Kamal Haasan starrer 'Thug Life' was released connected June 5 with precocious expectations. But reviews for Mani Ratnam's directorial person been mixed, with disapproval aimed astatine its pacing and screenplay. However, the multi-starrer play opened with a coagulated ₹15.5 crore nett postulation connected its archetypal time crossed India, with Tamil Nadu contributing the lion’s stock astatine ₹13.35 crore.
The Hindi and Telugu versions added modestly with ₹0.65 crore and ₹1.5 crore respectively. The film’s prima powerfulness and archetypal curiosity helped propulsion bully numbers connected opening day, mounting a promising tone.Thug Life Movie Review
Dips astatine the container bureau aft time 1
However, the momentum dipped sharply connected Day 2, with collections dropping by implicit 50% to ₹7.15 crore arsenic per Sacnilk. Tamil Nadu again led the way, bringing successful ₹6.35 crore. Day 3 saw a flimsy bounce backmost with ₹7.75 crore, showing immoderate affirmative word-of-mouth.
But Day 4 dipped again to ₹6.5 crore, signaling a play slowdown. By the extremity of the 4th day, the movie had amassed astir ₹36.9 crore.
Day 5 sees crisp decline
On Day 5, the numbers declined importantly to conscionable ₹1.13 crore. The occupancy rates successful Tamil Nadu’s 2D theaters reflected this, with greeting and day shows hovering astir 13-14%, and zero occupancy for evening and nighttime shows. This driblet suggests the film’s entreaty is chiefly among hardcore fans, struggling to pull a wider assemblage beyond the archetypal days.
Overall, 'Thug Life' has collected ₹38.03 crore nett successful India successful 5 days.
The film’s aboriginal container bureau occurrence volition trust connected however good it performs successful the coming weeks, particularly extracurricular Tamil Nadu.
Impressive squad
'Thug Life', which marked the reunion of Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam aft 38 years, besides features Silambarasan, Trisha, Nassar, Ashok Selvan, Abhirami, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Gautham Karthik among others. AR Rahman scored the music, portion the cinematography was handled by Ravi K Chandran.