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17 Indian films cross $12 million in 2025’s first half
From Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava to Dragon, Hindi ruled, but Telugu and Tamil followed close behind.
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Pranavi Sharma - Wed, 23, Jul 2025
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Seventeen films crossed the ₹100 crore (approx. $12 million) mark at the Indian box office between January and June 2025, according to Indian media reports citing Ormax Media’s mid-year analysis. It’s the kind of streak that shows just how much the industry is thriving without waiting around for a single mega-blockbuster to do the heavy lifting.
The total domestic box office haul? ₹5,723 crore (approx. $690 million)—14 percent higher than the same period last year. It’s just ₹12 crore (approx. $1.5 million) short of the all-time Jan–June record set in 2022. So while no film has hit ₹1,000 crore (approx. $121 million) yet, the mid-range players are holding the fort, and then some.
Topping the list is Chhaava, Vicky Kaushal’s historical action flick, which pulled in ₹693 crore (approx. $83 million). No other film even crossed the ₹250 crore (approx. $30 million) mark. Telugu-language Sankranthiki Vasthunam, starring Daggubati Venkatesh, came in second and helped show that regional cinema continues to punch above its weight.
Other ₹100 crore (approx. $12 million) earners this year include Thudarum (₹198 crore / approx. $24 million), Good Bad Ugly (₹182 crore / approx. $22 million), Game Changer (₹153 crore / approx. $18.5 million), Thudarum (₹144 crore / approx. $17.2 million), Sky Force (₹131 crore / approx. $15.8 million), L2E Empuraan (₹127 crore / approx. $15.3 million), and Dragon (₹124 crore / approx. $15 million). That’s already 17 films above the ₹100 crore (approx. $12 million) line—compared to just 10 by this time last year.
June alone pulled in more than ₹900 crore (approx. $109 million). Leading the month’s charge were Hindi titles Sitaare Zameen Par and Housefull 5, each nearing ₹200 crore (approx. $24 million). Also in the mix: Tamil-Telugu bilingual Kuberaa and F1: The Movie, a Hollywood racing film featuring Brad Pitt.
Language-wise, Hindi cinema kept the crown with 39–40 percent of total revenue, followed by Telugu (19–20 percent), Tamil (15–17 percent), and Malayalam (10 percent). Hollywood, after years in the single digits, bounced back to 10 percent—its best since 2022.
Looking ahead, the second half of 2025 has a stacked release calendar: Kantara: Chapter 1, War 2 (Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR), Coolie (Rajinikanth), Akhanda 2, Thama (Ayushmann Khurrana), and OG (Pawan Kalyan), among others.
As Indian media put it, the year so far has been less about one “massive box office phenomenon” and more about “a steady stream of commercially successful titles.” If that trend holds, 2025 could go down as the most lucrative year in Indian film history.
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