July becomes the highest-grossing box office month of 2025 in India

July closed with the strongest box office this year, drawing record footfalls to theaters in the last 18 months.Exhibitors attribute the surge to a slate of steady films across languages, with Saiyaara, Superman, Jurassic Park: Rebirth, Mahavtar Narsimha, Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Metro In Dino leading the charge.

Exhibitors say that holdovers films in July including F1 and Sitaare Zameen Par continued to sustain momentum, and contributed to footfalls.Ajay Bijli, Managing Director, PVR INOX Ltd., says, “With a robust pipeline of films across Hindi, Hollywood, and Regional cinema, we expect FY’26 to be a strong year for the exhibition business.”Raj Bansal, veteran cinema business analyst and exhibitor, said, “July was outstanding, with plenty of surprises.

Saiyaara played a big role in bringing younger audiences, and Hollywood films performed better than expected.”

Highlights

-Films that released in July 2025 grossed 1,430 cr at the domestic box office-The cumulative box office for Jan-Jul releases in 2025 stands at Rs 7,175 Cr, which is 22% higher compared to the same period in 2024-The year has a good chance of grossing more than 12,000 Cr, and is in the running to become the best-ever year at the Indian box office - a record currently held by 2023, at 12,226 Cr-Saiyaara emerged as the top film of the month, grossing Rs 392 Cr, followed by Mahavatar Narsimha, at Rs 259 cr- The highest grossing Hollywood titles of July were- Jurassic World Rebirth, Superman, The Fantastic Four: First StepsSource: Ormax report

Language share of Box office Jan-July

Language share Hindi -40%Telugu-19%Tamil-15%Hollywood-12%Malayalam -8%Others 6%-Ormax report

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