Shahid Kapoor’s O’Romeo beats Shanaya Kapoor’s film at the box office

By Samira Vishwas On Feb 16, 2026

Shahid Kapoor’s film O’Romeo, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, clashed with Shanaya Kapoor and Adarsh Gaurav’s Tu Ya Main at the Valentine’s Day weekend box office. Both films were released on February 13, 2026 (Friday), featuring different genres: O’Romeo was a gritty gangster romance inspired by the Mumbai underworld (taken from the work of S. Hussain Zaidi), and Tu Ya Main was a survival-adventure romance with emotional undertones.

O’Romeo had a strong start with nett earnings of Rs 8.5 crore on the first day (Friday). On Saturday (Valentine’s Day), it increased to **Rs 12.25–12.65 crore** (reportedly an increase of 44–61%), taking its two-day India nett total to **Rs 20.75–21.15 crore** (some trackers like Koimoi put its earnings at Rs 23.51 crore, while different first-day figures put it at around Rs 9) crores). The film benefited from positive word-of-mouth, festival crowds and the star pull of Shahid, alongside actors like Trupti Dimri, Nana Patekar, Vikrant Massey, Disha Patani, Tamannaah and Avinash Tiwari.

In contrast, **Tu Ya Main** (directed Bejoy Nambiar) had a modest opening of **Rs 0.60 crore** on Day 1, but grew rapidly to **Rs 1.4–1.45 crore** on Day 2 (over 133–141% growth) helped by the romance appeal of Valentine’s Day and youth turnout. Its two day net earning is around **Rs 2–2.05 Crore**. The special thing is that it has already overtaken Shanaya Kapoor’s previous film *Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan* (Rs 1.77 crore lifetime) and is close to Adarsh Gaurav’s *Superboys of Malegaon* benchmark (Rs 5.32 crore).

**O’Romeo** clearly outshone its competitors by collecting more than 10 times more in the opening weekend phase. The high-profile India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match on Sunday (February 15) led to a decline in the collections of both the films, but O’Romeo’s momentum helped it have a better weekend collection (estimated to be around Rs 27–34 crore till Sunday). Continued growth depends on the day of the week, with O’Romeo being more popular and Tu Ya Me dependent on specific word-of-mouth.