Nov 2024 film releases gross Rs 914 cr at BO; Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 leads

Summary 

• Films that released in November 2024 grossed ₹914 Cr at the domestic box office • The cumulative box office for Jan-Nov releases stands at ₹9,862 Cr, which is 4%  lower compared to the same period in 2023 
• Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 emerged as the top film of the month, outpacing Singham Again  by ₹15 Cr 
• With the strong performance of Pushpa 2: The Rule the year is poised to challenge  the ₹12,226 Cr all-time record set by 2023

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This is the November 2024 edition of the report. You can access the previous reports in the Insights section of this website. 

Cumulative Box Office: November 2024 

Films released in November 2024 grossed ₹914 Cr at the domestic box office, including  projected future collections of November releases still running in theatres. With the strong  box office performance of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again, November 2024 proved to  be a strong month for Hindi cinema, which contributed to 73% to the month’s collections,  at ₹664 Cr. In contrast, none of the other languages were able to gross even ₹100 Cr this  month.

The cumulative gross box office of the films released in the first 11 months of the year stands  at ₹9,862 Cr. With the strong performance of the December release Pushpa 2: The Rule,  especially in the Hindi version, this year has already surpassed the ₹10,000 Cr mark at the  box office. However, whether it will break the record set by 2023 (₹12,226 Cr) depends on  the lifetime run of Pushpa 2: The Rule, and how some of the other big December releases,  such as Baby John (Hindi), Mufasa: The Lion King (Hollywood), Viduthalai: Part-2 (Tamil),  Barroz (Malayalam), and Max (Kannada), fare.

Top 10 Films

The chart below lists the top 10 films released in November 2024, based on their box office  performance in India. 

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has emerged as the top-grossing film of the month, surpassing Singham  Again by a margin of ₹15 crore. The two films now hold the second and third positions,

respectively, among the highest-grossing Hindi theatrical releases of 2024, with Stree  2 retaining the top spot.

The only other film that managed to gross more than ₹50 Cr this month was the Tamil film  Kanguva which, despite a strong opening across regions, experienced a sharp decline in  collections due to poor audience feedback.

With Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 & Singham Again being the latest additions, Hindi cinema now  dominates the year’s Top 10 list, contributing five titles to it. Additionally, a sizeable  component (45%) of Kalki 2898 AD's box office has come from its Hindi version.

Language Share

For language share calculation, language-wise box office of films releasing in multiple  languages is assigned to the corresponding language. However, for Hollywood, the data for  all languages is reported under the language head ‘Hollywood’.

The strong box office performance of Hindi films in November has boosted the Hindi  language share from 34% to 38%. However, this still remains lower than the 44% share  achieved in 2023.

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.