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Box Office tracks the performance of films across India and globally, highlighting earnings, returns on investment, and audience trends. Coverage includes regional successes, Hollywood releases, re-releases, and financial milestones.
Preity Zinta, back on screen after years away in Rajkumar Santoshi's Batwara 1947, tells Mid-Day she's proud of the Partition drama regardless of its weak box office numbers.
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit has grossed Rs 273 crore worldwide in 18 days, per trade estimates, and is set to overtake Lokah Chapter One globally while chasing Vaazha 2's all-time Kerala record this week.
Mirzapur: The Movie has crossed 133 crore net in five days, per early trends, already beating the full lifetime profit that Excel Entertainment's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara made back in 2011.
Akshay Kumar's post-COVID worldwide gross stands at 2371.32 crore across 17 releases. His next film Haiwaan, out September 11, needs to add 128.68 crore for him to cross the 2500 crore mark.
Filmfare's account of Hanuman Ansh's making reveals a production that almost collapsed in Chitrakoot, an actor thrust into the lead after his co-star fell ill, and a crew that walked away mid-shoot.
Weeks after its theatrical run fell short of expectations, Yash-starrer Toxic is still being shopped to streaming platforms. Sources say talks are live but no figure or platform has been finalised.
By Any Means opened to a soft $7.5 million in North America and slipped behind Coyote vs Acme, leaving the Wahlberg-Abdul-Mateen II thriller needing under $80 million total to break even on its $29 million budget.
Casper Kelly's low-budget horror comedy Buddy has crossed $14.3 million in North America in just ten days against a $3 million budget, expanding into more theatres on its second weekend despite having no international release.
Hanuman Ansh added Rs 10 crore net on its 32nd day, pushing its domestic total past Rs 132 crore. The film opens overseas on September 11, and a sequel is already confirmed.
Toxic collected ₹2.35 crore on day 12 to push its India net past ₹245 crore, edging out Peddi for third place among 2026's top Indian grossers despite a rough theatrical run.
Hanuman Ansh reportedly sold 5.14 lakh tickets on its fifth Saturday, a first for any release, while filmmaker Aditya Dhar publicly backed director Vishal Chaturvedi on Instagram as the film's extended run continues to draw crowds.
Nayanthara and Kavin's romantic drama Hi has recovered just over half its reported 20 crore budget after ten days in theatres, according to Koimoi, with daily collections now under a crore.
Summer 2026 has become the highest-grossing popcorn season in North American history, with Rentrak putting the total at $4.76 billion against 2013's $4.755 billion record, even as another tracker says the gap is still $20 million wide.
The Odyssey crossed 188 crore net in India on its 52nd day, pushing past The Jungle Book to become Hollywood's seventh biggest grosser in the country, with Avatar: Fire And Ash next in line.
Arshad Warsi and Sanjeeda Sheikh's insurance-fraud comedy Jeevan Ya Bheema Con? has managed only Rs 52 lakh in its opening weekend, falling well short of the Rs 1 crore mark and putting a second week in theatres in doubt.
Kriti Kharbanda praised Ali Fazal's hard work in Mirzapur The Movie in an emotional Instagram post, crediting wife Richa Chadha too, as the film's opening weekend collections crossed Rs 90 crore.
Dulquer Salmaan's I'm Game opened to an estimated Rs 39 crore worldwide but showed no weekend growth, with trade trackers warning it may struggle to cross Rs 25 crore in his home market of Kerala.
Mirzapur: The Movie earned ₹32 crore net in India on Day 2, taking its worldwide gross past ₹79 crore. Against a reported ₹100 crore budget, the film needs a strong opening weekend to clear break-even.
Irumudi collected Rs 5.75 crore on its third Saturday, taking its India gross to Rs 187.25 crore. The Ravi Teja starrer is set to cross Rs 200 crore midweek, and possibly without hiked Telugu-states ticket prices, a rare feat.
By Any Means, starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg, opened to $2.7 million on Friday in North America. Trade reports peg its full weekend at $7-8 million despite strong audience reception.
Toxic's digital rights remain unsold nearly two weeks after release, with offers reportedly down to Rs 30 crore from an earlier Rs 200 crore ask, as industry estimates put the film's total loss at Rs 300 crore.
The Odyssey edged past Spider-Man: Brand New Day at the global box office this weekend, even as Holland's film stays domestic No. 1 for a sixth week and closes in on an all-time record.
Adnan Sami tells Komal Nahta that social media manipulation can turn an empty-theatre release into a declared hit, part of a wider riff on how digital platforms have changed music and film criticism.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $900 million domestically in just 36 days, the fastest any film has hit that mark, and it's closing in on The Force Awakens' all-time box office record within the week.
The Odyssey has completed 50 days in Indian cinemas with ₹186.97 crore net, sitting eighth among Hollywood's biggest Indian grossers and closing in on The Jungle Book's ₹188 crore mark.
Dulquer Salmaan's I'm Game opened across five languages on September 3 but is trailing behind Kerala favourite Bethlehem Kudumbam, with trade estimates pointing to a slow climb toward Rs 30 crore worldwide by day three.
Hanuman Ansh has logged the biggest fifth Friday collection by an Indian film, per DNA India, beating Dhurandhar's Rs 8.50 crore with Rs 10 crore. The Rs 2 crore film's net now stands at Rs 82.88 crore.
Koimoi's 2026 box office trackers for Bollywood, Sandalwood and Punjabi films use a common Hit-to-Flop grading system, though the site itself flags the underlying numbers as unverified estimates.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day added Rs 7 crore in Week 5, taking its India gross past Rs 579 crore in 35 days. Trade now watches how it holds against Mirzapur's release.