Kangana Ranaut-starrer Dhaakad has been a disaster at the ticket window after it collected only Rs 4,420 on the eighth day of its theatrical journey. According to the reports, the film has only sold 20 tickets across the country making it the biggest flop of the year. Overall, the action film has collected Rs 3 crore.
Reportedly, the film cost Rs 80 crore to Rs 90 crore to make and is currently struggling to find an online streaming distribution as the producers didn’t crack the deals prior to its release.
According to the latest reports, several theatres have discontinued the film’s run in the theatres within a week of its release. Dhaakad released on May 20.
As per Bollywood Hungama report, the film released in over 2100 screens last week and by the end of the weekend, the screens were reduced drastically and by the time weekend rolled in the movie was completely removed from theatres across India. Several cinema owners have opted to screen Hollywood film Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise instead of Dhaakad.
A source was quoted as saying, “Dhaakad was released on May 20 with around 2100 screens. By Sunday, May 22, around 300 screens discontinued it, especially the single screens. The screen count was reduced even more from Monday onwards. By Thursday, it was out of many cinemas as Tom Cruise-starrer Top Gun: Maverick had an early release on May 26”
“In Week 2, Dhaakad is playing in only 25 cinemas in India. In other words, it has been removed from nearly 98.80% of theatres that were playing the film in Week 1. Delhi is the biggest city that is still playing Dhaakad, in four theatres. In Mumbai, it’s not playing in a single cinema hall,” the source added.
Helmed by Razneesh Ghai, the film also features Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, and Saswata Chatterjee.
