Sky Force box office Day 2: Akshay Kumar, Veer Pahariya’s film takes off well

Actor Akshay Kumar’s Sky Force is performing well at the box office. After witnessing a decent opening on Friday, the film saw a steep hike in numbers on the second day. Based on true events, Sky Force is about the deadly Indo-Pak war in 1965.

Sky Force opened at Rs 15.30 crore on the opening day. The film saw a steep jump in Day 2 numbers, earning Rs 26.30 crore on the first Saturday. The film’s total tally stands at Rs 41.60 crore.

Positive word-of-mouth coupled with the Republic Day weekend could be the main causes behind the film’s growth at the box office. The numbers on Sunday are expected to be rather impressive, predicts trade analyst Taran Adarsh. The weekend total is expected to hit Rs 70 crore-mark at the box office. The film’s numbers are only expected to fly hereon, crossing Rs 100 crore within the first week.

Here is Taran Adarsh’s X post:

Sky Force’s positive box office numbers lays a solid foundation for the Hindi film industry in 2025, making up for a slow 2024.

The film’s success was important, especially for Akshay Kumar, after his series of flops in the past few years. Taran Adarsh spoke to India Today Digital about the performance of the actor’s past few releases. He said, “Last year, Akshay did 4-5 films or had 4-5 releases where all the films belonged to the same genre and were no different from each other. Sarfira was a very towering performance, as was Khel Khel Mein, which was very well done. I’m not denying that. But when a movie doesn’t work, it just doesn’t work.”

Looks like Sky Force, indeed, is the film that helped Akshay Kumar land back safely on his throne.