India, April 2 -- Bollywood's box office 'report card' for the first quarter of 2025 projects a rather bleak picture. Only one film has done extraordinary business in the first three months of this year Chhaava, featuring Vicky Kaushal in the lead role. Two other films have just about managed to draw audiences to the theatres - Akshay Kumar's Sky Force and The Diplomat, starring John Abraham.

Compare this to the corresponding period last year, and there were multiple hits such as Shaitaan, Article 370, and Crew. The industry is understandably unhappy.

Talking about Sikandar, the Eid release, trade analyst Taran Adarsh says, "One didn't expect this performance from a Salman Khan film. It started off okay due to the Eid holiday, but the f...