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. If the numbers for your film do not match those in our report, we will be happy to get information from you on the same, and update the report. Our email ID is mentioned at the end of this report below.

This is the October 2024 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

Cumulative Box Office: October 2024

Films that released in October 2024 grossed ₹994 Cr at the domestic box office, including projected future collections of October releases still running in theatres, making it a good month at the India box office. Led by Amaran & Vettaiyan, Tamil cinema was the highest contributor to this month’s India box office, with almost 50% of the month’s collections coming from Tamil films, including their dubbed versions in other Indian languages.

Compared to 2023, this year is 7% lower on the cumulative box office for the Jan-Oct period. However, with the strong opening performances of Singham Again & Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 in November, and the upcoming release of Pushpa 2: The Rule in December, there’s a strong chance that 2024 could eventually overtake 2023, or at least come very close to doing so.

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in October 2024, based on their box office performance in India. Even without accounting for November Diwali releases Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Dussehra & Diwali releases take eight of the top 10 spots in the month, highlighting the importance of major holidays at the box office.

Amaran emerges as the top-grossing film of the month. Following a strong opening in Tamil Nadu, the film has emerged as a success across South India, with strong collections in each market.

October releases Amaran & Vettaiyan are the latest additions to the Top 10 list of the year so far. As of October 2024, there are three films each in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages the Top 10 list of the year.

Language Share

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

The strong performance of Tamil films has resulted in the language share of Tamil increasing from 15% (Jan-Sep) to 18% (Jan-Oct).

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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