Akshay Kumar’s situation has changed a little bit since 2025. While the actor was facing a tough phase with multiple flops, the shift to popular franchises and old collaborators has slowly brought good luck for him.
Latest reports have revealed that his four big films in 2025 collected almost Rs. 499 crores. Talking about the ongoing year, Bhooth Bangla collected around Rs. 168 crores, which was a result of his comeback with Priyadarshan and the hype that was built with the trailer and other promotional materials.
His next was Welcome to the Jungle, which also did some decent business, with collections of Rs. 130 crores. So far, the combined numbers of both the films sum up to Rs. 299 crores. Akshay has two more films on the way, starting with Priyadarshan’s Haiwaan, followed by Anees Bazmee’s untitled comedy film.
The collections are definitely better for Akshay’s films compared to what people witnessed between 2022 and 2024. But the real question that is being raised right now is whether this can be a reason for Akshay to celebrate. People are also asking if this is genuinely a big victory for him.
Talking about Bhooth Bangla, the return of Akshay and Priyadarshan’s combo surely helped to create a lot of hype. However, the results were not so outstanding as expected. The reviews clearly stated that the comedy flavour witnessed in the combo’s previous works was missing this time. Trade experts also reacted by saying that Bhooth Bangla could have done much better.
Critics stated that Welcome to the Jungle worked up to some extent only because of the weekend advantage, where even average films manage to pull audiences in large numbers. But they said that considering the budget and the final numbers, the movie should not be listed as a big hit.
Many trade experts stated that although Akshay tried to impress the audience by fulfilling their requests, he has missed the opportunity to score some big figures at the box office. The situation has been compared with Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which collected Rs. 300 crores in only five days. Critics are now questioning why Akshay is satisfied with a lifetime business of Rs. 150 crores.
The reactions to the ongoing situation prove that everyone still has a lot of trust in Akshay’s potential to give good films and score better at the box office. The actor’s overexposure with multiple films and experimentation with the same kind of roles have impacted his career to some extent.
With two big releases already scheduled to arrive this year, let’s wait and see if the audience will show a bigger interest in entering the theatres or the situation will be worse than what has happened so far.
