Kartik Aaryan’s Shehzada, the official Hindi remake of Allu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, has had a dismal start at the box office. The film, which released on February 17 faced stiff competition from Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dhanush’s Vaathi and Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan, which has been reigning dominant at the box office.
Shehzada shows slow growth at box office
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh today took to Twitter to share he business of Shehzaada informing that the film had a disappointing Day 1 at theatres. He wrote, “#Shehzada disappoints on Day 1, despite buy-one-get-one-free offer… National chains ordinary, mass circuits dull… #MahaShivratri holiday on Day 2 may improve biz, but needs bigger jumps for a respectable weekend total… Fri ₹ 6 cr [+/-]. #India biz.”
In contrast, Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan, which released on January 25 is still going strong at theatres. The film has already raked in Rs 490.35 crore at ticket windows for its Hindi version alone.
Adarsh tweeted the news, writing, #Pathaan is NOT slowing down soon… The #PathaanDay strategy [reducing ticket rates] has yielded positive results, despite two prominent releases [#Shehzada, #AntManAndTheWasp]… [Week 4] Fri 2.20 cr. Total: ₹ 490.35 cr. #Hindi. #India biz… Shows have increased from today.”
Apart from revealing that despite having three new releases, Pathaan shows have shown an increase validating to the popularity of the film. He wrote that the Tamil and Telugu versions combined have raked in Rs 17.75 crore, making its nett total income Rs 508.10 crore, which is well on its way to topple Baahubali 2’s earnings at the box office.
Shehzada, which released in theatres this Friday also stars Kriti Sanon, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Ronit Roy and Sunny Hinduja in pivotal roles.
