Shahid Kapoor and Triptii Dimri starrer O’Romeo opened up to a lukewarm business at the box office on Day 1 today. The advance booking had hinted at such business potential; with this, the film has not managed to surpass the one-digit crore range as Friday is running away with time.
Early Day 1 box office collections updates
Early reports have come about with varied figures throughout the day. One report came in the afternoon with the figures of around INR 4.23 crore; the figure was obtained for the end of the initial run of shows and online booking. Another early estimate for the first day was near INR 6.95 crore net collection in India till morning and afternoon, while the data is provisional and likely to change as the evening shows and finalized collections come in.
Box-office estimates vary according to trackers and points in time of the day, hence it would be prudent to provide a range of collections between sources. The trade shows still have the power to influence the collection as a whole. Beyond this, footfalls into night shows generally escalate the total figure in the case of star vehicles.
Summary of Early Bookings, Show-Counts, and Occupancies
The initial response from booking was said to be very good, well over 100,000 tickets were sold before the film opened. The opening-day forecasts were from ₹3 crores to ₹6 crores, which is more or less in line with the first-day numbers. These sales would ensure a steady opening in the multiplexes.
For the first day, these early numbers showed 4747 shows with an average occupancy of around 11.7 percent because this percentage is not much higher. This occupation is considered to be low for a film led by a big star, and it shows, rather, a cautious approach by the audience.
How O’Romeo holds up to Shahid Kapoor’s early days of 2025
O’Romeo did a fair job above some of Shahid Kapoor’s latter films in the first day of its show count, going short of his bigger hits. For instance, it surpassed 2025 release opening day ₹5.50 crores and did better than one 2024 title which fetched over 6.70 crores seeing the promise of opening. This was better than the first day of the 2022 film which earned an initial ₹3.2 crores.
This comparison puts O’Romeo more or less in the mid-band of the spectrum of Shahid’s box office showdowns. Depending on its growth rate over the weekend and word of mouth, it will prove itself to be surviving or give in too early.
Cast and crew, on the other side of a creative picture
O’Romeo is helmed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the fourth outing of him with Shahid Kapoor. The story is taken from an incident in Hussain Zaidi’s story-cum-crime series, which places highly emotional characters under a lot of strain. Shahid is seen playing a character named Ustara; actress Triptii Dimri takes a female lead.
With Shahid making all the statements, most of them rather controversial, with strange attire, some of the attention has been taken away from those involved with this Bhardwaj directorial.
Critical review and audience reaction on the first day
The movie was brought into the arena and comments regarding it were fairly excessive. One cannot be so used to the lengthy entanglements and turmoils it went through, yet Shahid has been praised to be the focal attraction with Triptii Dimri enjoying considerable screen presence. Wait a bit before the release. Some supporting characters have been termed underused and creative threads could go unconnected.
Reviews were mixed; some loved the little touches the director threw in and some weren’t such big fans of the film. Probably due to the ambience of this mixed reaction, the collections have been not really robust. Also, word of mouth will prove to be the deciding factor.
An Eye on the Days to come
It is the weekend footfalls and word of mouth which will decide whether O’Romeo see-solid growth beyond the outset. An increase in evening shows, Sunday collections, provides an opportunity for the film to move into the sustained range; else, one would fear it would end in the low closed-gross league for movies featuring the star.
The bundle manning by producers and distributors, occupancy trends, multiplex hold and audience sentiments, seems all but inevitable. Yet, Day 1 of O’Romeo offers a picture of a film that rivets viewers but is yet to leap into the great mass of public enthusiasm.
