MUMBAI: The first half of 2025 grossed a healthy Rs. 5,723 Crores (14% higher than 2024) at the India box office, with 17 films crossing the Rs. 100 Crores mark, compared to just 10 in Jan-Jun 2024 said Ormax Media in The India Box Office Report.
– ‘Chhaava’ is the highest-grossing film of the year so far, at Rs. 693 Crores.
– With only one film crossing Rs. 250 Crores, the year so far has relied less on the big-ticket blockbusters, and more on a steady flow of films that have collected above Rs. 100 Crore
Its monthly feature The India Box Office Report tracks the performance of the various films released every month at the Indian (domestic) box office. Monthly reports are published on this website in the third week of the following month. In this mid-year edition, it looks at the overall performance of the Indian box office in the six-month period, i.e., January-June 2025.
The shares of various languages are very similar to the cumulative figures of 2024, where Hindi led with 40% share, followed by Telugu and Tamil at 20% and 15% respectively. Hollywood has returned to the double-digit share after three years, having last crossed the 10% mark in 2022.
June 2025 was another steady month at the India box office, with gross collections crossing Rs. 900 Crores, including projected future collections of June releases still running in theatres. Hindi films ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ and ‘Housefull 5‘ emerged as the top grossers of the month, touching the Rs. 200 Crore gross mark. ‘Kuberaa’ (Tamil/ Telugu) and ‘F1: The Movie’ (Hollywood) were the other major contributors to the month’s box office.
Over the last two years, the January-June period has contributed 42% to the annual box office. Applying that proportion, 2025 can be expected to close at Rs. 13,500 Crores, which will make it the best year ever at the India box office. Whether that happens on not will depend on the performance of the big releases lined up in the second half of the year, such as ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’, ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’, ‘War 2’, ‘Coolie’, ‘Akhanda 2’, ‘Thama’, ‘OG’ etc.
