Mohit Suri’s romantic drama Saiyaara is showing no signs of slowing down. After facing fresh competition from Shazia Iqbal’s romantic drama Dhadak 2, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri, and Vijay Kumar Arora’s comedy Son of Sardaar 2, starring Ajay Devgn and Mrunal Thakur, starting this Friday, the film did slip down to single digits over its third weekend. But it’s now on the verge of crossing the coveted Rs 300 crore milestone at the domestic box office.
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Saiyaara to enter Rs 300 cr club today
On Sunday, its day 17 at the box office, Saiyaara added another Rs 8 crore to its collection. This was a massive drop from the second Sunday earnings of Rs 30 crore, but still an improvement on its Saturday collection of Rs 6.75 crore, which was a further improvement on its Friday earnings of Rs 4.5 crore. As per Sacnilk, the current domestic box office collection of Saiyaara stands at Rs 299.75 crore.
In all likelihood, Saiyaara will enter the Rs 300 crore club in India today. It may also beat the domestic lifetime earnings of blockbusters like fellow YRF release, Ali Abbas Zafar’s 2016 sports drama Sultan (Rs 300.45 crore), starring Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2018 period fantasy Padmaavat (Rs 302.15 crore), starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, and Shahid Kapoor.
Saiyaara is 12th highest earning Hindi film ever domestically
Despite its meteoric rise, Saiyaara still has several Hindi films left to beat at the domestic box office — Kabir Khan’s 2015 adventure film Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 320.34 crore), Zafar’s 2017 spy thriller Tiger Zinda Hai (Rs 339.16 crore), Rajkumar Hirani’s 2014 sci-fi satire PK (Rs 340.8 crore), Hirani’s 2018 biopic Sanju (Rs 342.57 crore), Nitesh Tiwari’s 2015 family sports drama Dangal (Rs 387.38 crore), Anil Sharma’s 2023 action drama Gadar 2 (Rs 525.7 crore), Siddharth Anand’s 2023 spy thriller Pathaan (Rs 543.09 crore), Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s 2023 family crime drama Animal (Rs 553.87 crore), Amar Kaushik’s 2024 horror comedy Stree 2 (Rs 597.99 crore), Laxman Utekar’s historical action film Chhaava (Rs 601.57 crore) from earlier this year, and Atlee’s 2023 action thriller Jawan (Rs 640.25 crore).
Out of these, two films already belong to Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films, which has also backed Saiyaara. These are Tiger Zinda Hai and Pathaan. Saiyaara also marks the debut of YRF CEO Akshaye Widhani as producer. It’s the highest grossing Indian film with newcomers, marking the debut of Ananya Panday’s cousin Ahaan Panday and Big Girls Don’t Cry actor Aneet Padda in lead roles.
Dhadak 2 lags behind Saiyaara box office
Meanwhile, another intense romantic drama backed by another big production house is making its presence felt at the domestic box office too. On Sunday, Dhadak 2 earned Rs 4.25 crore, an improvement on its Friday and Saturday earnings of Rs 3.5 crore and Rs 3.75 crore respectively. However, it’s no Saiyaara, which collected over Rs 80 crore in India over its opening weekend, as opposed to Dhadak 2’s Rs 11.50 crore.
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Dhadak 2 is the spiritual sequel of Shashank Khaitan’s 2018 hit romantic drama Sairat, starring newcomers Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor. Also backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, the first part earned over Rs 30 crore over its opening weekend at the domestic box office.
