O Romeo Box Office: Shahid Kapoor’s Costly Romantic Drama Limps to Rs. 50 Cr

Let’s be real — Rs. 50 crore in 10 days sounds decent until you realise just how much O Romeo needed to make to even break even. Shahid Kapoor and Triptii Dimri’s big-budget romantic drama is slowly revealing itself to be one of Bollywood’s more expensive disappointments of early 2026, and the second weekend data has made that picture crystal clear.

O Romeo — Day-Wise Box Office Collections (India Nett)

What Went Wrong — The Honest Box Office Breakdown

The second weekend collected approximately Rs. 7.50 crore nett — a brutal 73% drop compared to the already underwhelming opening weekend. That’s not just a bad hold. That’s a film losing audience interest at an alarming rate.

The first week had some artificial cushioning — BOGO (Buy One Get One) ticketing offers and some external push helped inflate the Monday and Tuesday numbers temporarily. But once those promotional props were removed, the film dropped sharply on Wednesday and hasn’t recovered since. To add insult to injury, Sunday collections on the second weekend were further dented by an evening cricket match pulling viewers away from multiplexes.

The problem at the heart of all this is simple: O Romeo is a premium-budget production that isn’t drawing premium returns. Industry estimates suggest the film needed at minimum double its current trajectory — somewhere north of Rs. 100 crore — to justify its production costs. At Rs. 60 crore projected lifetime, the math simply doesn’t work.

As Wikipedia’s overview of Hindi cinema box office trends notes, the Bollywood theatrical market has become increasingly bifurcated — big-concept event films with mass appeal tend to dominate, while mid-range romantic dramas without clear differentiation struggle to find an audience willing to step away from streaming platforms.

Until the March arrival of Dhurandhar: The Revenge and Toxic shakes up the theatrical landscape, O Romeo will quietly crawl toward its Rs. 60 crore finish line with minimal fanfare. It’s a sad end for a film with real star power and evident production value.

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O Romeo Film At a Glance

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