It has been quite a disappointing first weekend for The Diplomat, starring John Abraham. The political thriller opened higher than expected, however the graph fell flat soon after. Despite the favorable word-of-mouth, There’s barely any considerable growth on day 3. Scroll below for the early trends on Sunday!
An underwhelming first weekend
Shivam Nair’s directorial was trusted word-of-mouth, so when the box office collections were almost double of the predictions on the opening day, huge hopes were raised. After Holi on Friday, it must have ideally shown one other jump on Saturday and growth further on Sunday. Nonetheless, that just isn’t the case.
As per early trends, The Diplomat earned around 4.50-5 crores on day 3. That’s barely any growth in comparison with the 4.68 crores minted the day gone by. The weekend will now conclude somewhere around 13.21-13.71 crores.
Take a look at the first-weekend breakdown below:
- Day 1: 4.03 crores
- Day 2: 4.68 crores
- Day 3: 4.50-5 crores (estimates)
Total: 13.21-13.71 crores
The Diplomat vs Chhaava
Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava concluded its fifth weekend today, but it surely remained way higher than John Abraham starrer. The historical motion film earned around 21 crores*. Compared, The Diplomat is sort of 38% lower, even though it is in its opening weekend.
Beats opening weekend of 8 Bollywood movies of 2025
Despite its disappointing performance, John Abraham’s political thriller has managed to surpass the opening weekend collections of as many as 8 Bollywood movies of 2025. The list includes Crazxy (4.25 crores), Superboys Of Malegaon (1.82 crores), Mere Husband Ki Biwi (5.28 crores), Badass Ravi Kumar (9.72 crores), Loveyapa (4.75 crores), Emergency (12.26 crores), Azaad (4.75 crores) and Fateh (10.71 crores).
*denotes estimates, official figures awaited
Note: Box office numbers are based on estimates and various sources. Numbers haven’t been independently verified by Koimoi.
Stay tuned to Koimoi for more box office updates.
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