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. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

In this mid-year edition, we look at the performance of the Indian box office in Jan-Jun 2026. 

Cumulative Box Office: Jan-Jun 2026

The cumulative box office for Jan-Jun releases stands at ₹6,398 Cr, making it the highest-grossing first half of any year post the pandemic, surpassing 2025 by nearly ₹650 Cr.

Importantly, footfalls increased by 5%, from 36.2 Cr (362 Million) in Jan-Jun 2025, to 37.8 Cr (378 Million) in Jan-Jun 2026, reversing the trend of three years of decline and stagnation. The growth in footfalls was driven primarily by Hindi and Marathi films. Despite the growth, footfalls remain below 40 Cr mark, which was achieved in Jan-Jun 2022, a year in which K.G.F: Chapter 2 and RRR released in the first half of the year.

The record for highest annual footfalls post-pandemic is held by 2023, at 94.3 Cr. With several big-ticket films lined up in the second half of the year, including Ramayana: Part 1, King, Toxic, Fauzi, Jailer 2, Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and The Odyssey, 100 Cr footfalls is an achievable number for 2026.

June 2026 was another steady month at the India box office, grossing ₹1,038 Cr, including projected future collections of June releases still running in theatres. Four out of six months in 2026 have grossed more than ₹1,000 Cr, indicating a steadier flow of films thus far in the year. Telugu film Peddi emerged as the top-grossing film of June.

Over the last three years, the Jan-Jun period has contributed about 42% of annual India box office collections. If this trend continues, 2026 is on track to cross the ₹15,000 Cr mark, which will make it the best-ever year at the Indian box office. The current record stands at ₹13,395 Cr (2025).

Top Films: Jan-Jun 2026

Six films crossed the ₹200 Cr mark in the first half of 2026, compared to four in the same period last year. However, the number of ₹100 Cr films declined from 17 to 13, underscoring the increasing concentration of box office collections among a handful of big releases in 2026. Dhurandhar: The Revenge alone contributed 20% of the total India box office in the first half of 2026, with the top 15 films accounting for 58% of box office collections, vis-à-vis 49% in 2025. Hindi and Telugu films dominate the list of top 15 films with five and four films 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, the data for all languages is reported under the language head ‘International’.

Hindi cinema’s share has grown by 5 percentage points, from 39% to 44%, compared to the same period in 2025. Tamil language box office witnessed a sharp decline in its share from 17% in the first half of 2025, to only 12% in the same period in 2026. Marathi cinema recorded its highest post-pandemic share of 4%.

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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