Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava crushes Anthony Mackie’s Captain America on the Indian field workplace

In a field workplace battle that showcased the rising dominance of Bollywood, Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava has utterly outperformed Marvel’s Captain America: Courageous New World in India. The historic epic, based mostly on the lifetime of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, stormed into cinemas with a staggering Rs 116.5 crore in simply three days. In the meantime, Courageous New World, Anthony Mackie’s first outing as Captain America, may solely muster Rs 12.5 crore in India, with a mere Rs 4.36 crore coming from its Hindi model.

Whereas Captain America had a good world opening of $192.4 million, it nonetheless lagged behind earlier Marvel blockbusters like Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman’sThor: Love and Thunder ($303.2 million), Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually ($331.3 million), and Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen’s Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity ($449.4 million). Nevertheless, it managed to outpace Eternals, which debuted at $162 million.
However in India, the decision was clear—audiences overwhelmingly selected Chhaava over Hollywood’s newest superhero spectacle. Packed theatres, thunderous applause, and a deep emotional reference to the historic narrative helped Chhaava develop into the most important Bollywood hit of 2025, even surpassing Sky Pressure (₹112 crore).
With Chhaava poised to overhaul Raazi quickly and proceed its victorious run, Vicky Kaushal has cemented his place as a field workplace powerhouse. The movie additionally starred Rashmika Mandanna as Yesubai and Akshaye Khanna as Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The movie marks Vicky’s second movie with director Laxman Utekar after Zara Hatke Zara Bachke. In the meantime, Captain America which additionally starred Harrison Ford, Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and Sebastian Stan should accept a modest run, unable to match the may of India’s historic warriors.