This is a list of Tamil language films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that are to be released/scheduled in 2025.
The following is the list of highest-grossing Tamil cinema films released in 2025. The rank of the films in the following table depends on the estimate of worldwide collections as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia. [a] There is no official tracking of domestic box office figures within India.
#+ | Implies that the film is multilingual and the gross collection figure includes the worldwide collection of the other simultaneously filmed version. |
Rank [α] | Title | Production Company | Worldwide gross | Ref. |
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1 | Madha Gaja Raja | Gemini Film Circuit | ₹27.75 crore | [1] |
Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Production company | Ref. | |
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A P R | 10 | Idly Kadai | Dhanush | Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Arun Vijay, Shalini Pandey | Wunderbar Films, Dawn Pictures | [28] |
Good Bad Ugly | Adhik Ravichandran | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Sunil, Prasanna | Mythri Movie Makers, T-Series Films | [29] | ||
M A Y | 1 | Retro | Karthik Subbaraj | Suriya, Pooja Hegde, Jayaram, Joju George | Stone Bench Films, 2D Entertainment | [30] |
J U N | 5 | Thug Life | Mani Ratnam | Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Joju George | Raaj Kamal Films International, Madras Talkies, Red Giant Movies | [31] |
Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Production Company | Ref. | |
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O C T | 16 | Thalapathy 69 | H. Vinoth | Vijay, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Gautham Vasudev Menon | KVN Productions | [32] |
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