A Dhurandhar 2025 for Bollywood, makes a strong comeback with record collections

2025 blockbusters

• Hindi films earned Rs 5,504 crore in 2025, highest in 13 years.
• Original Hindi films made up 93% of the box office, up from 69% in 2024.
• Dhurandhar is now the highest-grossing Hindi film, boosting overall earnings.

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Hindi films staged a strong theatrical comeback in 2025 with record collections and reclaimed the biggest share of box-office business through original-language releases.

At Rs 5,504 crore, Hindi film segment recorded highest earnings in the last 13 years, with Ranveer Singh-starrer  Dhurandhar smashing records on the way.

Out of the box office collection of Rs 5,504 crore, only Rs 391 crore came from Hindi dubbed versions of other language films.

Original Hindi films had the biggest contribution in the overall business, unlike 2024 when a big share of the collections was driven by the dubbed versions of South Indian films.

Gross box office collections of original Hindi films at Rs 5,113 crore grew 59 percent from Rs 3,215 crore the previous year, according to media consulting firm Ormax.

Dependence of Hindi box office on dubbed films fell from 31 percent in 2024, to 7 percent in 2025 as collections of Hindi dubbed films dropped to Rs 391 crore from Rs 1,464 crore

Bollywood blockbusters

As many as 15 original Hindi language films grossed more than Rs 100 crore in 2025, versus only six in 2024.

Dhurandhar, Chhaava and Saiyaara contributed over Rs 2,000 crore or 37 percent to Hindi cinema’s total collections of Rs 5,504 crore, including Rs 319 crore from dubbed films.

With Dhurandhar becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of all times, 2025 emerged as the best-ever year for Hindi cinema, up by 18 percent versus 2024.

The film also crossed the Rs 300-crore mark in December across the PVR INOX cinemas, indicating stronger demand over weekdays and early morning and late night shows. The film’s gross box office collection (GBOC)stands at Rs 375 crore for the exhibition company.

December was the best month of the year and the third-highest post-pandemic month in terms of admissions for the multiplex chain, driven by Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar.

Overall share of Hindi films in India box office rose to 41 percent from 40 percent but lower than 44 percent in 2023, slightly lower than the peak of 45 percent in 2018 and 2015.

The combined share of the four South languages dropped to 44 percent from 48 percent in 2024.

In contrast, international films saw an increase in share, clocking double-digit growth at 10 percent for the first time since 2022, however lower than the 2019 peak of 15 percent.

Old hits

Reruns continued their strong performance. Re-release of older Hindi films contributed to 1.5 percent to Hindi film collections, led by Sanam Teri Kasam that collected Rs 40 crore.

Cinepolis India re-released the iconic Sholay last year across over 60 screens in 30 cities. The movie, which was programmed for two weeks, earned around Rs 1.7 crore with over 15,000 footfalls and average occupancy around 40 percent.