Chhaava worldwide box office collection day 1: Vicky Kaushal film mints ₹50 crore, biggest opening for Hindi historical

Chhaava worldwide box office collection day 1: Makers of the Vicky Kaushal-starrer announced on Saturday that the film earned ₹50 crore on its opening day.

Published on: Feb 15, 2025, 14:36:34 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Vicky Kaushal-starrer period epic Chhaava has opened with a bang at the box office. The film's makers announced on Saturday that the historical action film collected ₹50 crore at the box office worldwide on day one. (Also read: Chhaava box office collection day 1: Vicky Kaushal film sees biggest Valentine's Day opening ever, mints ₹31 crore)

Chhaava worldwide box office collection

Maddock Films, the production house behind the film, shared the numbers of Chhaava on its official X handle on Saturday and said the movie has set the record of the “biggest opening ever for a historical Hindi film.”

"Yeh 'Chhaava ki dahaad' hai. Roared like a true warrior king! Biggest opening ever for a Historical Hindi Film. Book your tickets now," the studio wrote along with a poster. PTI reported that the studio said the movie collected ₹50 crore gross globally on the opening day. According to the makers, the film earned ₹33.1 crore net at the domestic box office.

About Chhaava

Directed by Laxman Utekar, the film is produced by Dinesh Vijan under his banner Maddock Films. The movie, which also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Akshaye Khanna, was released in theatres on Friday.

Chhaava marks the third biographical film for Vicky Kaushal after Sardar Udham and Sam Bahadur.

In the movie, Vicky essays the role of Maratha emperor Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who was the son of Maratha empire founder Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Rashmika plays Sambhaji Maharaj’s wife Maharani Yesubai and Khanna stars as Aurangzeb. The cast also includes Diana Penty, Ashutosh Rana and Vineet Kumar Singh.

Chhaava opened to mixed reviews from the critics, who praised Vicky and Akshaye's performances, but criticised the script and pacing of the film. The film is doing well on Saturday as well and looks set for a bumper opening weekend.

(With PTI inputs)

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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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