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

Cumulative Box Office: October 2026

Films released in October 2026 grossed ₹1,550 Cr at the domestic box office, including projected future collections of this month's releases. Tamil film Jailer 2 is the top-grossing film of the month, followed by Hindi film Drishyam: The Conclusion. 

The cumulative box office of 2026 stands at ₹12,534 Cr, which is 13% higher compared to the same period in 2025. Given the strong opening of Ramayana: Rise of a Legend in the first week of November, and Avengers: Doomsday and King releasing in December, the year is now certain to become the best-ever year at the box office in India, a record currently held by 2025 at ₹13,395 Cr.

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in October 2026, based on their box office performance in India, including future projected collections for films still running in theatres.

Jailer 2 emerged as the top film of the month, grossing over ₹571 Cr, followed by Drishyam: The Conclusion at ₹444 Cr. Jailer 2 is now the top-grossing Tamil film of all time at the Indian box office, surpassing the record set by 2.0 in 2019. The two highest-grossing films of October 2026 accounted for 65% of the month’s total box office collections.

The top 10 films of 2026 so far span several languages and genres, but six out of the top 10 are franchise films, highlighting the influence of franchises at the India box office.

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’.

Hindi cinema continues to hold steady at 39% of the share, while Tamil cinema has grown its share to 15% vis-à-vis 13% in 2025. Telugu cinema maintains its 18% share, and International cinema remains strong at 13%, up from 10% in 2025, despite no major releases in the last three months.

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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