Our 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. This is the February 2026 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

Cumulative Box Office: February 2026

Films that released in February 2026 grossed only ₹427 Cr at the domestic box office, down from ₹1,314 Cr in January 2026. February 2026 is the weakest month at the India Box Office since February 2023, and only the third month since 2023 to have gross collections less than ₹500 Cr.

The cumulative box office of 2026 stands at ₹1,741 Cr, down by 24% compared to the same period in 2025. However, Dhurandhar: The Revenge, releasing in March 2026, is expected to more than offset the India box office’s slow start to 2026. 

Top 5 Films

The chart below lists the top 5 films released in February 2026, based on their box office performance in India. 

O'Romeo and Thaai Kizhavi emerged as the top two films of the month, together accounting for approximately 34% of the month’s total box office collections. The only other film to gross ₹50 Cr+ in February 2026 was The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond.

In the early days of 2026, Hindi dominates the list of top 10 highest-grossing films,  with five films. The list also includes three Telugu films and two Tamil films.

Language Share

For language share calculation, language-wise box office of films releasing in multiple languages is assigned to the corresponding language. However, for International films (Hollywood and other global markets), the data for all languages is reported under the language head ‘International’.

Hindi and Telugu films lead at the Indian box office in the early days of 2026 with 39% and 33% share, respectively. The sub-par performance of Malayalam, Kannada, and International releases at the box office continues in February 2026, primarily due to the absence of strong releases.

How to read the numbers in this report?

Different language industries follow different reporting conventions (Gross, Nett or Share). We have used Gross Box Office as the unified measure for this report. For films releasing in multiple languages, collections are added up across languages to arrive at the film’s Gross Box Office at an all-India level.

Some films may be running in theatres at the time of publishing this report every month. For these films, Gross Box Office is estimated based on the latest trends available. Hence, it is normal that some numbers may be updated in the following month’s report, once actual collections have been estimated.

Numbers for a film are assigned to the month of its release, even if the business is spread over two or more months. For example, Kalki 2898 AD released on June 27, 2024, and a sizeable component of the film’s business was registered in July 2024. However, in the analysis, Kalki 2898 AD’s entire box office has been credited to the month of June.

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