List of highest-grossing non-English films
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.

List of highest-grossing non-English films

Section Title: Box office admissions
Table Section Text: 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.

English title	Original title	Primary language(s)	Country of origin	Tickets sold (est.)	Year	Ref

Romance on Lushan Mountain	庐山恋	Mandarin	China China	400 million	1980

Gunshots in the CIB	保密局的枪声	Mandarin	China China	300 million	1979

Mysterious Buddha	神秘的大佛	Mandarin	China China	300 million	1980

Shaolin Temple	少林寺	Mandarin	China China Hong Kong Hong Kong	300 million	1982

Sholay	শোলে شعلے	Hindi Urdu	India India	250 million	1975

Awaara	आवारा آوارہ‎	Hindi Urdu	India India	217 million	1951

Wolf Warrior 2	战狼2	Mandarin	China China	159 million	2017

The Red Snowball Tree	Калина красная	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	140 million	1974

Caravan	कारवाँ کاروان	Hindi Urdu	India India	119 million	1971

The Wandering Earth	流浪地球	Mandarin	China China	104 million	2019

Mother India	मदर इण्डिया مدر انڈیا	Hindi Urdu	India India	100 million	1957

Mughal-e-Azam	मुग़ल-ए-आज़म مغل اعظم	Hindi Urdu	India India	100 million	1960

Amphibian Man	Человек-амфибия	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	100 million	1962

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	బాహుబలి 2: ముగింపు பாகுபலி 2	Telugu Tamil	India India	100 million	2017

Operation Red Sea	红海行动	Mandarin	China China	94 million	2018

Bobby	बॉबी بابی	Hindi Urdu	India India	93 million	1973

The Mermaid	美人鱼	Mandarin	China China Hong Kong Hong Kong	92 million	2016

Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	मुकद्दर का सिकन्दर فاتح سرنوشت	Hindi Urdu	India India	92 million	1978

Yesenia	Yesenia	Spanish	Mexico Mexico	91 million	1971

The Passion of the Christ	The Passion of the Christ	Aramaic Latin Hebrew	United States United States	91 million	2004

Dying to Survive	我不是药神	Mandarin	China China	89 million	2018

Pirates of the 20th Century	Пираты XX века	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	88 million	1980

Detective Chinatown 2	唐人街探案 2	Mandarin	China China	87 million	2018

Dangal	दंगल	Hindi Haryanvi	India India	86 million	2016

Ganga Jamna	गंगा जमना گنگا جامنی	Hindi-Urdu Awadhi	India India	84 million	1961

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears	Москва слезам не верит	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	84 million	1980

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	Кавказская пленница	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	77 million	1967

The Diamond Arm	Бриллиантовая рука	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	77 million	1969

Disco Dancer	डिस्को डांसर ڈسکو رقاصہ	Hindi Urdu	India India	76 million	1982

Wedding in Malinovka	Свадьба в Малиновке	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	75 million	1967

Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves	अलीबाबा और चलीस चो Приключения Али-Бабы и сорока разбойников	Hindi-Urdu Russian	India India Soviet Union Soviet Union	74 million	1980

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	हम आपके हैं कौन	Hindi	India India	74 million	1994

Mera Naam Joker	मेरा नाम जोकर میرا نام جوکر ہے	Hindi Urdu	India India	73 million	1970

Seeta Aur Geeta	सीता और गीता سیتا اور گیٹا	Hindi Urdu	India India	73 million	1972

Hello Mr. Billionaire	西虹市首富	Mandarin	China China	73 million	2018

Air Crew	Экипаж	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	71 million	1980

Operation Y and Shurik's Other Adventures	Операция „Ы“ и другие приключения Шурика	Russian	Soviet Union Soviet Union	70 million	1965

Coolie	कूली کولی‎	Hindi Urdu	India India	70 million	1983

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Yesenia ranks among the world's highest grossing non-English language films.

final_sentence: Yesenia ranks among the world's highest grossing non-English language films.