By Hemant SharmaYou’ll hardly find anyone who doesn’t love watching movies or hasn’t watched one yet so far. If you do, well, that’s not normal at all because we all love entertainment, right? Like, you have a good idea that Hollywood and Bollywood are among the biggest film industries in the entire world, not just in terms of revenue or financial numbers, nah, we’re talking about the actual number of films produced too. But mostly, people just talk about the financial numbers, and considering those, well sure enough, just like how it has been going for a while now, again, Hollywood is still the biggest film industry out there. No two ways about that. Since we’re already on the topic of talking about movies, how about we go a little deeper and see which are the top 10 biggest film industries in the world as of 2025? How does that sound to you so far? Alrighty, let’s just get going now.
1. Hollywood (USA)
As of 2025, you wouldn’t even be surprised to know that Hollywood is still the biggest film industry out there, and that’s how it is. Like, if we talk about some numbers here, you’d see that back in 2023, this particular film industry alone generated about $9 billion at the Box office, which is just purely impressive and mind-boggling. And we all know how grand the usual Hollywood movies are, and the hype is worth it most of the time especially when big names are involved in terms of production, acting, and direction.
2. Bollywood (India)
Bollywood? Well, not as big as Hollywood in terms of those financial numbers, but it surely is the biggest one when we talk about how many movies they produce down there every single year. Like, Mumbai city alone is known for producing more than 1500 movies a year, which is just insane if you think about it for a sec. Still want to see those financial numbers here? Well, as of 2023, this film industry was a big one too in terms of earning, you know, about $1.3 billion at the box office, which isn’t too impressive looking at how big this industry is, but still, that’s how it is for now.
3. Nollywood (Nigeria)
Nollywood? Really, do they call the Nigerian film industry that? Oh yes, and we know, it isn’t very creative, but their actors, directors and filmmakers in general are really creative people. We must say THAT to be honest. How so? First of all, it’s actually the fastest growing in Africa, it produces more than 2000 movies each year, you know, second only to Bollywood, which is just insane if you think about it for a sec. No, their budgets may not be the same as Hollywood or Bollywood but Nollywood has a massive audience locally and throughout Africa.
4. Chinese Cinema
Chinese film industry? That’s big too? A 100% yes, it is, like, China has made big money at the box office in the year 2023. How BIG? You see, it has made around $7.73 billion at the box office, which is just impressive on another level. Hollywood is number one so far, just keep that in mind for now. All the movies that appeared in the top 10 highest-grossing movies there were local aka the homegrown ones in 2022, which is another fun fact right there. Big hits? Well, you’d certainly remember the Battle at Lake Changjin II, right?
5. South Korean Cinema
It is true that the craze and love for Korean movies are at their highest right now, and that’s just because the Korean film industry is getting a lot of exposure these days. And you’d remember that thanks to films like Parasite, which won the Best Picture Oscar, and just like that, with other big hits, yes, it seems like Korean Cinema will be becoming even bigger down the line.
6. French Cinema
France is considered the birthplace of films and to this day it has the largest film industry. Like, back in 2023, the French box office collected approximately $1.4 billion, steadily recovering post-COVID. They are known for their arty experimental flicks, and the Cannes Film Festival, which is quite a big deal globally. And sure enough, because of how organized and decentralized French cinema is, it keeps spilling out different and weird genres of movies, which a lot of people like.
7. Japanese Cinema
Most of you may not know this, but Japan’s film industry is also a big one, and it is a pretty diverse one too. Like, it is financially big too, you know, generating about $1.48 billion back in 2023 at the box office collections. And anime? Oh yes, that mostly comes from Japanese cinema, and that’s precisely what made this film industry so famous, like Demon Slayer: Mugen Train breaking records everywhere. Other than that, there are amazing live-action movies too.
8. British Film Industry
Up next, let’s have a look at the British Film Industry, which is also decently big too, like as per the financial numbers from 2023, this film industry made somewhere around $1.25 billion back then. Many people always thought that hits like James Bond, Harry Potter, and The King’s Speech were Hollywood productions, but nah, they’re actually the production of the UK cinema.
9. German Cinema
And next, well, Germany’s got one of the oldest, and biggest film industries, dating back mainly to the silent films, were you aware of that? Things weren’t going too well for them back a few decades ago, but now, you see, they kinda enjoy celebrating films with a bunch of festivals surrounding this theme. Like, for those who don’t know yet, they created the first cinema with movies like Metropolis and influenced all sci-fi everywhere after.
10. Mexican Cinema
Does Mexico have its own film industry too? Oh yes, it does and you’d be kinda shocked to know that it actually is the strongest in Latin America. You see, while it may not see the same kind of raking in as Hollywood or Bollywood, directors like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu, who have Oscars, are super famous in Mexican Cinema. Mexico’s box office had a big increase of 55% in 2023, which was pretty impressive too.
Conclusion
There you have it. By far, these are the ten biggest and most famous film industries in the world, and if you love watching movies, you gotta check out some of the best pieces from these film industries too other than just watching Hollywood and Bollywood movies all the time, you know?