The largest film producer in the world by volume is India , producing over 2,500 films as of 2023. India produces more than three times the number of films produced by the next highest producer country.
Why India is the Largest Film Producer
- India has a vast and diverse film industry, with multiple major production centers concentrated around different languages and regions. The largest segments include Bollywood (Hindi cinema based in Mumbai), Telugu cinema (Tollywood in Hyderabad), and Tamil cinema (Kollywood in Chennai).
- The country's huge population and widespread demand for films in many languages contribute to the high volume of production.
- India has a deeply entrenched film culture combined with relatively low production costs, enabling the creation of a large number of films annually.
- The Indian film industry is highly segmented and multilingual, serving a broad internal market as well as audiences in neighboring countries and the global Indian diaspora.
India's dominance in film production volume is well ahead of the second- largest producer, China, which produced nearly 800 films in the same period, followed by Japan and the United States.
