Chhaava box office prediction: Vicky Kaushal set for his biggest opening; to shatter Ranveer's Valentine's Day record

Chhaava box office prediction: Not only will Vicky Kaushal get the biggest opening of his career, but he will also break a six-year-old record of Ranveer Singh.

Updated on: Feb 14, 2025, 12:36:54 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Vicky Kaushal's period epic Chhaava was released in theatres on Valentine's Day amid much hype. The film by Laxman Utekar is the biopic of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj and has been made on a massive scale. Given the initial advance booking trends, trade insiders predict a huge opening for the film, perhaps the biggest all-time for any Valentine's Day release in India. (Also read: Chhaava Twitter reviews: Viewers hail Vicky Kaushal's performance as 'fire', say Akshaye Khanna will give you goosebumps)

Chhaava box office prediction

Chhaava sold close to 5 lakh tickets across India in advance booking for its opening day, trade tracker Sacnilk reported. This gave the film a final advance booking gross of ₹13.79 crore, one of the highest in Bollywood in recent times. Trade insiders estimate that the film should easily cross the ₹20 crore mark at the box office on Friday and even hope to touch the ₹22 crore mark in net domestic collections. This would make Chaava the biggest opener in 2025 so far, beating Sky Force's ₹15.30 crore opening day haul.

The records Chhaava is set to break

According to sources, by noon, Chhaava had collected ₹6 crore net across India. The numbers will only increase as the day progresses and get a boost in the evening owing to Valentine's Day. As trends stand, Chhaava will easily become Vicky Kaushal's biggest opener ever, beating the ₹8.20 crore mark of Uri: The Surgical Strike.

But more than just a personal landmark for Vicky, Chhaava may set an industry standard too. Gully Boy holds the record for the highest collection by a Bollywood film on Valentine's Day. The Ranveer Singh-starrer earned ₹19.40 crore net in 2019. Chhaava is almost certain to pass that and may just beat it quite comfortably.

About Chhaava

An adaptation of Shivaji Sawant's Marathi novel Chhava, Laxman Utekar's Chhaava stars Vicky Kaushal as the Maratha ruler, Akshaye Khanna as Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and Rashmika Mandanna as Maharani Yesubai. The film has received praise for its performances, particularly those of Vicky and Akshaye.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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