India, Feb. 19 -- Game Changer was supposed to live up to its name. It was Shankar's grand Telugu debut, was bankrolled by Dil Raju, and starred Ram Charan in his first solo outing since RRR. The ingredients were all there for a box office success. Yet, the end result was rather underwhelming. Game Changer crash-landed, giving Shankar his second consecutive box office bomb and beginning 2025 on a rather gloomy note for the Indian film industry. (Also read: Producer Dil Raju gets defensive when asked about Ram Charan's Game Changer box office poster)

Game Changer began with a bang, earning Rs.51 crore net in all languages on its opening day. While marketed as a pan-India film with promotions all over India, the film's collections were anc...