Tejas box office collection: Kangana Ranaut's film crashes on its 1st Monday, several shows cancelled due to no audience

Kangana Ranaut starrer Tejas has turned out to be a colossal disappointment at the box office. After getting a poor response in its opening weekend, the film nosedived on its first Monday and collected merely around Rs 50 lakhs with several shows getting cancelled across the country due to no audience. Tejas currently stands with grand total of around Rs 4.25 crore and looking at the current scenario, we are expecting it to end its theatrical run in the first week itself. In fact, Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail, which released simultaneously with Kangana’s film, has performed much better at the box office.

Even before covid theatrical footfalls were dipping drastically post covid it has become seriously rapid.
Many theatres are shutting down and even after free tickets and many reasonable offers drastic footfall decline is continuing.
Requesting people to watch films in theatres… pic.twitter.com/Mty9BTcpkD

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) October 28, 2023

A few days back, the actress shared a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) inviting her fans to watch Tejas and wrote, “Even before covid theatrical footfalls were dipping drastically post covid it has become seriously rapid. Many theatres are shutting down and even after free tickets and many reasonable offers drastic footfall decline is continuing. Requesting people to watch films in theatres and enjoy with family and friends or else they (theatres) won’t be able to survive. Thanks.” She said in Hindi, “Friends, my film  _Tejas_  released in theatres yesterday. Whoever has seen this film, has been giving us a lot of appreciation and blessings. But friends, after Covid 19, our Hindi film industry has not been able to recover totally. 99% films are not even given a chance by the audience. I know that in today’s age, everyone has a mobile phone, and TV at home. But community viewing, in theatres which is an important part of our civilization from the very beginning. Dance, arts… every type of dance, folklores… are all essential. So, it is my earnest request to the Hindi film audience and specially the multiplex ones… if you liked Uri, Mary Kom and Neerja, you will also like Tejas.”