Bollywood’s first quarter report card: Solely Chhaava shines amid chilly begin to the field workplace
Apr 02, 2025 10:45 AM IST
In Q1 2025, Chhaava stood out on the field workplace, whereas Sky Pressure and The Diplomat carried out nicely. Regardless of commerce dissatisfaction, there’s optimism for Q2.
Bollywood’s field workplace ‘report card’ for the primary quarter of 2025 tasks a fairly bleak image. Just one movie has executed extraordinary enterprise within the first three months of this yr Chhaava, that includes Vicky Kaushal within the lead function. Two different movies have nearly managed to attract audiences to the theatres – Akshay Kumar’s Sky Pressure and The Diplomat, starring John Abraham.
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Evaluate this to the corresponding interval final yr, and there have been a number of hits reminiscent of Shaitaan, Article 370, and Crew. The business is understandably sad.
Speaking about Sikandar, the Eid launch, commerce analyst Taran Adarsh says, “One did not anticipate this efficiency from a Salman Khan movie. It began off okay as a result of Eid vacation, however the basis is weak for the numbers to maintain within the weekdays. Additionally, the BOGO and free ticket gives for the movie are very unlucky. It reveals the part the business goes via.”
Amit Sharma, managing director of Miraj Cinemas, nevertheless, is optimistic: “After 5 years of battle, we now have a launch each week. It is a spread-out calendar in contrast to final yr, when a number of movies launched on the identical day.”
There’s room for enchancment within the second quarter, feels Devang Sampat, CEO, Cinepolis Cinemas. “Q2 appears to be like superb, particularly the mix of Hollywood and Bollywood movies will give an enormous increase this summer time,” he says.
THE MAJOR RELEASES THIS FAR
CHHAAVA 545 crore
SKY FORCE 131.44 crore
THE DIPLOMAT* 30 crore
DEVA 32 crore
BADASS RAVIKUMAR 9.66 crore
SIKANDAR* 55 crore
(*nonetheless operating in theatres)
