List of highest-grossing Kannada films

Kannada cinema produces films in Kannada language. The 1965 film Satya Harishchandra was the first Kannada film to cross ₹1 crore. The 1995 film Om was the first Kannada film to cross ₹10 crores. Mungaru Male was the first Kannada film to cross ₹50 crores. Raajakumara was the first Kannada movie to cross ₹75 crore mark. KGF: Chapter 1 was the first Kannada film to gross ₹100, ₹150, ₹200 and ₹250 crores. Its sequel KGF: Chapter 2 was the first Kannada film to gross ₹500, ₹750, ₹1000 and ₹1250 crores.

Timeline
The films with a minimum worldwide gross of ₹10 crore are only considered.

High-grossing films by year
Note: Since there are no official figures for gross collections of Kannada movies, only releases since 1950 which were mentioned as blockbusters or hits or successful or popular in majority of the sources, have been considered for this section.

Highest-grossing franchises and film series
NOTE: Since Kannada film collection figures have no certain sources, figures are provided on the basis of many sources. Though figures contradict with some reliable sources in some cases, figures which are cited in most sources are only described.