2025 Round-Up: These Movies Generated Insane Profits
It became the first Gujarati movie to cross the ₹100 crore mark and concluded its glorious run with earnings of ₹120 crore at the box office.
The year 2025 has been a solid year for Indian cinema. Like every year, the box office saw its share of hits and misses. Films such as Saiyaara, Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, Tere Ishk Mein, Dhurandhar, Chhaava, and Kantara: Chapter 1 were termed box office hits.
Post-COVID, it has become rare for films to fetch triple profits at the box office. However, one film managed to achieve exactly that. Made on a modest budget of ₹50 lakh, this small Gujarati film featured no A-list actors and had no songs, dance sequences, or action set pieces. Yet, it emerged as one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Laalo Krishna Sada Sahaayate emerged as one of the biggest hits in Indian cinema. The film ended its theatrical run as the highest-grossing film in Gujarat. It became the first Gujarati movie to cross the ₹100 crore mark and concluded its glorious run with earnings of ₹120 crore at the box office.
Laalo Krishna Sada Sahaayate is now one of the most profitable ventures in the history of Indian cinema. With a reported gross profit of around 24,000%, the film shattered the earlier 6,000% profit record held by Secret Superstar, which earned over ₹900 crore on a ₹15 crore budget, and Jai Santoshi Maa, which famously rivalled Sholay in 1975 after being made on a modest ₹10 lakh budget.
In comparison, Kantara, made on a budget of ₹125 crore, went on to collect ₹850 crore, yielding a profit of around 680%. Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar performed slightly better, registering a 760% profit and is still running in theatres. Saiyaara remains the only major film of the year to earn ten times its budget, clocking profits of 1,350%. The film was made on a budget of ₹40 crore.
Such profit margins are unheard of in Telugu cinema, for example. When the cost of a film tilts heavily towards remuneration and the box-office is dependent on star-driven vehicles, returns are not sky-high.
