Saiyaara, Mahavatar Narsimha help July become best month at box office; 2025 may be the highest grossing year with over Rs 12,000 cr

Mahavatar Narsimha projected to earn Rs 259 cr

Secondly, Ashwin Kumar’s mythological animated film Mahavatar Narsimha, which has released in multiple languages across India — Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam — has already earned Rs 202 crore at the domestic box office since its release on July 25. As per Ormax Media, it’s projected to collect as much as Rs 259 crore during its current run. Backed by Hombale Films, it’s already the highest grossing Indian animated film.

Both Saiyaara and Mahavatar Narsimha accounted for a combined share of 45% of Rs 1,430 crore at the Indian box office in July. This has helped cause a major spike in the collections of July, post a relatively muted June (Rs 943 crore). Other films that contributed to the growth in July are the Hollywood releases — Jurassic World Rebirth (projected figure at Rs 125 crore), Superman (Rs 61 crore), and The Fantastic Four: The First Steps (Rs 43 crore) — along with Pawan Kalyan’s Telugu historical action adventure Hari Hara Veera Mallu (Rs 102 crore), the Kannada dramedy Su From So (Rs 85 crore), Vijay Sethupathi and Nithya Menen’s Tamil romantic comedy Thalaivan Thalaivii (Rs 72 crore), Vijay Deverakonda’s Telugu action film Kingdom (Rs 65 crore), and Anurag Basu’s Bollywood musical romance Metro… In Dino (Rs 62 crore).

Films that contributed to Rs 7,175 crore earning

July has helped prop up the cumulative domestic box office earnings of 2025 so far to Rs 7,175 crore. This is 22% higher than what it was in the same period (January to July 2024) last year. Other films which contributed to the 2025 figure so far are Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava (Rs 693 crore), Venkatesh Daggubati’s Sankranthiki Vasthunam (Rs 222 crore), Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par (Rs 201 crore), Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 (Rs 200 crore), Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2 (Rs 199 crore), Ajith Kumar’s Good Bad Ugly (Rs 182 crore), Ram Charan’s Game Changer (Rs 153 crore), and Mohanlal’s Thudarum (Rs 144 crore).

Also, based on pro rata estimation, 2025 is likely to turn out to be the highest grossing year in the history of Indian cinema yet. It’s projected to earn more than a staggering Rs 12,000 crore by the end of the year, which may come close to or even surpass the highest annual cumulative domestic box office earnings of Indian cinema, at Rs 12,226 crore in 2023.

That year marked a comeback for Indian cinema, particularly after the pandemic took a toll on the theatrical business, with the combined box office earnings of Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan and Jawan, Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal, and Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.

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In 2025, films likely to aid the domestic box office collections are Rajinikanth’s Coolie, Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s War 2, Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor’s Param Sundari (August), Tiger Shroff’s Baaghi 4, Vivek Agnihotri’s The Bengal Files, Akshay Kumar’s Jolly LLB 3, Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thama, Ajay Devgn’s De De Pyaar De 2, Farhan Akhtar’s 120 Bahadur, Dhanush’s Tere Ishq Mein, Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar, Adivi Sesh’s Dacoit, and Alia Bhatt’s Alpha.

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