Adipurush Box Office Collection Day 5: Prabhas starrer eyes Rs 400 crore

Om Raut's directorial Adipurush made a record breaking debut at box office on Friday, June 16. film registered a domestic opening of Rs 110 crore gross in all langus leaving behind Pathaan and KGF: Chapter 2. However, negative word-of-mouth and a controversy over its dialogues spread among cinemagoers, leading to a steep decline in film’s earnings in weekdays. 

3 things you need to kw

• Adipurush is led by Prabhas, Kriti San and Saif Ali Khan. 
• film was released in five langus including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam in India. 
• After having biggest opening weekend worldwide, film witnessed a steep downfall in collections. 

Adipurush witnesses a steep decline at box office 

In its first weekend, Adipurush collected a total of Rs 340 crore gross worldwide. But worrying part was that numbers declined regularly with each day. On first Monday and Tuesday, however, collections witnessed a free fall.  

(Prabhas and Kriti San in Adipurush | Im: Instagram)

According to film trade analyst Sumit Kadel, Adipurush saw a massive 75% drop in its earnings on Monday. Taking to his Twitter, he wrote, "#Adipurush registers Colossal 75% Drop on Monday as estimate suggests Day-4 Hindi Biz in range of Rs 8-10 cr nett." As per early estimates for Day 5, Adipurush failed to bring audiences to atres.

Tuesday collections were in a similar range as Monday and film collected Rs 8-10 cr nett in Hindi. Its gross collections worldwide are inching closer to Rs 400 crore.  

Adipurush dialogue writer faces criticism 

decline in viewership came after Adipurush got embroiled in a controversy over some of its dialogues, particularly those of Lord Hanuman, drew criticism for being “crass” and “t god-worthy”. Following feedback on social media, creators said y would alter dialogues and release fresh prints.

Meanwhile, protests against movie are intensifying in several parts of India, and Maj Muntashir, who wrote script, is receiving harsh criticism and even death threats.