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 January 2026 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website.

Cumulative Box Office: January 2026

The year started on a healthy note, with films released in January 2026 grossing ₹1,327 Cr at the India box office, which is 30% higher than January 2025 (₹1,020 Cr). The Sankranthi festive period once again delivered well for Telugu films, with five major releases, led by Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, collectively contributing more than ₹500 Cr to the month's box office.

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in January 2026, based on their box office performance in India.

Border 2 emerged as the top-grossing film of the month, followed by the Telugu film Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu. Together, the two films accounted for 48% of the month’s total box office collections.

Telugu and Hindi releases dominate the Top 10 list, with four and three films respectively. 

Language Share

For language share calculation, language-wise box office of films releasing in multiple languages is assigned to the corresponding language.

Driven by the performance of Border 2 and multiple Telugu releases during the Sankranthi period, Hindi and Telugu films each accounted for 39% of the month’s total box office. In contrast, other language films (particularly, Malayalam, Kannada, and International releases) registered a relatively subdued start to the year, owing to the absence of major tentpole titles in January.

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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