Bhool Chuk Maaf box office collection day 6: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi’s film surpasses Game Changer, The Diplomat | Bollywood News

The Rajkummar Rao-starrer romantic comedy Bhool Chuk Maaf is no Stree 2, but it’s progressing slowly and surely at the domestic box office. Despite the limited shelf life it has before its unusual two-week theatrical window runs out, Bhool Chuk Maaf continues to attract footfalls in theatres across India. The film earned Rs 3.25 crore on Wednesday, which was a drop from its Monday and Tuesday earnings. Ever since its collection rose to double digits on Sunday (Rs 11.5 crore), it’s not been able to attain that level again. The film earned Rs 9.5 crore and Rs 7 crore on its first Saturday and Friday, respectively.
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the current domestic box office collection of Bhool Chuk Maaf is Rs 40.5 crore. On Tuesday, it had already crossed the lifetime domestic earnings of Rosshan Andrrews’ cop thriller Deva, starring Shahid Kapoor (Rs 33.97 crore), which was released earlier this year. Having surpassed the Rs 40 crore mark on Wednesday, it’s now also beaten the Hindi dubbed version of S Shankar’s action drama Game Changer, starring Ram Charan and Kiara Advani, which collected Rs 37.47 crore in India.
Since Bhool Chuk Maaf is expected to add another few crores to its earnings today, it will likely pass the domestic collection of Shivam Nair’s thriller The Diplomat, starring John Abraham (Rs 40.75 crore). In the process, it’s also beaten the re-release box office collection of Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru’s romantic comedy Sanam Teri Kasam, which made Rs 35.55 crore.
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Bhool Chuk Maaf has a clear field of about eight days before two major releases pose threat to its momentum. Firstly, Tarun Manshukhani’s whodunit comedy Housefull 5 will hit cinemas on June 6, boasting of a huge ensemble with the likes of Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, and Jackie Shroff among others. A day prior to that, the Hindi dubbed version of Mani Ratnam’s crime thriller Thug Life, starring Kamal Haasan, Simbu, and Trisha, will also hit the theatres.

Directed and written Karan Sharma, Bhool Chuk Maaf marks the first on-screen pairing of Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi. It also stars Seema Pahwa, Raghubir Yadav, Zakir Hussain, and Sanjay Mishra among others. The film is presented Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films along with Amazon MGM Studios.
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Bhool Chuk Maaf was initially slated to release in cinemas on May 9. However, on the eve of its theatrical release, the makers announced they’ll drop the film directly on Prime Video India the following week, given the heightened security drills across India following Operation Sindoor. However, leading multiplex chain PVR INOX sued Maddock Films for breach of contract, leading to a settlement that the film would release in cinemas on May 23, and will be followed its digital release on Prime Video India on June 6 in just two weeks, as a one-off exception.