Akshay Kumar, Sara Ali Khan and Veer Pahariya-starrer latest aerial actioner, Sky Force, released just before Republic Day 2025. After a rather lukewarm opening, the movie showed surprising growth over the weekend. It’s safe to say that it ended its first weekend on a promising note. Sky Force needs to pass the crucial first Monday test to prove its potential of a powerful theatrical run.
‘Sky Force’: Box office collection till now
Sky Forcedid a business INR 12.25 crore on day 1, which is low for a film of that scale. But it made up for its disappointing opening with an astonishing growth of almost 80% over the weekend. It minted INR 22 crore.
According to Sacnilk, the film earned INR 27.50 crore, ending the opening weekend on Sunday with a strong domestic net haul of ₹61.75 crore. The makers of Sky Force claimed that the film earned over INR 40 crore in its first two days, so the final opening weekend figure could be closer to INR 70 crore.
Sky Force is an aerial actioner in which Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya star as IAF officers. Pahariya’s debut movie is loosely based on the Sargodha airbase attack of Pakistan in the Indo-Pakistani air war of 1965.
Besides Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya, the movie also features Sara Ali Khan and Sharad Kelkar in crucial roles and includes a cameo from Nimrat Kaur. If you loved Sky Force, here are some other Bollywood films based on the Indian Air Force you can watch too.
5 Bollywood films based on the Indian Air Force
1. ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ (Netflix)
Based on the life of Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena, this biopic stars Janhvi Kaooor in the lead role. It also features Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi in a strong supporting cast. Despite facing reservations and hurdles in a male-dominated field, she goes on to become the first Indian woman who became a combat pilot in the Kargil War of 1971.
2. ‘Fighter’ (Netflix)
This aerial action movie is based on a series of military events that occurred between India and Pakistan in 2019, including the 2019 Pulwama attack, 2019 Balakot airstrike and 2019 India–Pakistan border skirmishes. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone, and Anil Kapoor, while Karan Singh Grover, Akshay Oberoi and Rishabh Sawhney play supporting roles.
3. ‘Bhuj: The Pride of India’ (Disney+ Hotstar)
The war action drama features Ajay Devgn alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha, Nora Fatehi, Sharad Kelkar, Ammy Virk and Ihana Dhillon. The movie is set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It is based on former Indian Air Force Squadron Leader, Vijay Karnik—then in-charge of the Bhuj Air Force Base who, with the help of 300 local women of Madhapar Village, reconstructed the damaged landing strip in 72 hours.
4. ‘Rang De Basanti’ (Netflix & Prime Video)
One of the must watch patriotic dramas of all time, Rang De Basanti is one of the blockbuster movies of 2006. It follows a close-knitted, carefree group of friends in New Delhi who get a rebellious patriotic awakening after their friend, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, gets tragically killed in a plane crash.
5. ‘Operation Valentine’ (Prime Video)
Operation Valentine is based on the 2019 Pulwama Attack and the retaliatory Balakot Air Strikes of 2019 by the Indian Air Force. It includes actors like Varun Tej, Manushi Chhillar, Navdeep and Mir Sarwar in key roles. It marked the Hindi film debut of Tej and the Telugu film debut of Chhillar.
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