According to the DI International Business Development (DIBD), a consulting unit of the Confederation of Danish Industry, Bollywood generated revenues of $3-billion in 2011 6 this figure has been growing by 10 percent a year.
DIBD noted, however, a huge salary discrepancy between Bollywood's elite actors and actresses 6 the top male stars can command wages as high as $16 million per film (comparable to the most popular western stars), while Indian actresses make no more than $1.5 million per movie.