Raksha Bandhan movie collection

2022 - 8 - 12

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Opening Day Box Office Trends: Akshay Kumar2019s Raksha ... (PINKVILLA)

Here's a detailed report of how the Aanand L Rai directed Raksha Badhan with Akshay Kumar has fared at the box office on it's opening day.

The centres like Mumbai, Delhi and even Punjab recorded dismissal numbers for Raksha Bandhan, and it's important for these centres to come on board for it to put up a respectable total in the long run. Overall, it’s a slow start for Raksha Bandhan at the box office however, if the talk in its target audience is positive, the holiday season might help it make up for the loss of revenue on the first day. In the morning, it seemed like a Rs 7 crore start, but the walk-ins increased as the day passed by putting the film in the vicinity of Rs 8.00 crore on the opening day.

Raksha Bandhan box office collection day 1: Akshay Kumar starrer ... (Bollywood Life)

Akshay Kumar's Raksha Bandhan began with barely a 12-15% occupancy throughout the country, sending both the trade and film industry in shock.

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. Also Read - Laal Singh Chaddha vs Raksha Bandhan low box office collections day 1: Is boycott trend real culprit? 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.

Raksha Bandhan Box Office Estimate Day 1: Akshay Kumar starrer ... (Bollywood Hungama)

In some of the mass centers like Gujarat, it was better than Laal Singh Chaddha, but at all other places across India, the film lagged behind the Aamir Khan ...

The collections on the opening day were aided by the Raksha Bandhan Holiday, which has benefitted the Aanand L Rai directorial more than the Aamir Khan film. Even in the worst-case scenario, the Akshay Kumar film should have clocked a double-digit opening, but that hasn't happened. In some of the mass centers like Gujarat, it was better than Laal Singh Chaddha, but at all other places across India, the film lagged behind the Aamir Khan starrer.

Raksha Bandhan Box Office Day 1 (Early Trends): Akshay Kumar ... (koimoi)

The film which also stars Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Sahejmeen Kaur, Smrithi Srikanth, Deepika Khanna, and Seema Pahwa in the pivotal roles, is helmed by ...

An excerpt from the review read, “Lala Kedarnath (Akshay Kumar) is that gimmicky ‘chaat bhandar’ owner of your area who claims his Gol Gappe helps pregnant women to have a baby boy. Raksha Bandhan was expected to open in the range of 12-14 crores. As per the early trends flowing, Akshay Kumar starrer has taken a slow start at the box office.

Raksha Bandhan box office collection day 1: Akshay Kumar's new ... (The Indian Express)

According to Box Office India's early estimates, the film has made Rs 7.5 crore on day one of release, which means that it has failed to beat even Samrat ...

According to the BOI report, the film has performed well in Gujarat, and in centres where Laal Singh Chaddha has underperformed. This helped the film pick up the pace towards the evening, but still wasn’t enough for it to challenge Laal Singh Chaddha. I always say you can feel bad for a flop from Friday to Sunday, on Monday you have to pick yourself up and go do another film, and be very happy on the set. Raksha Bandhan, on the other hand, was produced in a manner that has become typical for an Akshay Kumar-starrer — across one schedule, over a couple of months. Based on early estimates, it appears that Akshay Kumar is looking at a hattrick of flops in 2022, with his latest release, Raksha Bandhan, massively underperforming at the box office on its opening day. But that film was produced on a bigger budget, across more locations, and required heavy visual effects work.

Raksha Bandhan Day 1 Box Office Collection: A Slow Start For ... (Filmibeat)

This Raksha Bandhan saw two of Bollywoods biggest superstars Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar locking horns at the box office with their respective films, ...

With the mass dominated Hindi belts preferring Raksha Bandhan over the other release Laal Singh Chaddha, the film is highly relying on spot bookings for a respectable weekend total. So, I decided I wanted to do it." All I heard was the beginning of the film, the interval point and the end of the film, and I could totally relate to it.