‘The Diplomat’ Box Office Collection Day 1: John Abraham’s debut with starrer flying colors, earns Rs 4 crore on Holi

The festival of Holi brought the color of Khushi and box office success for Bollywood star John Abraham! The actor was extremely loved for his action films, made theaters in theater with ‘The Diplomat’ this Friday, a thriller based on true events. This is revealed by the ordinance of Uzma Ahmed, an Indian girl, under the direction of Shoojit Sircar, who was played by Sadia Khetab, who gets trapped in Pakistan after being cheated in marriage. John Abraham played the role of Indian diplomat JP Singh, who plays an important role in his defense. Early predictions about the film’s box office collection indicated in a slow start but ‘The Diplomat’ proved him wrong and made a decent opening at the box office.
According to Sacnilk’s report, the film was opened on March 14, 2025 with Rs 4 crore. The festival of Holi may have made a solid start at the box office. With further weekends, the film is expected to see a sufficient increase.
In addition, it is worth noting that ‘The Diplomat’ made a decent opening despite facing the challenge of Vicky Kaushal’s ‘Chhawa’. The Laxman YouTaker film has been ruling the box office since 1 day, and now after a month, it earned Rs 7.25 crore on the fifth Friday of the release (14 March). Keeping these numbers in mind, it would not be wrong to say that ‘The Diplomat’ has come as a solid second choice for cinefiles.
In addition, if we look at the occupational rate on 14 March, ‘The Diplomat’ recorded a footfall of 20.45%. The morning show saw 7.31% of the occupancy, which increased to 19.42% in the afternoon. Increased in the evening further, witnessing an occupancy rate of 28.50%with the evening. It went slightly down in the night show, with 26.56% occupancy.
The maximum occupation was seen in Chennai – 75.33%. The second best was seen in Bhopal with 29.50%, and Kolkata looked closely with 29%.