Ikkis had a decent start with New Years day propelling its collections. The initial is actually good for its face value and the fact that it does not have the commercial elements for an initial but on the other side the film has a heavy budget for this face value and on that side the initial is not good enough. So overall its a decent start.

The film is far better if compared to last weeks Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri though the force of Dhurandhar and Avatar - Fire And Ash is less this week compared to last week. The film has a new cast but it will mainly be remembered for being the last film of Dharmendra who basically had his first release on 4th November 1960 and here his last is on 1st Jan 2026. 

The career of the legend spanned 65 years from first film till last and the only other major star who saw this was Dev Anand who also spanned 65 years from 1946 till 2011. Dev Anand also had a release post death in 2016 but this was a long dealyed film completed way back and was on the brink of release in 1992 when something mush have happened to leave it in the cans.

These type of films like Ikkis depend on what happens after the initial weekend as its about getting a run so it remains to be seen how it goes here. The last month of the year has seen four main releases with Dhurandhar, Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2, Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri and now Ikkis. The sad part is the first three named have seen feeding with Dhurandhar (day one) and Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri (weekend) being blatant while Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2 added for whatever reason on the Sunday.

The advance pattern of Ikkis were also not normal with the film being so heavily lopsided towards the PVR chain so straight away the talk was the same again but if feeding is there its nothing at the level of Dhurandhar day one or Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri so here you have to the benefit of doubt to the film at present.