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 October 2025 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

Cumulative Box Office: October 2025

October 2025 has emerged as the highest-grossing month of the year with gross collections of ₹1,669 Cr at the India Box Office, including projected future collections of October releases still running in theatres. This is only the fifth instance since the pandemic that total gross collections in a month have crossed the ₹1,500 Cr mark. Kantara - A Legend: Chapter-1 was the major contributor, accounting for 44% of the month’s total collections.

The cumulative box office for 2025 releases stands at ₹11,077 Cr, which is 24% higher than the same period in 2024. Based on pro rata estimation, the year is now poised to become the best-ever year at the Indian box office - a record currently held by 2023, at ₹12,226 Cr (see Ormax Box Office annual reports for 2023 and 2024).

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in October 2025, based on their box office performance in India.

Kantara - A Legend: Chapter-1 is the top film of the month, and has also emerged as the highest-grossing film of the year, grossing ₹735 Cr. Gujarati film Laalo: Krishna Sada Sahaayate has earned the distinction of being the highest-grossing Gujarati film of all time. The film is still collecting well in theatres, and may exceed its projected collections (₹92 Cr) by the end of its run. You can read more about the success of the Gujarati film industry in 2025 here.

Hindi continues to lead the list of 2025’s top 10 highest-grossing films, with five films in the list. The list also includes two Telugu  films, one film each in Kannada and Tamil, along with the multi-lingual animated feature Mahavatar Narsimha.

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’.

The share of Hindi language remains steady at 38% (Jan-Oct). Kantara - A Legend: Chapter-1’s performance has helped increase the Kannada language’s share from 2% (Jan-Sep) to 4% (Jan-Oct), marking the best-ever share for the language since 2022. Gujarati cinema has achieved its highest-ever share at 2%, with collections surpassing ₹200 crore for the first time ever.

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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