Raksha Bandhan box office collection day 1: Akshay Kumar starrer expected to open at THIS low figure – trade utterly disappointed

Based on the occupancy across the nation, Raksha Bandhan is headed for a double-digit opening at the box office, but that is hardly reason to celebrate. Some within the industry were predicting an opening in the ₹10-12 crore nett range prior to its release, but tracking what happened through the day and based on our talks with reputed trade sources, it looks like the Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer will collect somewhere in the bracket of ₹8-8.50 crore nett, which is at the lowest end of trade expectations. Also Read – Boycott Bollywood: Vijay Deverakonda, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and more – Who said what on the ongoing cancel culture

Raksha Bandhan morning shows occupancy

Raksha Bandhan took a lower than expected start at the box office from the morning itself. The advance booking was not promising to begin and the lack of interest has showed. The Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer began with barely a 12-15% occupancy throughout the country, which was lower than the already low expectations, sending both the trade and film industry in shock and it hardly improved till evening. In fact, the morning occupancy was even lower than Laal Singh Chaddha, which itself was very low at 15-20%. Also Read – Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff and more Bollywood stars’ recent box office average and how they rank

Laal Singh Chaddha vs Raksha Bandhan box office opening

Raksha Bandhan was almost a non-starter in high-end metro areas, but has actually managed to perform better in mass belts like UP, Bihar, MP and Gujarat than Laal Singh Chaddha, but the core Hindi-belt audience output is missing. The only difference here is that the expectations weren’t high to being with like the other film, and if the Hindi belt somewhat clicks, it could easily outperform Laal Singh Chaddha in the long run in single screens all over, depending on how long that run would actually be. Also Read – Karthikeya 2 Hindi BEATS Taapsee Pannu’s Dobaaraa even before its release; film to suffer just like Laal Singh Chaddha, Raksha Bandhan?

Laal Singh Chaddha box office collection day 1

On the other hand, Laal Singh Chaddha is headed for a double-digit opening at the box office, but that is hardly reason to celebrate. Tracking what happened through the day and based on our talks with reputed trade sources, it looks like the Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer will collect somewhere in the bracket of ₹12-12.50 crore nett, which is again at the lowest end of trade expectations. It’s certainly too low for a film with this sort of budget and star cast, when Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 opened at ₹14.11 crore nett.

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