India’s ‘Tere Ishk Mein’ Is Fourth Highest-Grossing Film Worldwide

Indian star Dhanush kicked off an impressive weekend with his latest Bollywood release, Tere Ishk Mein. At $7.8 million global gross in its debut weekend, the romantic drama is the world’s fourth highest-grossing movie for the weekend ending November 30. It is directed by Anand L Rai and features Kriti Sanon along with Tamil star Dhanush.

Tere Ishk Mein closes first weekend at $7.6 million globally

Tere Ishk Mein raked in an impressive $7.6 million in its first weekend at the global ticket windows, making it to the week’s highest-grossing films worldwide on Comscore’s list. Written by Himanshu Sharma and directed by Anand L Rai, the film also stars Prakash Raj, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub and Vineet Kumar Singh in important roles.

Tere Ishk Mein: Box Office

After making a decent opening collection of $2.5 million worldwide on November 28, Tere Ishk Mein saw an upward trend over the weekend, crossing $7 million at the global box office. Comscore recorded $7.6 million global gross collection for the film. It made nearly $225,100 in the US markets alone.

In India, the film made $2.1 million on day one and $4.2 million by the end of the second day. Tere Ishk Mein wrapped its debut weekend in India at $5.5 million.

Box office Records: Tere Ishk Mein marks the third big opener for Dhanush this year. In the year 2025, Dhanush’s Tamil film Idli Kadai, Telugu film Kuberaa and Hindi film Tere Ishk Mein all made an opening collection above the $1 million mark at the global box office. With a worldwide gross collection of $2.5 million, the film is also the eighth highest opening Hindi film of 2025 on IMDb’s list.

Tere Ishk Mein

Dhanush and Rai earlier teamed up for the 2013 film Raanjhanaa which featured Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor in lead roles. The 2013 film was a box office hit but also received criticism for projecting stalking and toxicity as love.

Tere Ishk Mein falls in the same genre in that aspect – it is, once again, a story of toxic love combined with the dangerous emotions of self-destruction. Coming a decade after Raanjhanaa, the makers have upgraded the narrative style – calling out the misogyny and toxicity despite maintaining the focus on those aspects. Sharma wrote both Tere Ishk Mein and Raanjhanaa. Neeraj Yadav also co-wrote Tere Ishk Mein.

The chaos and morally distorted passions of Tere Ishk Mein are weaved with a close-knit narrative that is engulfed in its own world, making the film an engrossing experience. Solid performances by the actors – lead as well as supporting – adds to the aura of the film.

There are many ideological flaws that one may find with the film – the toxicity of the hero, the entitlement of the heroine, and destructive nature of what the film labels as love – to name a few. Nonetheless, Tere Ishk Mein is a brilliant showreel of raw human emotions that exist in the current society.

Prakash Raj as the hero’s father enacts some of the most powerful scenes in the film with his subtle but hard-hitting performance. Ayyub is strong reminder of Raanjhanaa and leaves a mark despite a small screen presence. Singh appears to be under-used in this otherwise chaotic beauty of a film. Dhanush is at one his career-best performances and Sanon deserves a special mention. Portraying a heroine which is unlike a typical Bollywood heroine – even in today’s evolved times – is a brave move. She doesn’t just take up the project but owns it. She exudes innocence and raw passions while showcasing the life and emotions of a confident girl not ready to accept the reality of falling for a guy who breaks all sides of her own definitions of someone she’d fall for. She displays the emotion of oscillating between practicality and emotions with a charm that is impressive as well as real.

Rai has produced Tere Ishk Mein under Colour Yellow Productions along with Bhushan Kumar’s T Series Films. The music has been composed by legendary musician AR Rahman.