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At WAVES 2025, Aamir Khan talked about the Indian film industry and shared his insightful statistics, highlighting how far behind India is regarding infrastructure.

Recently, the Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan attended the WAVES 2025 and spoke about the current Indian film industry and compared it to the global cinema. The actor shared his insightful statistics and highlighted how far behind India is regarding infrastructure. He highlighted a stark reality, noting that Hollywood surpasses the Indian film industry in both production scale and theatre reach.

At the event, Aamir Khan talked about how the movie business in India differs from other countries. He shared, “I have always believed that in India, we have very few theatres compared to our population and size. Just to give an example: in India, we have roughly around 10,000 screens, while the U.S., which has one-third of our population, has about 40,000 screens.”

The actor continued, “So, they are way ahead of us. China, in comparison, has approximately 90,000 screens. Out of our 10,000 screens, half are in the South, and the other half are spread across the rest of the country.”

The Dangal actor noted that despite India’s passion for cinema, Hindi films typically release on around 5,000 screens, and even blockbusters attract a limited theatrical audience of about 3 crore people. Khan noted, “It’s surprising that only a small fraction of people watch the most successful films in theatres.”

The World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit is a 4-day event, held from May 1 to 4, that brings together a star-studded lineup including Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar, Hema Malini, SS Rajamouli, Chiranjeevi, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, and many others. It occurs at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex.