Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Box Office Day 5: Varun Dhawan Film Flatlines at ₹3.50 Cr, Worldwide Gross Touches ₹47.42 Crore

Varun Dhawan and director David Dhawan - father, son, and now possibly in damage-control mode - are watching their latest collaboration scrape by at the box office rather than soar above it.

By Tuesday, the romantic comedy had accumulated ₹47.42 crore globally, with Day 5 bringing in exactly the same ₹3.50 crore the film earned the day before. Flat isn't glamorous, but in a week where the film has faced consistent critical headwinds, flat is at least something.

The trajectory tells a familiar post-weekend story. The film launched on June 5 to modest returns, held roughly steady through Saturday, got its best single-day number on Sunday (₹9 crore), and then dropped sharply once the working week arrived. It's been parked at ₹3.50 crore since Monday, with no signs of either recovery or freefall.

According to trade estimates, the cumulative domestic net sits at ₹31 crore. Add the India gross (₹36.92 crore) and overseas earnings (₹10.50 crore gross) and you arrive at the ₹47.42 crore worldwide figure. Those are the numbers. What they don't capture is the bruising it's taken along the way.

Day-Wise Breakdown 

Audiences haven't been kind. The film has been widely panned for a script that feels like it wandered in from a different decade - jokes that don't land, a story that telegraphs every twist, and a general sense that nobody on set asked whether any of this was still funny. Social media has been particularly unforgiving, with comedian Tanmay Bhat drawing laughs at the film's expense by comparing its performance to the runaway success of Dhurandhar.

The numbers on the ground bear out the indifference. Tuesday's Hindi occupancy barely crossed 19 per cent nationally. Jaipur was the standout market, touching 33 per cent - ironic, perhaps, for a Rajasthani audience that apparently showed more warmth to this Delhi-set masala film than the rest of the country did.

The second weekend is now the real test. Competition is stiff - Ram Charan's Peddi and Bobby Deol's Bandar are both in play - but no major new Hindi release is expected until mid-June. The window exists. Whether Varun and David Dhawan can convert it is another question entirely.

At ₹47 crore worldwide, this isn't a catastrophe. But for a filmmaker making what is reportedly his final directorial bow and a leading man who has had bigger days, it isn't quite the send-off anyone was hoping for.

Disclaimer - The box office figures cited in this article have been sourced from publicly available trade reports, industry trackers, and entertainment portals. Numbers are estimates and should be treated as such - official studio tallies may differ. Collections across international markets are subject to revision as final reports come in. This article is intended purely for informational and entertainment purposes.