Kartik Aaryan in 2026: A February Flop and Two 2027 Dates

Kartik Aaryan has had one release in 2026, and it did not work at the box office. Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri opened on February 13 and closed at about ₹56.33 crore worldwide. His next two films are dated for 2027. Here is what is confirmed.

Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri

The film opened on February 13, 2026, the same day as O'Romeo. It closed at about ₹56.33 crore worldwide with an India net of about ₹39.14 crore, according to the figures we reviewed. Its reported budget was ₹90 crore, and the film is labelled a flop. Those are trade estimates.

A film that opens on the same day as Shahid Kapoor's O'Romeo splits the audience, though we do not have a source that attributes either film's result to the clash.

A reference point

Kartik's biggest recent number is Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, which grossed ₹421.22 crore worldwide. The 2026 film's ₹56.33 crore is a fraction of that, which shows how far one film's result can sit from another's.

What is dated

Naagzilla, directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, has been moved to February 12, 2027. An untitled musical directed by Anurag Basu, with Sreeleela and music by Pritam, is dated April 30, 2027, according to the reports we found. Neither date is fixed until the makers confirm it with promotional material.

The cover photograph

The cover photograph shows Kartik Aaryan at the Red Sea International Film Festival in 2025. It is a licensed image of the actor and is not from any of the films above.

Where he sits in the 2026 table

On Koimoi's list of top Hindi grossers by India net, no Kartik Aaryan film appears in the top ten for 2026. The tenth place is Welcome to the Jungle at ₹137.93 crore, and Kartik's film earned about ₹39 crore net. The comparison is blunt, but it is accurate.

A year without a second release

Akshay Kumar had three releases in 2026. Kartik Aaryan has had one. That means the first release carries more weight in how the year is read, and it is why this report treats it in detail.

The February release in detail

Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri opened on Valentine's weekend, which is a traditional slot for romantic films. It closed at about 62 per cent of its reported ₹90 crore budget on worldwide gross, using the figures above. That is a simple division and not a tracker's own recovery estimate.

The two films ahead

Naagzilla was first listed for an earlier date and has moved to February 12, 2027. The untitled Anurag Basu musical, with Pritam composing and Sreeleela as co-star, is dated April 30, 2027. Anurag Basu and Pritam worked together on Barfi and Jagga Jasoos, so the pairing has a track record, though neither film's plot or budget is public.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Kartik's ₹421.22 crore worldwide result for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is the benchmark that any new Kartik release is measured against. It shows that his audience can be very large when the film is a franchise comedy-horror, and it explains why the 2026 romance was watched closely.

What we do not know

We do not know the budget of Naagzilla or the Basu musical. We do not know whether either film will begin promotion this year. And we do not know how the February 2026 release performed on streaming.

The bottom line

Kartik Aaryan's 2026 is one flop and two films dated for 2027. The numbers are clear, the dates are provisional, and the next test is Naagzilla on February 12, 2027.

Sources

*Cover photo: Segolene Liger, Wikimedia Commons, *[*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kartik_Aaryan_at_the_Red_Sea_International_Film_Festival_2025.jpg*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kartik_Aaryan_at_the_Red_Sea_International_Film_Festival_2025.jpg)* (CC BY-SA 4.0).*