Language Breakdown for 2016
The table below lists a language breakdown of information about movies released in 2016. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies using the specified language relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that use different languages count for the share of each language, and the language information in our database is incomplete. These factors will typically cause the share percentages in a specific year not to add up to 100%. Click on the language name for a list of all the films using that language. Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Language | Number of Movies | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 1,408 | $29,726,889,362 | 80.601% | Captain America: Civil War |
| Mandarin | 152 | $3,277,674,811 | 8.887% | Mei Ren Yu |
| Japanese | 102 | $1,316,317,723 | 3.569% | Kimi no na wa |
| Korean | 99 | $913,645,681 | 2.477% | Busanhaeng |
| Hindi | 66 | $662,600,851 | 1.797% | Dangal |
| French | 197 | $563,179,812 | 1.527% | Les Visiteurs: La Révolution |
| Cantonese | 17 | $557,744,742 | 1.512% | Du cheng feng yun III |
| Russian | 87 | $252,266,392 | 0.684% | Ekipazh |
| Spanish | 234 | $232,429,936 | 0.630% | No Manches Frida |
| Italian | 94 | $210,928,970 | 0.572% | Quo Vado? |
| German | 53 | $182,672,995 | 0.495% | Robinson Crusoe |
| Bengali | 3 | $149,117,900 | 0.404% | Lion |
| Turkish | 103 | $126,959,429 | 0.344% | Dağ 2 |
| Portuguese | 62 | $109,701,262 | 0.297% | Minha Mãe é uma Peça 2: O Filme |
| Polish | 28 | $69,645,918 | 0.189% | Pitbull: Niebezpieczne Kobiety |
| Dutch | 40 | $46,495,936 | 0.126% | Soof 2 |
| Czech | 38 | $27,639,300 | 0.075% | Anděl Páně 2 |
| Arabic | 29 | $21,641,229 | 0.059% | La Folle Histoire De Max Et Léon |
| Estonian | 3 | $21,309,101 | 0.058% | 1944 |
| Shanghainese | 1 | $18,340,604 | 0.050% | Luomandike xiaowang shi |
| Tibetan | 2 | $15,601,852 | 0.042% | Kang rinpoche |
| Persian | 12 | $11,910,982 | 0.032% | Forushande |
| Punjabi | 32 | $8,588,497 | 0.023% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Norwegian | 9 | $8,436,507 | 0.023% | Where to Invade Next |
| Ukrainian | 2 | $8,280,218 | 0.022% | Wolyn |
| Swedish | 8 | $7,822,210 | 0.021% | En man som heter Ove |
| Silent | 8 | $7,391,170 | 0.020% | La Tortue Rouge |
| Tamil | 48 | $7,344,018 | 0.020% | Kabali |
| Hebrew | 20 | $7,089,465 | 0.019% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Slovak | 11 | $6,530,148 | 0.018% | Masaryk |
| Kazakh | 1 | $5,631,241 | 0.015% | The Eagle Huntress |
| Finnish | 3 | $5,386,567 | 0.015% | Where to Invade Next |
| Telugu | 24 | $4,934,645 | 0.013% | A Aa |
| Serbian | 7 | $4,003,065 | 0.011% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Armenian | 3 | $3,801,948 | 0.010% | Zemletryasenie |
| Lithuanian | 8 | $3,662,632 | 0.010% | Tarp Musu Berniuku |
| Filipino | 14 | $3,581,087 | 0.010% | Everything About Her |
| Tagalog | 13 | $3,482,965 | 0.009% | Everything About Her |
| Dari | 5 | $3,390,803 | 0.009% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Vietnamese | 3 | $2,875,523 | 0.008% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Albanian | 2 | $2,816,816 | 0.008% | 2016 Oscar Shorts |
| Danish | 6 | $2,276,966 | 0.006% | Kollektivet |
| Romanian | 6 | $2,087,632 | 0.006% | Bacalaureat |
| Urdu | 11 | $1,472,316 | 0.004% | Janaan |
| Slovenian | 6 | $1,331,083 | 0.004% | Pr' Hostar |
| Maori | 3 | $995,926 | 0.003% | Mahana |
| Catalan | 8 | $683,495 | 0.002% | Rumbos |
| Bulgarian | 13 | $681,094 | 0.002% | 11th A Grade |
| Malayalam | 28 | $630,110 | 0.002% | Pulimurugan |
| Pashtu | 3 | $576,742 | 0.002% | Janaan |
| Flemish | 2 | $400,427 | 0.001% | Diamant noir |
| Yiddish | 2 | $308,124 | 0.001% | El Rey Del Once |
| Latin | 2 | $297,421 | 0.001% | La Mort de Louis XIV |
| Creole | 1 | $165,801 | 0.000% | Guibord s'en va-t-en Guerre |
| Bosnian | 3 | $156,916 | 0.000% | Cameraperson |
| Greek | 4 | $146,429 | 0.000% | Voir du Pays |
| Fur | 1 | $110,408 | 0.000% | Cameraperson |
| Hausa | 1 | $110,408 | 0.000% | Cameraperson |
| Croatian | 2 | $108,421 | 0.000% | Houston, We Have a Problem! |
| Farsi | 1 | $90,519 | 0.000% | Chaharshanbe-soori |
| Icelandic | 2 | $88,857 | 0.000% | Sparrows |
| Khmer | 1 | $81,613 | 0.000% | Diamond Island |
| Hungarian | 5 | $79,261 | 0.000% | Tiszta Szívvel |
| Afrikaans | 4 | $34,652 | 0.000% | Vir Altyd |
| Basque | 1 | $18,337 | 0.000% | Pixi Post eta opari-emaileak |
| Kinyarwanda | 1 | $14,393 | 0.000% | The Uncondemned |
| Kurdish | 3 | $8,610 | 0.000% | Siyah karga |
| Nepali | 2 | $8,455 | 0.000% | Kalo Pothi |
| Burmese | 1 | $8,077 | 0.000% | Golden Kingdom |
| Sign Language | 1 | $6,560 | 0.000% | Power in Our Hands |
| Marathi | 3 | $5,445 | 0.000% | Ek Hazarachi Note |
| Welsh | 1 | $4,628 | 0.000% | Yr Ymadawiad |
| Thai | 1 | $2,502 | 0.000% | Mekong Hotel |
| Bambara | 1 | $1,939 | 0.000% | Salafists |
| Kannada | 1 | $1,574 | 0.000% | Mukunda Murari |
| Kirghiz | 1 | $1,238 | 0.000% | Sutak |
| Mongolian | 2 | |||
| Sanskrit | 1 | |||
| Swiss German | 1 | |||
| Zulu | 2 |