 "Thugs of Hindostan box office collection: Aamir-Amitabh film sees drastic decline in earnings after record-breaking opening")
Yash Raj Films’ magnum opus
Thugs of Hindostan
opened to a
record-breaking collection
of Rs 52.25 crores, breaching the Rs 50 crore mark on the first day. However, the film has been witnessing a decline in earnings after the first day. The film saw a fall by 44.33 percent on Friday, 19.47 percent on Saturday and 24.18 percent on Sunday according to leading trade analysts. [caption id=“attachment_5514051” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]
Poster for Thugs of Hindostan. Image courtesy Twitter[/caption]
The total earnings of the Thugs of Hindostan has now come up to Rs 123 crores from its Hindi (Rs 119 crores), Tamil and Telugu versions (Rs 4 crores).
The highly-anticipated Vijay Krishna Acharya directorial has been criticised for its direction and script. Like Salman Khan’s Race 3 , the film is experiencing a decrease in footfalls due to negative word-of-mouth publicity. Many morning shows across the country for TOH were also cancelled owing to the same reason.
According to a report by Box Office India , the two films have had similar opening weekend earnings across three major multiplex chains, PVR, INOX and Cinepolis, with Race 3 grossing Rs 34.80 crore and TOH grossing Rs 34.25 crore. The report also mentions that the collection of the Aamir Khan-starrer will not be able to match up to that of Race 3 because there is a reduction in earnings each day and as the holiday weekend in the country is over.