22 Tamil films of 2023 ranked by box office. #1: Jailer (₹605 crore).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jailer | Rajinikanth | Nelson Dilipkumar | ₹200 crore | ₹605 crore | 3.03x |
| 2 | Leo | Vijay | Lokesh Kanagaraj | ₹250 crore | ₹595 crore | 2.38x |
| 3 | Ponniyin Selvan: II | Vikram | Mani Ratnam | ₹342 crore | ||
| 4 | Varisu | Vijay | Vamshi Paidipally | ₹200 crore | ₹290 crore | 1.45x |
| 5 | Thunivu | H. Vinoth | ₹200 crore | ₹199 crore | 1.00x | |
| 6 | Mark Antony | Vishal | Adhik Ravichandran | ₹100 crore | ||
| 7 | Maaveeran | Sivakartikeyan | Madonne Ashwin | ₹35 crore | ₹89 crore | 2.54x |
| 8 | Jigarthanda DoubleX | Raghava Lawrence | Karthik Subbaraj | ₹60 crore | ||
| 9 | Pathu Thala | Silambarasan | Obeli N Krishna | ₹55 crore | ||
| 10 | Maamannan | Vadivelu | Mari Selvaraj | ₹52 crore | ||
| 11 | Por Thozhil | R. Sarathkumar | Vignesh Raja | ₹50 crore | ||
| 12 | DD Returns | Santhanam | S. Premanand | ₹41.3 crore | ||
| 13 | Chandramukhi 2 | Raghava Lawrence | P. Vasu | ₹65 crore | ₹40 crore | 0.62x |
| 13 | Viduthalai | Soori | Vetrimaaran | ₹40 crore | ₹40 crore | 1.00x |
| 15 | Yaathisai | Shakthi Mithran | Dharani Rasendran | ₹20 crore | ||
| 16 | Custody | Naga Chaitanya | Venkat Prabhu | ₹15.8 crore | ||
| 17 | Michael | Sundeep Kishan | Markus Schleinzer | ₹11 crore | ||
| 18 | Rudhran | Raghava Lawrence | S Kathiresan | ₹10 crore | ||
| 19 | Annapoorani | Nayanthara | Nilesh Krishnaa | ₹5.7 crore | ||
| 20 | Pizza 3: The Mummy | Ashwin Kakumanu | Mohan Govind | ₹5 crore | ||
| 21 | Vasantha Mullai | Bobby Simha | Ramanan Purushothama | ₹10 crore | ₹2 crore | 0.20x |
| Let's Get Married | Harish Kalyan | Ramesh Thamilmani | $1.1 million |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.