Saiyaara box office collection day 3: Ahaan Panday’s debut film surpasses Alia Bhatt-starrer SOTY’s lifetime earnings, beats Sunny Deol’s Jaat as it rakes in Rs 83.07 cr | Bollywood News

Backed strong word-of-mouth and glowing reviews from critics and the Bollywood fraternity, Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda’s debut film Saiyaara has scored a bumper opening and delivered a record-breaking first weekend at the box office. The film is proving to be a trailblazer, setting a new benchmark for box office collections debutant-led projects. According to Sacnilk, the film minted Rs 37 crore on Sunday, bringing its total domestic collection to Rs 83.07 crore.
Saiyaara box office journey and occupancy
The Mohit Suri directorial began its box office journey minting Rs 21 crore. The film received positive word-of-mouth, with social media abuzz with visuals of packed theatres as audiences enjoyed the film, especially in theatres across tier I, II, and III cities in India.
The strong word-of-mouth helped the film reger a 25 percent increase in collections on Saturday, earning Rs 25 crore. The momentum continued on Sunday, with collections surging 48 percent to Rs 37 crore. Saiyaara recorded an overall 71.18% Hindi occupancy on Sunday, with peak turnout during the evening shows (88.15%), followed the night (78.53%) and afternoon (78.53%) shows — showing consent occupancy throughout the day.
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The film also recorded the highest number of screenings — 1,120 shows — in the Delhi-NCR region, which also reported the highest occupancy. Delhi was closely followed other major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad in terms of high turnout.

Saiyaara outperforms SOTY and Dhadak
Saiyaara has emerged as one of the biggest openers and debut weekend earners for a newcomer in Hindi cinema. The film surpassed the total domestic collection of Alia Bhatt’s debut film Student of the Year (SOTY) within just three days of release. SOTY had minted Rs 70 crore in India in 2012.
In 2019, Ahaan Panday’s cousin Ananya Panday made her debut with SOTY 2. His film has already overtaken SOTY 2’s lifetime India collection of Rs 70.86 crore. Saiyaara is also on track to surpass the lifetime domestic earnings of Janhvi Kapoor’s debut film Dhadak, which stood at Rs 95.12 crore.
Saiyaara beats Diplomat and Jaat
Saiyaara is already among the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2025. It has surpassed the lifetime India collection of John Abraham’s Diplomat, which stood at Rs 38.97 crore. The film is also expected to cross Rajkummar Rao’s Bhool Chuk Maaf, which earned Rs 90.78 crore in India.Story continues below this ad
At present, Saiyaara is trailing only behind the biggest releases of 2025 such as Chhava, Housefull 5, and Sikandar. It is expected to soon surpass Sunny Deol-starrer Jaat’s total domestic collection of Rs 88.26 crore. In fact, Jaat minted only Rs 26 crore within the first three days of release, compared to Saiyaara’s Rs 83.07 crore.