Box Office: Deepika stars in top 2 films released on Republic Day weekend

The Republic Day weekend has been a big date for major Hindi film releases over the years The holiday has been reserved for some of the biggest releases of the year As Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukones Fighter takes up the spot this year we look back at the collections of the previous decadeThe top 2 and Deepika Padukone connectionShah Rukh Khans comeback vehicle Pathaan was the biggest film of 2023 and was released a day before Republic Day Despite a nonholiday opening the film shattered all box office records with a collection of Rs 57 crore at the domestic box office The film made a lifetime collection of Rs 54305 cr While Pathaan was unstoppable for weeks on the same day the film Gandhi vs Godse Ek Yudh was released The film got drowned by Pathaan and was able to register a lifetime collection of just Rs 240 crore At number 2 in the last decade is Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukones Padmaavat which collected Rs 24 crore on its opening day despite the massive controversy around the film Both Pathaan and Padmaavat starred Deepika Padukone in the lead and were released on Jan 25 in different years lsquoFighterrsquo is Deepikarsquos third film to release on Jan 25 So it is to be seen if Fighter makes it to the top 3 Republic Day weekend releases of the past decadeThe ClashesAnother interesting thing to observe is that barring the years 2013 2014 and 2018 all Republic Day weekend releases saw a box office clash It is to be noted that there were no Hindi film releases during Republic Day weekend in 2021 and 2022 owing to the pandemicComing back to the box office clashes in the year 2020 Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoors Street Dancer 3D clashed with Kangana Ranauts lsquoPangarsquo While both films had a different genre Street Dancer 3D did much better than Panga in the theatre While Varun Dhawans film collected Rs 95 cr on opening day Kanganas film opened at Rs 27 crIn 2019 as well Kanganarsquos muchtalkedabout historical film lsquoManikarnika The Queen of Jhansi faced a box office clash with Nawazuddin Siddiquis lsquoThackerayrsquo a biographical political drama While Kanganarsquos film made Rs 775 cr on opening day Thackeray collected Rs 275 cr on the same dayAnother big clash came in the year 2017 when lsquoRaeesrsquo and lsquoKaabilrsquo came together While Shah Rukh Khans lsquoRaeesrsquo earned Rs 2042 crore on day 1 Kaabil also did a decent collection of Rs 1043 cr Both films have a lifetime collection of over Rs 100 crIn 2016 Akshay Kumars patriotic film Airlift saw a clash with the adult comedy lsquoKya Kool Hai Hum 3rsquo While lsquoAirliftrsquo earned Rs 1235 cr lsquoKya Kool Hai Hum 3rsquo was not far behind at Rs 815 crIn 2015 as well Akshay Kumar faced a clash during the Republic Day weekend with Sonam Kapoors lsquoDolly Ki Dolirsquo Baby earned Rs 93 cr while Dollys doli managed to earn Rs 255 crThe years 2013 and 2014 saw the release of lsquoRace 2rsquo and lsquoJai Horsquo respectively While the Saif Ali Khanstarrer thriller earned a remarkable Rs 1512 cr Salmans film earned Rs 1775 cr on day 1 in 2014