Merry Christmas Box Office Day 6: Katrina Kaif Starrer Trails Behind Teja Sajja’s HanuMan

Merry Christmas hit big screen on January 12. film stars Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi in le roles, actors who have starred toger for first time. It also marks Tamil debut of Katrina and director Sriram Raghavan, who simultaneously shot film in both Tamil and Hindi languages. Despite a stellar star cast and mostly positive critical reception, film has been unable to make a mark at box office. 

Merry Christmas struggles to pick pace at ticketing counter 

After a six-week atrical run, Katrina Kaif-led mystery film has garnered ₹13.83 crore at domestic box office, as per Sacnilk. movie opened to a decent ₹2.45 crore on its first day and saw an upward trend in business on weekends. However, ever since film has seen a decline at box office. 

On sixth day of release, film’s first Wednesday, Merry Christmas raked in a trivial ₹1.15 crore, as per early estimates. It must be noted that film’s release coincided with Makar Sankranti holiday and did not face any stiff competition from or releases in Bollywood. However, movie did have to deter competition from South releases like HanuMan and Captain Miller which were released in Hindi as well.

Merry Christmas fails to surpass collections of HanuMan Hindi 

Teja Sajja starrer HanuMan has been one of best-performing releases this Sankranti. Released alongside Guntur Kaaram, Captain Miller, Ayalaan, Naa Saami Ranga and Saindhav, superhero film has me a significant impact at box office. In total film has amassed a collection of a staggering ₹80.46 crore in six days of release. 

Released on same day as Merry Christmas, HanuMan’s Hindi dubbed version has also me a roar at ticketing counter. movie has minted nearly ₹18 crore from Hindi language alone, as per Sacnilk. This is much more than collection of Katrina Kaif starrer.