Box Office: ‘Fighter’ Starring Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan Struggles Before Crossing Rs 150 Crore Mark on Day 9
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The aerial action movie “Fighter,” starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, has officially joined the Rs 150 crore club in India. “Fighter,” which was directed by Siddharth Anand, made Rs 5.35 crore on Friday, almost 10% down from the Rs 6 crore it made the day before. Industry tracker Sacnilk reports that “Fighter’s” Hindi occupancy on Friday was 13.59 percent overall, bringing the total revenue to Rs 151.85 crore. The film’s producers disclosed that it had brought in a total international revenue of Rs 250 crores.
Prior to the Republic Day long weekend, “Fighter” was released, and it earned Rs 39.50 crore throughout the celebration. However, there was an almost seventy percent decline on the first Monday following the weekend. The movie made Rs 8 crore but failed the Monday test.
Hrithik and Siddharth have previously worked together on movies like “Bang Bang” and “War.” “Bang Bang” grossed Rs 181 crore in India, compared to “War’s” Rs 318 crore. It will be interesting to see if “Fighter” can outperform these figures. Anil Kapoor, Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi, Sanjeeda Shaikh, Talat Aziz, and Pradum Shukla are also featured in important parts in the film “Fighter.” During its second showing, the movie apparently faced a ban in all Gulf countries, even after the producers submitted a revised version.
Filmmaker Siddharth Anand, who hit out of the park with his last two releases, “War” (2019) and “Pathan” (2023), couldn’t recreate the same success for his latest release, “Fighter.” The film started slow at the box office with just Rs 22.5 crore coming on the opening day. It eventually picked up pace over the Republic Day weekend but saw a sharp decline in its collection during the weekdays. Siddharth recently reflected on why the Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone film could not repeat the success of “War” or “Pathaan.” Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s film “Pathaan” made Rs 57 crore on opening day and Rs 540.51 crore in total revenue during its run in local theaters.
The director added that a greater portion of the Indian audience finds the aerial actioner “Fighter’s” premise “alien.” “Another thing is the genre,” he clarified. A filmmaker’s big step is making “Fighter.” It’s a completely uncharted and undiscovered area. It lacks a point of reference for viewers. “What are these planes doing?” they ask themselves.
Siddharth went on, “I would estimate that 90% of our country has never been to an airport or been in an aircraft, so how would they know what’s occurring in the movie? This is how I dissected it. They thought this was a little strange. There was an initial disconnect since they weren’t sure what type of excitement they should be feeling from the air activity. However, as soon as you get inside the theater, you realize how simple this movie is.”
Recently, Siddharth spoke candidly about “Fighter’s” lackluster box office performance. He stated, “As makers, our expectations have become a little unrealistic,” in a conversation with Galatta Plus. Speaking for me, I recently delivered “Pathaan” a year ago. We must control our expectations and make sure they are reasonable for the product. It was a working day as well. The midweek is on Thursday.
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