Even after the festival weekend, Tiger Shroff’s Baaghi 3 isn’t seeing a dip in its earnings, as it continues going strong at the box office. The film earned Rs 14.05 crore on Holi, and Rs 8.03 crore on the next day, taking its total earnings to Rs 84.97 crore.
The film was off to a running start having earned Rs 53.83 crore at the box office in its opening weekend. After a slight dip in earnings with of Rs 16.03 crore on day 2, the film saw another spike in its box office collection with Rs 20.30 crore on day 3.
According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, numbers are expected to increase on the upcoming Holi holiday.
According to a report in boxofficeindia.com, the film collected Rs 17.50 crore on day 1, beating the likes of Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. The Ahmed-Khan directorial has also emerged as the highest opener of 2020.
Considering the coronavirus scare that’s keeping people away from crowded places like movie theatres, the double-digit start is exceptional for the film. Although Baaghi 3 suffered at multiplexes in big cities, it performed very well in places like CP Berar, Bihar and Odisha.
Despite the audience showering their love for the film, it hasn’t gone down well with the critics. The Quint’s Pankhuri Shukla wrote, “Baaghi 3’s storyline is largely logical but it’s the writing that seems a little overdone. In the first half, almost every third sentence has a gag that mostly does not land. In fact, the unsuccessful humour, at many points in the film, makes Baaghi 3 feel like a parody of sorts.
On the other hand, Sanjay Mishra-starrer Kamyaab collected Rs 1.2 crores at the box office on Day 1 despite being highly praised by the critics. Speaking about the film The Quint’s Stutee Ghosh writes, “Hardik Mehta’s ‘Kaamyaab’ treads where most mainstream Bollywood films don’t by putting the spotlight on the actor rather than the star. What’s the difference between the two?”
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