MUMBAI: 2024 has a good chance to become the best-ever year at the Indian box office. Ormax Media has published its box office report for the month of July
The report highlights:
– Films that released in July 2025 grossed 1,430 Crores at the domestic box office. July 2025 has emerged as the strongest month at the Indian box office so far this year, . This figure includes projected earnings from July releases still running in theatres. After a relatively-muted June, the surge in July was driven primarily by two titles: Hindi film ‘Saiyaara’ and the multi-lingual animated feature ‘Mahavatar Narsimha’, which together contributed over 45% of the month’s total gross box office.
– The cumulative box office for January -July releases in 2025 stands at Rs. 7,175 Crores, which is 22% higher compared to the same period in 2024
– The year has a good chance of grossing more than 12,000 Crores, and is in the running to become the best-ever year at the Indian box office – a record currently held by 2023, at Rs. 12,226 Crores.
– ‘Saiyaara’ emerged as the top film of the month, grossing Rs. 392 Crores making it the second-highest grossing film of the year so far, behind ‘Chhaava’. It is followed by ‘Mahavatar Narsimha’, at 259 Crores. The Hindi version contributed 75% of its total domestic earnings.
– Hollywood continues its strong run in India, with three titles featuring in this month’s Top 10 list: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’, ‘Superman’ and ‘The Fantastic Four: The First Steps’.
– Hindi dominates the list of highest-grossing films of 2025 so far, with five titles in the Top 10, not including the multi-lingual ‘Mahavatar Narsimha’.
– The continued success of Hollywood films in July has boosted Hollywood’s share from 10% (Jan-Jun) to 12% (Jan-Jul), which is now at par with 2022, and higher than 2023 (9%) and 2024 (8%). Kannada language’s share also increased from under 1% in June to over 2% in July, driven by the success of horror-comedy ‘Su From So’, while the share of Malayalam titles has dropped from 10% in June to 8% in July.
