Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha Becomes Ajay Devgn's Worst Opener In 15 Years With ₹2 Crore Collection

Ajay Devgn and Tabu starrer Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha finally hit the theatres yesterday, August 2. Helmed by Neeraj Pandey, the romantic saga was expected to have a decent opening but to everyone's surprise, it is off to a poor start. Not just the box office collection, even the reviews are not as expected. It opened to mixed reviews with people calling the plot "old", "repatative" and "cliche".

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha box office collection day 1

The romantic thriller minted ₹2 crore on the first day of its release at the domestic box office, according to early estimates reported by Sacnilk. Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha had an overall 9.16 per cent Hindi occupancy on Friday with the maximum reported in Chennai (13 per cent). Compared to other Bollywood release this week, Ulajh, Ajay starrer earned better. Helmed by Sudhanshu Saria, Janhvi Kapoor starrer earned only ₹1.10 crore on the opening day.

However, Ajay Devgn and Tabu are much bigger stars and their chemistry has often worked at the box office.

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha earns the lowest compared to other Ajay-Tabu movies

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha is their 10th film together, but it failed to attract the audience to the theatres. Ajay and Tabu, together, are known for giving big hits, such as their last release Bholaa, an action thriller directed by Ajay, earned ₹11 crore on the opening day. Mystery thriller, Drishyam opened at ₹5.8 crore. Its sequel, Abhishek Pathak's Drishyam 2, earned 3 times the original - ₹15.38 crore - on the opening day. Their 2017 comedy flick, Rohit Shetty's Golmaal Again earned twice more than Drishyam 2 - ₹30 crore. even their romantic drama, De De Pyaar De, co-starring Rakul Preet Singh also earned ₹8.5 crore, much more than their recent romantic drama.

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha becomes Ajay Devgn's worst opener

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha has emerged as Ajay’s weakest opener since his 2009 movie All The Best which opened with ₹1.82 crore.