Bhool Chuk Maaf box office collection day 4: Rajkummar Rao, Wamiqa Gabbi’s film is no Stree 2, sees massive drop on first Monday as total passes Rs 30 cr | Bollywood News
Last year, actor Rajkummar Rao and producer Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films made hory when their horror comedy Stree 2 became the first Hindi film to enter the Rs 600 crore club. However, their new romantic comedy Bhool Chuk Maaf isn’t even a patch on that figure, especially given its massive fall on the first Monday. That being said, Bhool Chuk Maaf is an original comedy, while Stree 2 was running on the goodwill of the franchise.Bhool Chuk Maaf earned Rs 4.75 crore on Monday, a drastic dip from its Sunday earnings of Rs 11.5 crore. That was a minor improvement on the Saturday collection of Rs 9.5 crore, a further spike from its opening day earnings of Rs 7 crore on Friday. The film hasn’t passed the crucial Monday test, scoring much less than its opening day, and less than even Rs 5 crore. As per Sacnilk, the current domestic box office collection of Bhool Chuk Maaf stands at Rs 32.75 crore. That’s less than what Stree 2 earned on its opening day. The Amar Kaushik directorial opened at Rs 51 crore, and slipped down to single digits only on its 14th day.
On Monday, Bhool Chuk Maaf regered maximum occupancy in the night shows (18.51%), followed the evening shows (16.61%), the afternoon shows (15.54%), and the morning shows (5.99%). Regionally, it scored maximum occupancy in Chennai (55.67%), Jaipur (18.50%), National Capital Region (16.75%), Lucknow (15.75%), and Mumbai (15%).
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As compared to other releases this year, Bhool Chuk Maaf has scored higher than Emraan Hashmi-starrer action thriller Ground Zero (Rs 7.74 crore), Phule (Rs 6.58 crore), Fateh (Rs 18.87 crore), Emergency (Rs 20.48 crore), Loveyapa (Rs 7.69 crore), Badass Ravi Kumar (Rs 13.78 crore), Superboys of Malegaon (Rs 5.32 crore), and Mere Husband Ki Biwi (Rs 12.25 crore).
Helmed debutant director Karan Sharma, Bhool Chuk Maaf also stars Wamiqa Gabbi, Seema Pahwa, Raghubir Yadav, Sanjay Mishra, and Zakir Hussain among others. It revolves around Rao’s character, who gets stuck in a time loop right before his wedding day, much to the frustration of him and his fiance (Gabbi).
Earlier this month, Maddock Films announced the movie would skip its theatrical release on May 9 and get a digital release on Prime Video India on May 16 owing to the recent events and the heightened security drills across the nation following Operation Sindoor. Multiplex chain PVRINOX had moved the court challenging its producers’ decision to release it on Prime Video directly.
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PVRINOX Limited (PVRINOX), Maddock Films Pvt. Ltd. (Maddock), and Amazon MGM Studios reached an understanding, and the movie released in theatres on May 23. However, as a singular exception, it will release on Prime Video India in just two weeks on June 6. Otherwise, the minimum window between the theatrical release and the streaming release is eight weeks.
