The business is anticipating 2025 to ship round Rs 13,500 crore in total box-office collections, which might cement it as India’s strongest box-office 12 months after 2023.

IMAGE: Ranveer Singh in Dhurandhar.

With movies throughout genres and languages hitting screens in December from Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar to to Hollywood’s Avatar: Fireplace and Ash — cinema exhibitors count on the month’s box-office tally to clock between Rs 1,500 crore and Rs 2,000 crore, setting it up as one among 2025’s standout performing months.

The business is anticipating 2025 to ship round Rs 13,500 crore in total box-office collections, which might cement it as India’s strongest box-office 12 months after 2023.

Multiplex chains, which struggled with footfall final 12 months earlier than Pushpa 2: The Rule reignited demand, have already expanded present counts to remain forward of rising demand. PVR INOX expects the momentum to carry agency via the month.

“The December mopup might contact roughly Rs 1,500 crore, stated Devang Sampat, managing director, Cinepolis India. Miraj Leisure Managing Director Bhuvanesh Mendiratta pegs December’s complete nearer to Rs 2,000 crore.

To date, October stays the 12 months’s highest-grossing month, with Rs 1,669 crore on the India field workplace, powered by Kantara: A Legend-Chapter 1, based on Ormax Media.

“Dhurandhar has change into a phenomenon,” stated movie commerce analyst Girish Wankhede. “Each character from the movie is catching on with audiences via social media — with Akshaye Khanna’s dance and efficiency going viral — songs, and background rating,” he stated.

Off the again of this efficiency, business watchers count on this 12 months to surpass 2024’s total haul and high 2023’s report Rs 12,226 crore. Cumulative collections for January-October are up 24 per cent year-on-year at Rs 11,077 crore, Ormax Media stated, and the agency forecasts the 12 months to shut close to Rs 13,500 crore.

“Audiences in 2025 have clearly proven a desire for movies that mix robust course, compelling storytelling, emotional depth and true theatrical scale,” stated Satwik Lele, chief working officer, Mukta A2 Cinemas.

“Viewers are selecting motion pictures that provide a whole big-screen expertise somewhat than simply star worth. Whereas this has introduced audiences again in a giant approach, we consider the business nonetheless has room to climb larger as storytelling and cinematic innovation proceed to evolve.”

Trade executives stated that with filmmakers experimenting throughout genres, regional cinema delivering extra constantly, and producers honouring theatrical home windows, there may be ample scope to increase the general box-office pie.