MUMBAI: ‘Stree 2’ makes August the best month at the Indian box office in 2024: said a new report from Ormax Media. The film is projected to overtake ‘Jawan’ as the highest-grossing Hindi language film of all time
- Films that released in August 2024 grossed Rs. 1,291 crores at the domestic box office, including projected future collections of films still running in theatres, making August the best box office month of the year so far
- The cumulative box office for Jan-Aug releases stands at Rs. 6,868 crores, which is 7.5% below the same period in 2023
- ‘Stree 2’ emerged as the top film of the month, contributing to more than half of
August’s box office collections in India
- Based on its projected lifetime collections, ‘Stree 2’ is set to emerge as the highest grossing Hindi film of all time, surpassing the box office of Jawan in Hindi language.
‘Jawan’s all-language box office, however, will remain higher than Stree 2. Ormax Media’s monthly feature The India Box Office Report tracks the performance of the various films released every month at the Indian (domestic) box office. ‘Stree 2’s projected box office contributed to more than half the value in August. No other film that released in August, across languages, was able to gross Rs. 100 crores at the box office.
The cumulative box office for Jan-Aug releases stands at Rs. 6,868 crores, which is 7.5% below the same period in 2023.
Based on its projected lifetime collections, ‘Stree 2’ will be the all-time highest-grossing Hindi film, overtaking ‘Jawan’ (Rs. 673 crores in Hindi language). However, ‘Jawan’s total lifetime domestic collections across all language version are higher, at ₹734 crores. Seven out of the 10 highest-grossing films of August released on 15 August Independence Day), highlighting the importance of major holidays at the box office.
Based on its projected box office, ‘Stree 2’ has emerged as the second-highest grossing film of the year in India, behind ‘Kalki 2898 AD’.
Language Share:
For language share calculation, language-wise box office of films releasing in multiple
languages is assigned to the corresponding language. However, for Hollywood, the data for all languages is reported under the language head ‘Hollywood’
The language share of Hindi films has increased from 35% last month to 40% in August, as a result of ‘Stree 2’s exceptional box office performance. The contribution of Telugu and Malayalam languages has declined, as the recent months have not been able to deliver high-grossing films like the first 4-5 months of the year.
