‘Dhurandhar’ Headlines Record $2.18 Billion 2025 for Indian Film as Overall Media and Entertainment Sector Reaches $29.6 Billion

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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With “Dhurandhar” shattering records and 37 films crossing the INR1 billion ($10.7 million) box office threshold, India’s filmed entertainment segment posted its best-ever year in 2025, reaching INR205 billion ($2.18 billion) – part of a broader surge that lifted the country’s total media and entertainment sector 9% year-on-year to INR2.78 trillion ($29.63 billion), according to the FICCI-EY report “Stories, Scale and Impact: Unlocking India’s Media and Entertainment Economy,” released Tuesday in Mumbai at the FICCI Frames conference.

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