Saiyaara box office collection day 4: Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda's debut crosses Rs 100 cr mark in 4 days; inches away from surpassing Salman Khan's Sikandar
The Mohit Suri directorial has been receiving praise from all quarters, with audience reaction videos from theatres going viral on social media. The film began its box office journey on Friday, collecting Rs 21.5 crore. It saw a 20% and 37% jump in its collections on Saturday and Sunday, earning Rs 26 crore and Rs 35.75 crore respectively. With a strong opening and an even better weekend, the film surpassed the total lifetime collections of Alia Bhatt and Ahaan Panday's cousin Ananya Panday's debut films Student Of The Year 1 and 2 within just three days of its release.
On Monday, its fourth day in theatres, Saiyaara witnessed a slight dip, earning Rs 22.5 crore. Though the Monday collection saw a 37% drop compared to Sunday, the film still recorded strong numbers for a weekday. It needs to be noted that Saiyaara's collections on Monday were higher than Friday, which is an indicator for a strong film. The film recorded an overall 41.87% Hindi occupancy, with the highest — 59.47% — during night shows on Monday.
Saiyaara has surpassed the collections of several big-ticket Hindi films. It has climbed to the 7th spot on the list of the highest-earning Hindi films of 2025. The film outperformed the lifetime domestic collection of Akshay Kumar and Ananya Panday's Kesari Chapter 2, which stood at Rs 92.53 crore. It also beat Sunny Deol-starrer Jaat, which minted Rs 88.26 crore in India. Saiyaara is now poised to surpass Salman Khan's Sikandar, which collected Rs 110.1 crore in domestic earnings.
At a time when audiences were craving a good romance film, Saiyaara delivered. It has outperformed many recent romantic releases by a significant margin. For instance, Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh's Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani collected Rs 52.92 crore in its first four days — far below Saiyaara's Rs 105.9 crore. Similarly, Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon's Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya earned Rs 30.75 crore and Ranbir Kapoor's Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar minted Rs 53.16 crore in the same time frame.
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