Box Office Report Card 2025: From Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhaava’ to Akshay Kumar’s ‘Housefull 5’, 10 Highest Grossing Bollywood Movies of the Year – Some Blockbusters, Some Flops!
Bollywood’s 2025 box office tells a mixed story — a few massive blockbusters, surprise hits, and several high-profile disappointments. From 'Chhaava' and 'Saiyaara' to 'War 2' and 'Housefull 5', here’s the definitive list of the year’s top 10 highest-grossing Hindi films, their budgets, verdicts, and what truly counts as a hit in 2025.
The 2025 Bollywood box office has been one of the strangest in recent memory. The year delivered a handful of massive blockbusters, one surprise mega-hit, and yet a long list of disappointments - including high-profile films backed by major franchises. While newcomers drove Saiyaara to unexpected blockbuster status, War 2 - headlined by a major Hindi superstar and a Telugu superstar - became the franchise’s first certified flop. Year-Ender 2024: ‘Inside Out 2’, ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, ’Moana 2' and More – Check Out 10 Highest-Grossing Hollywood Movies of the Year That’re All Sequels!
As the year winds down, with only a couple of major releases still to arrive, here’s a look at the 10 highest-grossing Hindi films of 2025. And as this list makes clear, being among the year’s top grossers does not automatically mean a film has been a hit.
(Note: Figures given below are worldwide gross. A film is typically considered a 'hit' only if it earns over twice its production budget.)
Top 10 Highest-Grossing Hindi Films of 2025 (Worldwide Gross)
1. 'Chhaava' – INR 807.91 crore
Director: Laxman Utekar
Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Rashmika Mandanna, Akshaye Khanna, Diana Penty
Budget: INR 130 crore
Verdict: Blockbuster
2. 'Saiyaara' – INR 570.33 crore
Director: Mohit Suri
Cast: Ahaan Panday, Aneet Padda
Budget: INR 45 crore
Verdict: Blockbuster
3. 'Mahavatar Narsimha' – INR 326.82 crore
Director: Ashwin Kumar
Voice Cast: Aditya Raj Sharma, Haripriya Matta
Budget: INR 40 crore
Verdict: Blockbuster
4. 'War 2' – INR 364.35 crore
Director: Ayan Mukerji
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, Kiara Advani, Anil Kapoor
Budget: INR 400 crore
Verdict: Flop
5. 'Housefull 5' – INR 288.67 crore
Director: Tarun Mansukhani
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Dino Morea, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Chitrangada Singh, Sonam Bajwa
Budget: INR 240 crore
Verdict: Below Average
6. 'Raid 2' – INR 237.46 crore
Director: Raj Kumar Gupta
Cast: Ajay Devgn, Riteish Deshmukh, Vaani Kapoor
Budget: INR 100 crore
Verdict: Hit
7. 'Sitaare Zameen Par' – INR 267.52 crore
Director: RS Prasanna
Cast: Aamir Khan, Genelia Deshmukh
Budget: INR 120 crore
Verdict: Hit
8. 'Thamma' – INR 187.44 crore
Director: Aditya Sarpotdar
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Varun Dhawan
Budget: INR 145 crore
Verdict: Below Average
9. 'Jolly LLB 3' – INR 171.64 crore
Director: Subhash Kapoor
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi, Saurabh Shukla, Amrita Rao, Huma Qureshi
Budget: INR 120 crore
Verdict: Below Average
10. 'Sky Force' – INR 150.01 crore
Director: Sandeep Kewlani, Abhishek Anil Kapur
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Veer Pahariya, Sara Ali Khan, Nimrat Kaur
Budget: INR 160 crore
Verdict: Flop
What’s Left in 2025?
December 2025 still brings a final wave of major Hindi releases that could improve Bollywood’s box office scorecard:
1. Dhurandhar: Aditya Dhar’s multi-starrer spy thriller starring Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, R Madhavan, Arjun Rampal and Sara Arjun
2. Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2: marking Kapil Sharma’s return as the comic lead
3. Ikkis: Sriram Raghavan’s war biopic, notable for Agastya Nanda’s big-screen debut and the late Dharmendra’s final performance
4. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri: Dharma’s romcom starring Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday
Whether any of these can change the year’s narrative remains to be seen, but as of now, 2025 will be remembered as a peculiar mix of highs, lows, and unexpected box-office twists.
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