By Admin 
Taapsee Pannu is preparing to rock the box office once again with a hard-hitting, socially relevant film. Actually, the actress is making a comeback on the silver screen with her courtroom thriller ‘Assi’. This film has been directed by Anubhav Sinha and it is going to be released in theaters on February 20, 2026. This film is in the news for the difficult trial of a rape case, while it will be interesting to see whether the ‘Thappad’ actress is able to make a place in the list of Bollywood’s biggest female openers with this film or not?
However, before this, Taapsee has also released the courtroom drama ‘Mulk’ directed by Anubhav Sinha. In this powerful film, Taapsee impressed people with the role of a lawyer. She won the hearts of the audience with her heart-wrenching role of a victim in the film Pink. Now there are a lot of expectations from ‘Assi’ also.
Will Taapsee be able to break Priyanka’s 11 year old record??
Currently, the commercial powerhouse is dominating the list of Bollywood’s top 10 female openers. Taapsee’s challenge is to make her place in the list by securing at least 10th place. Since 2014, this place is with Priyanka Chopra’s Mary Kom. Let us tell you that Priyanka starrer biopic had an opening of Rs 8 crore in India. In such a situation, if Taapsee wants to break Priyanka Chopra’s 11 year old record, then her film Assi will have to collect more than 8 crores from Marcom on the opening day.
Top 10 Biggest Female-Centric Bollywood Openers at the Box Office (India Net Collection According to Koimoi)
- Stree 2: 64.80 crores
- Veere Di Wedding: 10.70 crores
- Gangubai Kathiawadi: 10.50 crores
- Crew: 10.28 crores
- The Dirty Picture: 9.54 crores
- Manikarnika – The Queen of Jhansi: 8.75 crores
- Dear Zindagi: 8.75 crores
- Ragini MMS 2: 8.43 crores
- The Kerala Story: 8.03 crores
- Mary Kom: 8 crores
Will Taapsee be able to leave behind the top female openers of 2025-25??
The thing to note is that the social drama genre has almost ended in theatre. In such a situation, it will also be interesting to see whether Taapsee Pannu is able to leave behind the top female openers of 2025 – 2026 or not. Let us tell you that in 2025, Kajol’s mother had an opening of Rs 4.93 crores. At the same time, this year, Rani Mukherjee’s Mardaani 3 had an opening day collection of Rs 4 crore. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how many crores Taapsee’s ‘Asi’ is able to open.