The India field workplace recorded its second highest ever 12 months in 2024 with takings of $1.36bn (INR118.3bn), down 3.2% on the record-breaking $1.42bn (INR122.3bn) of 2023, led by South Indian options Pushpa 2: The Rule and Kalki 2898 AD.
A year-end report from Ormax Media detailed that Hindi-language cinema confronted challenges, dropping a 4% market share to report whole field workplace of $543m (INR46.8bn) in 2024. Notably, 31% of Hindi cinema’s collections got here from dubbed variations of South Indian movies and if solely unique Hindi-language had been thought of, the decline in field workplace was a steep 37%.
Conversely, Malayalam cinema doubled its field workplace share from 5% in 2023 to 10% in 2024, surpassing the INR10bn ($116m) mark for the primary time ever. In the meantime, Tamil and Telugu maintained their field workplace share with marginal variations in comparison with 2023.
Hollywood titles skilled the steepest decline, with takings dropping by 17% in comparison with 2023. Field workplace gross of $109m from US tentpoles was shored up by Mufasa: The Lion King and Deadpool & Wolverine, the one titles to make the highest 15 movies in India final 12 months.
The best-grossing movie of 2024 was Telugu-language blockbuster Pushpa 2: The Rule, directed by Sukumar and starring Allu Arjun within the title function. It took $163m (INR14bn) following its launch on December 5, of which its Hindi model collected $103m (INR8.9bn), setting a brand new report because the highest-grossing ‘Hindi’ movie of all time.
Pushpa 2, Telugu motion sci-fi Kalki 2898 AD and Hindi horror comedy Stree 2 had been the one movies to surpass INR5bn ($57.7bn) on the India field workplace. Telugu motion drama Devara – Half 1, Hindi horror comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Tamil motion thriller The Best Of All Time had been the opposite three movies to gross above INR3bn ($34.6bn) in 2024.
Common ticket value noticed a small enhance of three% over 2023, from ₹130 ($1.50) to ₹134 ($1.55), in comparison with double-digit development over the past two years, indicating extra stability in ticket costs in 2024. The meant that whereas field workplace remained secure, admissions declined 6% year-on-year to 883 million – nonetheless 14% decrease than pan-pandemic 2019.
India field workplace: high 15 movies 2024
1. Pushpa 2: The Rule / $163m (INR14bn)
2. Kalki 2898 AD / $90m (INR7.76bn)
3. Stree 2 / $81 (INR6.98bn)
4. Devara – Half 1 / $40.2 (INR3.47bn)
5. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 / $36.1 (INR3.11bn)
6. The Best Of All Time / $35.4 (INR3.05bn)
7. Singham Once more / $34.5 (INR2.97bn)
8. Amaran / $30m (INR2.58bn)
9. Fighter / $28.2 (INR2.43bn)
10. Hanu-Man / $27.8 (INR2.4bn)
11. Mufasa: The Lion King / $20.7 (INR1.78bn)
12. Shaitaan / $20.7 (INR1.78bn)
13. Vettaiyan / $20m (INR1.74bn)
14. Manjummel Boys / $19.8 (INR1.7bn)
15. Deadpool & Wolverine / $18.6 (INR1.6bn)
Supply: Ormax Media
