Mohit Suri’s ‘Saiyaara’ eyes top 3 opening of 2025, poised to dethrone Ajay Devgn’s ‘Raid 2’ on Day One |

Mohit Suri’s ‘Saiyaara,’ starring newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, is poised to become a major box office success. The romantic drama has garnered impressive advance bookings, potentially surpassing ‘Raid 2’ as the third-highest Hindi opener of 2025. Early morning shows have already generated significant revenue, indicating a strong start for the film led by debutants.

Mohit Suri’s latest offering ‘Saiyaara’, which hits theatres today, is making waves with its phenomenal advance booking numbers and is now in strong contention to become the third biggest Hindi opener of 2025, surpassing Ajay Devgn‘s Raid 2. Starring newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, the romantic drama has already built a solid foundation even before its first show has played out, thanks to smashing music, and the ever-reliable Suri touch.As of last night, Saiyaara registered an impressive Rs 9.39 crore gross in advance bookings across India — a figure that balloons to Rs 12.49 crore when block seats are included which is more than Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya film Sky Force’s opening day collection. Saiyaara has sold over 3.8 lakh tickets across 7,850 shows, these numbers place it in elite company and hint at a powerful opening day haul.See more: ‘Saiyaara’ Movie Review and Release Live UpdatesTo contextualize the impact: Raid 2, which currently holds the third-highest Day 1 spot for a Hindi film in 2025, earned Rs 19.25 crore. Saiyaara, on the strength of its pre-release momentum, is well-positioned to surpass that number by the end of today, provided the strong walk-in trend continues and word of mouth remains favorable.

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If the conversion from bookings to footfalls holds strong, Saiyaara could easily push past the Rs 20 crore mark, outpacing Raid 2 and potentially challenging Akshay Kumar’s Housefull 5 for the third position.What makes this potential achievement more remarkable is that Saiyaara features fresh faces in lead roles. It has already become the highest grossing day 1 collection for a film lead by debutants displacing Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khattar’s debut film Dhadak which had collected Rs 8.71 crore. With the first shows now underway and audience reactions beginning to pour in, the film has already minted Rs 1.21 crore from early morning shows. Now all eyes would be on the afternoon, evening and night walk-ins. If Saiyaara can sustain this early momentum, it might just rewrite the 2025 box office leaderboard before the day ends.