Boxoffice Bhaskar’s Box Office Blabber: A Tale of Tepid Takedowns
Ah, the rollercoaster ride of Bollywood box office numbers, where dreams either soar like Shah Rukh Khan’s arms in the DDLJ fields or crash harder than a B-grade horror flick. Today, we’re talking about the latest Shahid Kapoor starrer, which, unfortunately, has limped through its opening weekend with about as much flair as a wet firecracker.
The film kicked off with a rather meh start, raking in a modest ₹5.78 crores. You’d expect a Shahid Kapoor film to at least make double digits, but alas, even Sunday couldn’t save it from the clutches of mediocrity. It somehow crawled past the ₹20 crores mark, but let’s be honest, that’s like winning a participation trophy in the Bollywood grand slam.
The film industry this year has been a sad song, with most releases hitting the theatres like a damp squib. Even big names haven’t managed to pull in the crowds, except for the oddball like Sky Force that managed to make a splash. Otherwise, it’s been as bleak as a Monday morning without coffee.
Sunday saw the action-packed drama inch up to ₹7.75 crores (with asterisk for dramatic effect), which is hardly a leap from Friday’s numbers. The film’s total now stands at ₹20.14 crores, and unless Monday brings some sort of celestial intervention, the earnings are likely to hover between ₹3-3.50 crores. Expect the first week’s total to scrape past ₹30 crores, while the lifetime collection might just flirt with the ₹40 crores mark—far from the blockbuster dreams it might have harbored.
*As always, these are estimates. Final figures will be as eagerly awaited as a Salman Khan shirtless scene.
So, there you have it, folks! Another movie bites the dust while we sit back and hope for a miracle—or at least a script without plot holes. Until next time, remember, Bollywood numbers are like my ex’s promises: unreliable but always entertaining!
