameJapaneseJapan 2016

Highest-grossing openings

The following is a list of the top 20 highest-grossing openings for non-English films. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the film's release.

Rank Film Year Opening Primary language(s) Country of origin 1 Ne Zha 2 2025 $431,280,000 Mandarin China 2 Detective Chinatown 3 2021 $398,000,000 Mandarin China 3The Battle at Lake Changjin II (Water Gate Bridge)2022$398,000,000MandarinChina 4Pegasus 32026$379,070,000MandarinChina 5 The Wandering Earth 2019 $298,110,095 MandarinChina 6 The Mermaid 2016$274,049,983MandarinChina, Hong Kong 7 The Captain2019$251,966,468MandarinChina 8 Detective Chinatown 1900 2025 $250,000,000 Mandarin China 9The Battle at Lake Changjin2021$235,000,000MandarinChina 10Too Cool to Kill2022$217,000,000MandarinChina 11Crazy Alien2019$214,749,033MandarinChina 12 Dying to Survive 2018 $200,837,145 MandarinChina 13 Hi, Mom 2021 $195,000,000 MandarinChina 14 Monster Hunt 2 2018 $189,784,760 MandarinChina, Hong Kong 15 No More Bets2023 $181,060,000 Mandarin China 16 Evil Unbound 2025 $170,400,000 Mandarin China 17My People, My Homeland2020$157,500,000MandarinChina 18 Detective Chinatown 2 2018 $156,069,583 MandarinChina 19Pegasus2019$154,451,898MandarinChina 20Jiang Ziya (Legend of Deification)2020$151,700,000MandarinChina

Highest-grossing films by year