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Regional language movies from India are overtaking Bollywood films at the box office, according to a film distributor based in New Zealand.
Pushpa 2: The Rule, which was released in December 2024, has gone on to become the highest-grossing film in New Zealand in 2025, earning $847,808 at the box office and firmly replacing Bollywood as the mainstream favourite.
India, known for its diversity and its multiple language film industries, is also the largest producer of feature films in the world, with an average production of 1800-2000 films each year.
The Hindi film industry, also known as Bollywood, is just one of eight major film-producing industries of India, w
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