List of Tamil films of 2016

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act 1939 on 27 September 2011, gross jumped to 130 per cent of net for films with non-Tamil titles and U certificates as well. Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹85.81 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year. According to the FICCI-EY media and entertainment industry report, the Tamil film segment registered domestic net box office receipts of ₹946 crore with 12.6 crore admissions.

Box office collection
The highest-grossing Kollywood films released in 2016, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

Notable deaths

 * [J. Jayalalithaa|J.Jayalalitha]] — 5 December
 * Cho Ramaswamy - 7 December