'Thugs of Hindostan' tanks: Biggest day-1 grosser becomes 'biggest shocker'

Business Standard: The combination of Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Katrina Kaif hasn't helped Thugs of Hindostan garner box office numbers after the first day. After minting a record Rs 500 million on Day 1, the multistarrer's fortunes have been in a free fall as it collected just above Rs 1.33 billion in the first five days after release.

By the time the weekend was over, the movie seemed to have gone out of favour with the audience as it struggled to notch up even a tenth of its Day 1 figures on Monday and Tuesday.

Bollywood analyst Taran Adarsh summed up the box office figures as follows:

Hindi:

Thursday: Rs 507.5 million

Friday: Rs 282.5 million

Saturday: Rs 227.5 million

Sunday: Rs 172.5 million

Monday: Rs 55 million

Tuesday: Rs 43.5 million

Total: Rs 1.28 billion

Tamil + Telugu collection for five days: Rs 49 million

Grand total: Rs 1.33 billion

Adarsh called the movie the biggest shocker of the year in a tweet.

Trailer of the 'shocker'

Here's how news agency ANI had reviewed the movie's trailer:

The trailer of Vijay Krishna Acharya's "Thugs Of Hindostan" turns out to be much ado about nothing, except Aamir Khan.

The trailer opens with an interesting interlude where the mighty (Amitabh) Bachchan baritone which resonates across a skyline clearly painted with the same colours as "The Pirates Of Caribbean".

Bachchan is a pirate from the "Lagaan" era and among his rugged band of thugs is Fatima Sana Shaikh who looks determined to prove "Dangal" was no flash in the pan. But Katrina Kaif is happy with the status quo. She poses and preens as though she had walked into the "Chikni chameli" sets again.BS