The year 2025 was very exciting for Indian cinema. Every month big and small films were released in theaters and many times several films came face to face on the same day. Some films won the hearts of the audience and proved to be superhits, while some defied expectations.

But this year, the biggest discussion at the box office was about Ranveer Singh’s film ‘Dhurandhar’ and James Cameron’s Hollywood film ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. Fans and critics are very excited about the head-to-head competition between the films.

Big clashes at the box office this year

1. Dhurandhar and Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ is an action-thriller film. Apart from Ranveer, it also stars Akshay Khanna in the lead role. The film, released on December 5, has so far earned Rs 668.80 crore at the Indian box office and audiences are continuously coming to watch it in theatres. Whereas ‘Avatar 3’, which was released worldwide on December 19, has collected Rs 109.65 crore so far.

2. War 2 and Coolie
Even on the occasion of Independence Day, two big films ‘War 2’ and ‘Coolie’ came face to face. Action and global location were seen in Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s ‘War 2’. At the same time, Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’ was an entertaining masala film, in which the star cast did amazing acting. Box office figures show that ‘Coolie’ earned Rs 337.5 crore in India, while the box office collection of ‘War 2’ stood at Rs 236.55 crore. Coolie clearly won this clash.

3. Mischief of the owner and the eyes
Also in July, Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Maalik’ and Vikrant Massey-Shanaya Kapoor’s ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’ were released together. In ‘Maalik’, Rajkumar played a courageous and just-loving character, which was appreciated by the audience. The film earned Rs 28.65 crore. At the same time, ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’ failed to woo the audience and could earn only Rs 1.71 crore.

4. Kingdom & Dhadak 2
There was a huge clash between Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’, released on July 31, and Siddhant Chaturvedi-Trupti Dimri’s ‘Dhadak 2’, released on August 1. ‘Kingdom’ had a lot of action and powerful music, which attracted the audience a lot. The film earned Rs 51.65 crore. At the same time, ‘Dhadak 2’ did a business of Rs 22.45 crore.

5. Kantara: Chapter 1 and Tulsi Kumari of Sunny Sanskari
The biggest clash of the year was seen in October, when Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ and Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ were released together on October 2. ‘Kantara’ had strong characters and story related to Indian culture and history. The film made a grand total of Rs 622.04 crore in India. In comparison, ‘Sunny Sanskari’s Tulsi Kumari’ collected only Rs 61.85 crore.

The year 2025 is now about to be said goodbye and the new year is ready to knock. This year was full of entertainment for entertainment lovers. 2025 was the year of sequels for Bollywood. Sequels of hit films from Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar to Aamir Khan were released in theaters this year. A total of 12 sequel films will hit the big screen in 2025. But only two of these films became hits at the box office.

Raid 2

• Ajay Devgan’s film ‘Raid 2’ got a tremendous response from the audience.
• It is the sequel to the 2018 film Raid which proved to be a hit at the box office.
• According to Koimoi, the film had collected Rs 179.30 crore at the Indian box office.

stars on the ground

• ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ is the sequel to Aamir Khan’s 2007 film Taare Zameen Par.
• Aamir returned to the big screen after three years with this film, released on 20 June 2025.
• ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ became a hit at the box office with a collection of Rs 166.58 crore.

Kesari- Chapter 2

• The film Kesari – Chapter 2 is the sequel of Akshay Kumar’s Kesari released in 2019.
• Ananya Pandey and R Madhavan were seen in lead roles in this film.
• According to the report of Koimoi, Kesari – Chapter 2 had earned Rs 94.48 crore.
• This film proved to be average at the box office.

housefull 5

• Akshay Kumar’s multi-starrer comedy film ‘Housefull 5’ was also liked by the audience.
• However, this film of Sajid Nadiadwala could not be a hit at the box office.
• ‘Housefull 5’ also proved to be average with a collection of Rs 198.41 crore.

beats 2

• The romantic film ‘Dhadak 2’ is the sequel of the 2018 film Dhadak.
• Trupti Dimri and Siddhant Chaturvedi are in lead roles in this film, released on 1 August 2025.
• ‘Dhadak 2’ earned Rs 24.24 crore at the box office and flopped.

son of sardar 2

• Ajay Devgan’s comedy film ‘Son of Sardar 2’ was also released this year.
• However, the film’s collection remained limited to Rs 47.15 crore and it flopped.
• Mrinal Thakur, Roshni Walia and Ravi Kishan also play important roles in the film.

war 2

• Hrithik Roshan’s action film ‘War 2’ also failed at the box office.
• The film had collected Rs 244.29 crore at the box office.

rebel 4

• ‘Baaghi 4’ was one of the most awaited sequel films of this year.
• However, after release, Tiger Shroff’s film could not work its magic.
• ‘Baaghi 4’ flopped at the box office with a collection of Rs 67.07 crore.

jolly llb 3

• Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi’s film ‘Jolly LLB 3’ was average at the box office.
• The courtroom drama has collected Rs 117.6 crore at the box office.

give give love 2

• The film ‘De De Pyaar De 2’ has also joined the list of flop sequels.
• Ajay Devgan’s comedy-love story has earned Rs 89.51 crore at the box office.

fun 4

• Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani’s film ‘Masti 4’ will also be released in 2025.
• This film proved to be a failure at the box office with a collection of Rs 14.95 crore.

style 2

• ‘Andaz 2’ has proved to be the megaflop sequel film of this year.
• The film did not find any audience in the theaters and the collection of the film was reduced to a few lakhs.