The year 2025 was very exciting for Indian cinema. Every month big and small films were released in theaters and many times several films came face to face on the same day. Some films won the hearts of the audience and proved to be superhits, while some defied expectations.

But this year, the biggest discussion at the box office was about Ranveer Singh’s film ‘Dhurandhar’ and James Cameron’s Hollywood film ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’. Fans and critics are very excited about the head-to-head competition between the films.

Big clashes at the box office this year

1. Dhurandhar and Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ranveer Singh’s ‘Dhurandhar’ is an action-thriller film. Apart from Ranveer, it also stars Akshay Khanna in the lead role. The film, released on December 5, has so far earned Rs 668.80 crore at the Indian box office and audiences are continuously coming to watch it in theatres. Whereas ‘Avatar 3’, which was released worldwide on December 19, has collected Rs 109.65 crore so far.

2. War 2 and Coolie
Even on the occasion of Independence Day, two big films ‘War 2’ and ‘Coolie’ came face to face. Action and global location were seen in Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s ‘War 2’. At the same time, Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’ was an entertaining masala film, in which the star cast did amazing acting. Box office figures show that ‘Coolie’ earned Rs 337.5 crore in India, while the box office collection of ‘War 2’ stood at Rs 236.55 crore. Coolie clearly won this clash.

3. Mischief of the owner and the eyes
Also in July, Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Maalik’ and Vikrant Massey-Shanaya Kapoor’s ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’ were released together. In ‘Maalik’, Rajkumar played a courageous and just-loving character, which was appreciated by the audience. The film earned Rs 28.65 crore. At the same time, ‘Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan’ failed to woo the audience and could earn only Rs 1.71 crore.

4. Kingdom & Dhadak 2
There was a huge clash between Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’, released on July 31, and Siddhant Chaturvedi-Trupti Dimri’s ‘Dhadak 2’, released on August 1. ‘Kingdom’ had a lot of action and powerful music, which attracted the audience a lot. The film earned Rs 51.65 crore. At the same time, ‘Dhadak 2’ did a business of Rs 22.45 crore.

5. Kantara: Chapter 1 and Tulsi Kumari of Sunny Sanskari
The biggest clash of the year was seen in October, when Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’ and Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari’ were released together on October 2. ‘Kantara’ had strong characters and story related to Indian culture and history. The film made a grand total of Rs 622.04 crore in India. In comparison, ‘Sunny Sanskari’s Tulsi Kumari’ collected only Rs 61.85 crore.

Ayan Mukherjee’s film ‘War 2’ was released on August 14 this year. There was a huge hype about the film. People had expected that the pairing of Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR would create a storm at the box office but after the release of the film, exactly the opposite happened. Now the Telugu distributor of ‘War 2’, Naga Vamsi, has broken his silence regarding the loss incurred from the film and made a big revelation.

Yash Raj Films returned 18 crores
Well-known producer of South Industry, Naga Vamsi was the Telugu distributor of ‘War 2’. He had created a lot of hype about the film in the pre-release event held in Hyderabad. Producers seemed quite excited about Jr NTR’s Bollywood debut.

Now in his special conversation with Great Andhra, the producer has given clarification about the failure of the film and his loss. After ‘War 2’ performed average at the box office, rumors started flying that Naga Vamsi had invested Rs 100 crores in it.

The Telugu distributor of the film has broken its silence on this. He said, ,Everyone on Twitter keeps speculating about how much I have suffered from War 2. I bought it for 68 crores. With this I got shares worth Rs 35-40 crores. Yash Raj Films called me to return Rs 18 crore. I had already put forward the condition. Despite being a Bombay based company and a commercial production house, he stuck to his word and returned the amount. That,s why I hardly faced any loss here. ,

‘Our net in Telugu should be bigger than Hindi…’
The pre-release event of ‘War 2’ was organized in Hyderabad. Here Naga Vamsi had created amazing hype for the release of the film and the Bollywood debut of Jr NTR. In his speech, the Telugu distributor of ‘War 2’ even said, ‘Our net in Telugu should be bigger than Hindi and it will have to be made ten times bigger than the opening of Devara. Anna has lifted his collar for us today and we have to ensure that he can do the same across India.

‘If you watch this film and are not satisfied, I will never ask you to watch my films again.’ After the box office collection results of ‘War 2’ came out, people started talking about the loss caused by Naga Vamsi’s film.

‘War 2’ box office collection
This spy action film of Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR was released on 14 August. Kiara Advani was seen in the lead role in the film. Talking about its collection, it earned Rs 364.35 crore worldwide, while its earning at the Indian box office was Rs 185.13 crore according to Bollywood Hungama.

Death penalty in drugs case in Saudi Arabia, shocking figures this year too, so many people hanged

In the year 2025, Bollywood saw many ups and downs. Where some films won everyone’s hearts by breaking records at the box office. At the same time, many big budget films did not live up to the expectations at the box office and proved to be superflops. These also include films of high-profile stars. Seeing which both fans and critics were disappointed.

Despite huge budgets, glamorous locations and big marketing campaigns, these films proved to be weak in story, script and screenplay. Let us know through this story which were the big budget films in 2025 which failed as soon as they reached the box office.

Movie ‘War 2’
Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s film ‘War 2’ was released in theaters on 14 August 2025. According to IMDB, the budget of this film was 400 crores. This film was much discussed due to its huge budget, star cast and new on-screen pairing. However, it could not live up to the expectations at the box office. Talking about the film’s earnings, its worldwide collection was Rs 365.90 crore and India net collection was Rs 237 crore.

movie ‘sikandar’
Salman Khan’s film ‘Sikander’ was also released with a lot of fanfare on the occasion of Eid. Its budget was around Rs 200 crore. Even though the film had the star power of Salman Khan, it could not live up to the expectations at the box office. According to IMDB, the India gross collection of the film was 131.50 crores and the worldwide collection was 185.50 crores. Like other films, ‘Sikander’ became included in the superflop films of this year.

Film ‘Son of Sardar 2’
Ajay Devgan’s film ‘Son of Sardar 2’ was released with great enthusiasm after the success of the first part. Fans had high expectations from this sequel. But this could not happen. As soon as the film was released, it flopped at the box office. According to IMDB, this film, made with a budget of Rs 100 crore, could earn only Rs 65.80 crore at the box office.

Movie ‘Game Changer’
This highly-hyped big-budget film ‘Game Changer’ starring South superstar Ram Charan and Shankar was released on January 10, 2025. Despite heavy VFX and stardom, the story proved to be weak. The audience could not connect with the story. The film could not live up to expectations due to its slow pace and weak script. Thus, it proved to be a huge flop at the box office. According to IMDB, the film made with a budget of Rs 300 crore could earn only Rs 195.80 crore.

film ‘Fateh’
Sonu Sood’s film ‘Fateh’ also failed to perform well at the box office. The weak story, slow motion and weak screenplay failed to engage the audience. Despite high budget, star power and promotion, this film could not live up to expectations. According to Sacnilk report, the film earned a total of only Rs 19.05 crore while its budget was Rs 40 crore.

Film ‘Thug Life’
The pair of Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam returned to the big screen after 36 years with the film ‘Thug Life’. This film was watched with great expectations among the audience and fans. But this film proved to be the biggest flop of 2025. Despite the huge budget and stardom, the film could not attract the audience at the box office due to weak story and screenplay. According to the report of Sacnilk, this film, made on a budget of Rs 280 crore, could earn only Rs 97.25 crore at the box office.

The entire internet is filled with videos, memes and opinions related to Ranveer Singh’s film ‘Dhurandhar’. As soon as the film was released, there was so much talk about it that every cinema lover seemed eager to watch the film.

The film got good reviews and due to positive word of mouth, its collection is increasing every day from 5th December till now. Many trade experts have even expressed hope that very soon this could become another blockbuster film of the year.

‘Dhurandhar’ made an amazing record in the first week

The film made a spectacular collection of Rs 207.25 crore in the first week itself and by doing so, it became the second Bollywood film of the year 2025 to cross the Rs 200 crore mark in the first week.

The film is still earning a lot every day and is going to make Rs 250 crore very soon. Despite this, this film could not break the records of 11 Bollywood films released so far in terms of earnings in the first week. Let us see their list here.

‘Dhurandhar’ could not break the first week collection record of these 11 films

According to SACNILC data, ‘Dhurandhar’ made history by making Rs 200 crore in a single week, but could not cross the first week collection of the 11 films given below. There are some South films also in this list of 15 films, the earnings of their Hindi versions are given here.

Movie	First week collection (in crores)
Pushpa 2 The Rule	425.60
Pathan	351
young	347.98
Animal	300.81
woman 2	291.65
mutiny 2	284.63
kgf 2	268.63
baahubali 2	247
Sultan	229.16
war	228.50
shade	219.65
stalwart	207.25
tiger is alive	206.04
Sanju	202.51
riot	197.54

‘Dhurandhar’ also did wonders worldwide

Ranveer Singh’s film may not have been able to break the record of top 11 films, but its earnings are doing wonders every day. If we look at the worldwide collection of the film, it has reached Rs 313.75 crore in just one week. This means that the film is being liked very much by the audience in India as well as across the world.