Vedaa box office collection day 1: John Abraham scores best debut in six years, but still can’t crack single-digit curse

On Thursday, Vedaa witnessed an overall Hindi occupancy of 35.63 percent. In Mumbai the occupancy was 37 percent for 415 shows, whereas in Delhi and NCR, with 475 shows, the occupancy witnessed was 41.50 percent.

This has turned out to be John’s biggest opening in six years, after his 2018 Independence Day blockbuster, Satyamev Jayate, which made Rs 19 crore on day one. However, John’s biggest opening remains Siddharth Anand’s spy thriller Pathaan (2023) which starred Shah Rukh Khan in the lead. John has predominantly delivered single-digit openings in the last few years, with films such as Ek Villain Returns (Rs 7 crore), Attack (Rs 3 crore), Satyamev Jayate 2 (Rs 3 crore), and Mumbai Saga (Rs 2.8 crore).

Directed by Kal Ho Naa Ho’s Nikkhil Advani, Vedaa received mixed reviews from film critics. Their last film together, Batla House, made Rs 14 crore on opening day. The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta wrote in her review, “John Abraham is as Abraham always is — slicing, dicing and keeping the villains at bay with impassive ferocity, in some of the most kinetic action sequences seen recently.” She gave the film a two star rating.