The Kashmir Files remained the biggest grosser of the year as far as outright Hindi films go though if the film did not get sponsored screenings the business would have been less than the likes of Drishyam 2, Brahmastra and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. It is impossible to tell what is the actual organic collection of the film but the facts say it is the highesr grosser of the year but if all things were equal it would be Drishyam 2 which is top outright Hindi film of the year.

The total collections of the top 25 films amounted to 1859 crore and there will probably be another 5 crore nett to come from the films still running so lets say a total of 1865 crore nett from the top 25 films. The same in 2019 was 3500 with the top ten films alone easily covering the 1865 crore of 2022. This 47% down from 2019 so its a huge drop so the figures show the dire situation. Its a horrible scene outside the top five grossers.

Basically business has gone back ten years as in 2012 the top  twenty five films picked up around 1950 crore while in 2011 it was 1500 crore. The overall picture is not too bad as there was KGF 2 (hindi) and RRR (hindi) but this will not happen every year. If same time next year we are up 50% it would be a good result and anything more will be a bonus. Obviously you want to see the major 25 films put up 3000 or 3500 crore like in 2019 but it may take longer to get there. The top twenty five grossers of 2022 are as follows. 

1. The Kashmir Files - 2,46,91,00,000

2. Drishyam 2 - 2,32,00,00,000 (52 days) Still Running

3. Brahmastra - 2,30,23,00,000

4. Bhool Bhulaiyaa - 1,81,65,00,000

5. Gangubai Kathiawadi - 1,26,32,00,000

6. VikramVedha - 79,53,00,000

7, Jugjugg Jeeyo - 78,53,00,000

8. Ram Setu - 72,72,00,000

9. Samraat Prithviraj - 68,06,00,000

10. Bhediya - 60,25,00,000 (45 Days) Still Running

11. Laal Singh Chaddha - 59,58,50,000

12. Bachchhan Pandey - 49,00,00,000

13. Raksha Bandhan - 45,23,00,000

14. Shamshera - 41,05,00,000

15. Ek Villain Returns - 39,74,25,000

16. Cirkus - 35,75,00,000 (18 days) Still Running

17. Runway 34 - 33,51,50,000

18. Thank God - 32,98,50,000

19. Uunchai - 28,65,00,000 (59 Days) Still Running

20. Heropanti 2  - 24,91,00,000

21. Doctor G - 24,33,50,000

22. Jersey - 20,46,50,000

23. Badhaai Ho - 18,97,00,000

24. Jayeshbhai Jordaar - 16,59,25,000

25. Jhund - 14,30,50,000