Sikandar Box Office Day 1 Evening Occupancy: Salman Khan's Movie Sees Hike In Footfall On Opening Day

Sikandar Box Office Day 1 Evening Occupancy: Sikandar has been one of the most anticipated movies of 2025 after all Salman Khan returned to silver screen after almost 1.5 years post his last release, Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ka Jaan, which didn't work well at the box office. The superstar's fans has had high hopes on the movie in terms of plot, and box office collection. Plus, Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna's flaming onscreen chemistry is what they would have been anticipating for long. The action-thriller also marks Salman's first collaboration with Ghajini fame director, A.R. Murugadoss. Overall, the movie is the perfect package to witness this Eid.

The plot of the story revolves around a common man, who has been vocal about commoners right while challenging the deep-rooted corruption in the system. His relentless fight against the system is what makes the story even more interesting. Apart from Salman and Rashmika, the movie also stars Kajal Aggarwal, Sharman Joshi, Sathyaraj, Suneil Shetty, Prateik Smita Patil, Nawab Shah, among others.

Sikandar Box Office Day 1 Evening Occupancy

Sikandar sees a hike in footfall in the evening on day 1 compared to morning shows and afternoon shows. On day 1, the movie has had 13.76% occupancy in the morning while the afternoon occupancy has seen a massive jump and the occupancy was 24%. On the other hand, in the evening, the movie has seen another jump in footfall, and the evening occupancy stands at 25.08%.

More About Sikandar

On opening day, the movie has already recovered 13% of the budget already. The movie, for which Salman Khan charged around Rs. 120 Cr, is made on a whopping budget of Rs. 200 Cr. For the fans, who are eager to watch the movie, the action-packed drama has garnered mixed reviews from the critics. In his recent interview, when Salman Khan was asked if performing an action-sequence is becoming challenging for him with age, he said, "Every bone in my body has been broken twice or thrice. Every ligament has been torn at least two to three times."

Salman Khan On Sikandar Facing-Off With Empuraan

In an another interview, Salman Khan talked about Sikandar facing-off Mohanlal's Empuraan at the box office. Talking about the same with NDTV, the superstar shared, "I love him as an actor. Prithviraj is directing it, and I know that it's going to be an excellent film. There's Jaat also coming post Sikandar. I wish all of them do well.

[Wishing us good luck] That's really sweet of them. I've known Charan (Ram Charan) and Tarak (Jr NTR). They grew up in front of me. Most of them started doing films a year or two after I began my journey as an actor. I know Venky [Daggubati Venkatesh] really well. We've worked together and have been friends for 30-35 years now. I know Chiru Garu [Chiranjeevi] because I did a Thumps Up commercial with him.

I've worked with a lot of South actors. In fact, I was the first Hindi film actor from my generation to start working with South directors. I've worked with four-five South directors at one point of time. Even the heroines share this sense of brotherhood with me; it's really nice (laughs)."

When he was further asked on how South directors are different from Bollywood directors, he said, "Technically, they're very advanced and emotionally they're very evolved. They don't pick up ideas and stories from elsewhere. They conceive their own stories.

Having said that, it's not like all the films that they make in the South are good. In Bollywood, you only remember those films that work well at the box office. Wahaan bhi hafte mein 2-3 picture picture banti hai but woh kuch khaas karti nahi hai (2-3 movies are released every week in the South too, but they all don't do too well). The mantra is the same everywhere. If you make good films, they'll work."