Sequel fatigue hits Bollywood: Familiar stories, fading audiences

The disasters of 2025 offer a big lesson for sequel producers

The year 2025 has been raining sequels. But unfortunately, the box office has not been very kind to most of them.

 

War 2, starring Hrithik Roshan, Jr NTR, and Kiara Advani, grossed ₹364.35 crore (₹169.39 crore for the Hindi version) but has still been declared a flop — its production budget was said to be upwards of ₹400 crore — and the YRF Spy Universe production has left behind a trail of red. Housefull 5, which featured a massive ensemble cast including Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sanjay Dutt, and Jackie Shroff, was reportedly made with a