Five weeks in, and Hanuman Ansh is still holding like a film in its opening run. The Hindi devotional drama added Rs 10 crore on day 35, its fifth Thursday, down barely 2.43% from Wednesday's Rs 10.25 crore. That kind of steadiness this deep into a theatrical run is rare, and it's what pushed the film's fifth-week total to Rs 90.25 crore, according to figures reported by Koimoi.

To put that number in context, no Hindi film has ever earned more in its fifth week. The previous high was Dhurandhar's Rs 56.35 crore, and Hanuman Ansh has beaten it by over 60%, a gap of more than Rs 30 crore. For a film that reportedly cost around Rs 1.8 crore to make, the scale of this is almost absurd.

The cumulative net total now stands at Rs 163.13 crore, which works out to roughly Rs 192.53 crore gross. That's enough to move past Emraan Hashmi's Awarapan 2, which closed at Rs 156.04 crore, making Hanuman Ansh the fifth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2026 so far. Next in its sights is Dhamaal 4, sitting at Rs 177.92 crore net, a target that could fall within the coming week if the current pace holds even loosely.

What's driving the run

Word of mouth is doing the heavy lifting here, and it's not the kind of word of mouth that dies down after a strong opening weekend. Trade watchers point to repeat viewership and small-town centres holding numbers that big-budget releases usually lose by week three. Online reaction has been split down the middle, with some viewers calling it one of the better surprises of the year and others openly unmoved, but that divide hasn't dented footfall.

The economics are what make this a talking point beyond the numbers themselves. A film budgeted at Rs 1.8 crore clearing Rs 90 crore in a single week is the kind of story trade analysts will be citing for years, the sort of data point that gets dropped into every conversation about content-driven cinema versus star-driven spectacle.

Entering week six, Hanuman Ansh is on course to become only the sixth Hindi film of 2026 to cross Rs 200 crore net, a milestone that seemed unthinkable for a shoestring release back when it opened. Whether it can also topple Dhamaal 4 for fourth place on the yearly chart depends on how much juice is left in its extended run and whether new releases start eating into its screen count. For now, the film keeps doing what it's done for five straight weeks: dropping less than it should and earning more than anyone predicted.