What could be termed as the biggest box office disappointment of the year for Indian Cinema, Thugs of Hindostan is turning out to be a stinker despite taking off to a flying start. For the past few years, we have been seeing films with Aamir Khan in the lead capturing the box office and creating records. Currently, the highest grossing Bollywood film to date is Dangal, while it is also India's highest grossing movie worldwide. Sadly, Thugs of Hindostan will reach nowhere near that, even though it so much more than Dangal to be made. Salman Khan To Postpone Dabangg 3 to 2020 And The Reason is Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan?
Reportedly made at Rs 300 crore, this Vijay Krishna Acharya film made Rs 50 crore on its opening day, while also having the third-highest pre-sale collections. However, with the poor reviews and word-of-mouth coming in, people were beginning to shun the film despite the extended weekend and the fact that there is no other Bollywood release that week. Thugs of Hindostan Box Office Collection Day 3: Aamir Khan's Film Enters Rs 100 Crore Club But There's Little To Celebrate- Here's Why!
Now in its first Monday, Thugs of Hindostan has taken a huge dip in its collections, earning only Rs 5.50 crore, making its total collections to Rs 129 crore in five days. Check out trade analystTaran Adarsh's tweets on the same -
#ThugsOfHindostan CRASHES on Mon... Witnesses a drastic fall... In fact, expect a free-fall on weekdays... Metros / plexes are down to shockingly low levels, while mass belt / single screens are falling rapidly... #TOH is, without doubt, the BIGGEST SHOCKER of 2018...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 13, 2018
HINDI:
Thu 50.75 cr, Fri 28.25 cr, Sat 22.75 cr, Sun 17.25 cr, Mon 5.50 cr. Total: ₹ 124.50 cr
TAMIL + TELUGU:
Thu 1.50 cr, Fri 1 cr, Sat 75 lakhs, Sun 75 lakhs, Mon 50 lakhs. Total: ₹ 4.50 cr
Total: ₹ 129 cr [5000 screens]
India biz.#TOH
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 13, 2018
#ThugsOfHindostan decline in biz...
Fri [vis-à-vis Thu]: 44.33%
Sat [vis-à-vis Fri]: 19.47%
Sun [vis-à-vis Sat]: 24.18%
Mon [vis-à-vis Sun]: 68.12%
Hindi version. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 13, 2018
On the other hand, Vijay's Tamil film Sarkar is doing well both in India and overseas, grossing more than Rs 200 crore worldwide. TOH's loss is also Badhaai Ho's gain, as the shows for Ayushmann Khurrana's film was increased after the tepid response to the Aamir Khan movie.
#BadhaaiHo remains ROCK-STEADY... Biz on fourth Mon is almost similar to fourth Fri... [Week 4] Fri 1.45 cr, Sat 2.05 cr, Sun 2.45 cr, Mon 1.30 cr. Total: ₹ 116.85 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 13, 2018
Thugs of Hindostan, produced by Yash Raj Films, also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Katrina Kaif and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub.
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