Sci-fi film Kalki 2898 AD is India‘s highest-grossing film for the first half of 2024, contributing 15% of the overall box office this year, according to a report by Ormax Media.
Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan and Prabhas, the film grossed $92.3M at the local box office. For the first half of 2024, the Indian box office closed at just above the INR50B ($600M) gross mark, which is 3% higher than the same period in 2023.
June was the top-performing month for the box office, collecting more than $140M. The second-highest monthly collection came in March 2024.
After Kalki 2898 AD, the second-highest-grossing film is Hindi-language film Fighter, which grossed $29M locally, followed by the Telugu-language superhero film Hanu-Man.
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