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 March 2026 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

Cumulative Box Office: March 2026

Films released in March 2026 grossed ₹1,690 Cr at the domestic box office, including projected future collections of films still running in theatres, making it the fourth-highest month ever, after Dec 2024 (₹1,922 Cr), Dec 2023 (₹1,837 Cr) and Dec 2025 (₹1,721 Cr). Dhurandhar: The Revenge was the primary driver, contributing over 75% of the month’s total collections.

The cumulative box office of 2026 stands at ₹3,440 Cr, which is 17% higher compared to the same period in 2025.

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in March 2026, based on their box office performance in India. 

Dhurandhar: The Revenge emerged as the top film of the month by a wide margin with collections of ₹1,273 Cr, including projected collections from the rest of its theatrical run. It was followed by the Hollywood film Project Hail Mary, which collected ₹95 Cr (projected lifetime run). Ustaad Bhagat Singh, Youth, and Aadu 3 were the other films that managed to cross the ₹50 Cr mark in March 2026.

Dhurandhar: The Revenge's collections are more than 3x higher than the second highest grossing film (i.e., Border 2) of the year thus far, highlighting its dominance at the India box office. So far in 2026, Hindi and Telugu films dominate the top 10 list, with three and four films featuring in the top 10, respectively. 

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’.

Fuelled by Dhurandhar: The Revenge, Hindi cinema dominates the Indian box office in 2026 with 56% share, which is significantly higher than Hindi language's peak share since the pandemic (44% in 2023).

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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