Late actor Dharmendra’s last film ‘Ikkis’ has been released in theaters on January 1, 2026. The film is getting decent response from the audience and despite being on the big screen, it is doing business worth crores at the box office every day. In just three days, ‘Ikkis’ has recovered one-fourth of its budget. With this, ‘Ikkis’ has defeated Dharmendra’s film ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’.

• ‘Ikkis’ opened the account with Rs 7.28 crore at the Indian box office on the first day.
• On the second day, this war based film had collected Rs 4.02 crore.
• According to Sacknilk, the film has earned Rs 3.44 crore on the third day (at 8 pm).
• With this, the total collection of ‘Ikkis’ at the domestic box office has now reached Rs 14.74 crore.

‘Ikkis’ box office collection

Day	collection
day 1	7.28 crores
day 2	4.02 crores
day 3	3.44 crores
Total	14.74 crores

‘Ikkis’ beats ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’
The budget of ‘Ikkis’ is Rs 60 crore as per the report of Koimoi. By earning Rs 14.74 crore in these three days, the film has recovered one-fourth of its budget. ‘Ikkis’ has also broken the lifetime record of the late actor’s film ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se’ released in 2018. This film had collected only Rs 9.60 crore at the box office.

Star cast of ‘Ikkis’
Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda has made his Bollywood debut through ‘Ikkis’. In the film, he played the role of the youngest Param Vir Chakra winner and Second Lieutenant Arun Khetrapal. Whereas Dharmendra has played the role of his father in the film. Akshay Kumar’s niece Simar Bhatia has been seen opposite Agastya in ‘Ikkis’. Jaideep Ahlawat is also in an important role in the film. Made under the banner of Maddock Films, this film has been directed by Sriram Raghavan.

The year 2026 has started very well for the Bollywood industry. Actually, Maddock Films’ war based biopic drama ‘Ikkis’ opened better than expectations at the domestic box office. This is the last film of film legend late Dharmendra. Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda has also debuted on the big screen with ‘Ikkis’. However, there is a huge decline in its collection on the second day of its release. With this, let us know how much collection has ‘Ikkis’ made on the second day of its release?

How much did ‘Ikkis’ collect on the second day?
Due to the New Year holiday, theaters are always buzzing with audiences. On January 1, 2026, Agastya Nanda and late Dharmendra’s film ‘Ikkis’ continued this tradition and the film, released on the New Year, took a bumper start despite the storm. But due to Friday being a working day on the second day of its release, a decline in its collection was expected and the same happened, on the second day the collection of ‘Ikkis’ declined by more than 50 percent.

• Talking about the collection of the film, the film opened with Rs 7 crores.
• According to the early trend report of Saknilk, this Agastya Nanda starrer film has collected Rs 3.50 crore on the second day of its release.
• With this, the two-day collection of ‘Ikkis’ has reached Rs 10.50 crore.

Will ‘Ikkis’ be able to recover the budget?
Although the earnings of ‘Ikkis’ have declined on the second day, but due to the positive word of mouth from the critics and audience, its collections are expected to increase in the weekend. Talking about the budget of the film, although the makers of ‘Ikkis’ have not yet released the budget of the film officially, but according to some media reports, the budget of the film is Rs 60 crores. In such a situation, this film made with a budget of Rs 60 crore has earned Rs 10.50 crore in two days. If this film shows good momentum in the weekend and earns well and also performs well at the box office on weekdays, then it is expected that it will recover its cost.

About twenty one
‘Ikkis’ is directed by Sriram Raghavan. Many actors including Agastya Nanda, late Dharmendra and Jaideep Ahlawat have played important roles in the film. Let us tell you that this film was earlier to be released on 25th December, but amidst the fanfare of Dhurandhar, its release date was extended to give it a chance to perform better. However, it remains to be seen how much this film can earn on weekends.

Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda’s film ‘Ikkis’ is the first Bollywood film to be released this year. Based on the true story of Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, who was martyred in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, this film has been successful in attracting both the audience and critics.

The film is the last film of late actor Dharmendra and his last film is amazing. This is the reason why the film is getting viewers even in front of an amazing film like ‘Dhurandhar’ on the opening day. Let us know the opening day earnings of the film.

Box office collection of ‘Ikkis’

Made under the direction of Sriram Raghavan, this film has collected Rs 3.2 crores till 4:05 pm on the opening day, according to Skynlink. Please note that this figure is still preliminary. This may change after the final data comes.

‘Ikkis’ got good reviews

While giving 4 stars to the film of Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya, ABP News has written in its review that Agastya Nanda’s acting is so amazing that he has completely lived the character of martyr Arun Khetrapal and has shown that he is the grandson of Amitabh Bachchan.

Praising Dharmendra, it is written in the same review that seeing Dharmendra is an emotion in itself. You can read the full review of the film here.

About twenty one

This film has been made under the banner of Maddock Films, the production house of Dinesh Vijan, who made films like ‘Stree 2’ and ‘Thama’. According to Pinkvilla, the prediction of the film on the opening day was Rs 3.5 crore. And the film has earned more than this in the initial hours itself.

This means that the film may move towards becoming a hit film very soon in the coming days. Apart from Agastya Nanda and Dharmendra, Jaideep Ahlawat is also in an important role in the film. Who has worked to increase the buzz of the film.