List of Pakistani films of 2023

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This is a list of Pakistani films that are scheduled to be released in 2023.

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Box Office Collection

The top ten highest-grossing Pakistani films released in 2023, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

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Highest-grossing films of 2023
RankTitleStudioGrossRef.
1 Money Back Guarantee Zashko Films and Game Over ProductionsRs. 39 crore (US$1.4 million) [1] [2]
2 Teri Meri Kahaniyaan SeePrimeRs. 13.02 crore (US$450,000) [3]
3Super PunjabiSSR & 5Abbi Picture Film ProductionRs. 4 crore (US$140,000) [4]
4Huey Tum AjnabiShahid FilmsRs. 3.9 crore (US$140,000)

January–March

OpeningTitleDirectorCastStudio (production house)Ref.
J
A
N		13Rang Ishqay Da Pervez Kalim
United Dreams Films [5]
20

Shotcut

 Abu Aleeha KK Films Productions
F
E
B		10Super PunjabiAbu AleehaPictures & 5 Abbi [6] [7]

Combativo

Shahzel Syed
  • Shahzel Syed
  • Shabbir Shah
  • Bashir Raja
Shah Productions [8] [9]

April–June

OpeningTitleDirectorCastStudio (production house)Ref.
A
P
R		21 Money Back Guarantee Faisal Qureshi Zashko Films, Game Over Productions [10] [11] [12]
DaadalAbu AleehaNeha Laaj's production [13] [14]
Dorr Nadeem Cheema
  • Shafqat Cheema
  • Asad Mahmood
  • Saleem Mairaj
  • Urooj Chuhdhry
  • Kamran Mujahid
  • Waseem Ali
  • Kamran Mujahid
  • Hafsa Rajput
  • Aslam Hassan
  • Sardar Kamal
  • Azhar Rangeela
  • Ameer Ali
  • Achhi Khan
  • Ali Khan
  • Rashid Mehmood
  • Sidra Noor
  • Soha
Nadeem Cheema Films, Cosmo Films, HF Films [15] [16] [17] [18]
23 Huey Tum Ajnabi Kamran Shahid Shamoon Abbasi, Sohail Ahmed, Mehmood Aslam, Shafgat Cheema, Adan Jilani, Mikaal Zulfiqar, Samina Peerzada, Ayesha Omar, Zayn Khan, Sadia Khan, Alyy Khan Riaz Shahid Films [19] [20] [21]
J
U
N		2 Kukri: The Untold Story of Serial Killer Javed lqbal Abu Aleeha Yasir Hussain, Ayesha Omar K K Films [22] [23] [24]
28 Teri Meri Kahaniyaan Nadeem Baig, Marina Khan, Nabeel Qureshi Babar Ali, Wahaj Ali, Mehwish Hayat, Mawra Hocane, Ramsha Khan, Hira Mani, Irfan Motiwala, Sheheryar Munawar SeePrime [25] [26] [27] [28]
Allahyar and the 100 flowers of God Uzair Zaheer Khan Ali Zafar, Iqra Aziz, Humayun Saeed, Meera, Bushra Ansari,

Anjum Zaidi

3rd World Studios [29] [30] [31] [32]
VIPRana Kamran & Saqib Zafar Mohammed Ehteshamuddin, Salem Mairaj, Irfan Motiwala, Namrah Shahid
29 Babylicious Essa Khan Shehroz Sabzwari, Syra Yousuf, Ankur Rathee, Adnan Jaffar, Aamir Qureshi, Shehzeen Rahat, Sabeena Syed, Laila Wasti Coconut Production [33] [34] [35]
Aar PaarSameem DaadErum Akhtar, Areej Chaudhry, Shamil Khan, Mashood Qadri, Moammar Rana Kalakaar Entertainment
MadaariSeraj us Salikin Paras Masroor, Ibad Alam Sher, Hammad SiddiqEnigma Motion Pictures

July–December

OpeningTitleDirectorCastStudio (production house)Ref.
D
E
C		8 Dhai Chaal Taimoor SheraziFaisal Production [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41]
15 Gunjal Shoaib SultanAdur Productions [42]
22 Chikkar Zaheer UddinDareechay Films [43]

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