B’town triggered by ‘shock wave’ – 3 big films with big names proves a debacle
B’town triggered by ‘shock wave’ – 3 big films with big names proves a debacle
The low-collection of 3 big budget films has come as a big shock to Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar. This was revealed by Bollywood box office analyst Taran Adarsh on social media on Monday.
‘Shock waves within the film industry thanks to shockingly low collections,’ wrote Bollywood box office analyst Taran Adarsh on social media.
‘Shock waves’ in Bollywood: Major stars like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar get ‘shockingly low collections’ at box office
‘Shock waves’ in Bollywood: Major stars like Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar get ‘shockingly low collections’ at box office
Taran Adarsh’s post on X (twitter) came after three movies released on August 2, but none of those made any mark at the box office.
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha, starring legitimate veteran stars like Ajay Devgn and Tabu in lead roles, did business of only ₹1.85 crore on its release day.
The Neeraj Pandey’s directorial recovered a bit on the next day with ₹2.15 crore. Numbers went further up to ₹2.75 crore on the first Sunday. The total estimates for the weekend stand at ₹6.75 crore net.
As per media reports, the film cost ₹100 crore to make. So, the weekend numbers look disastrous.
Ulajh was also released on August 2. The movie featuring Jahnvi Kapoor and Gulshan Devaiah, collected ₹1.15 crore on Friday, ₹1.75 crore on Saturday and ₹2 crore on Sunday. The total estimate is ₹4.90 crore net for the weekend. The movie was made with ₹50 crore.
The third movie released on August 2 was The Sabarmati Report, which created the least buzz among the three. It features Vikrant Massey, Raashii Khanna and Riddhi Dogra in leading roles.
Prior to this, Sarfira was released on July 12. Despite the film featuring one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood, Akshay Kumar, it opened with poor numbers, ₹2.5 crore. As per media reports, the movie was made with ₹100 crore. The movie has made ₹33.53 crore worldwide.
News Edit K.V.Raman
