It has been a good first week in theatres for Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar as it has comfortably crossed the Rs. 80 crores mark and then added a bit more as well. Released on the partial holiday of Holi on Wednesday, it has seen a seven week run so far and in the process accumulated Rs. 82.31 crores at the box office. While the opening day had seen Rs. 15.73 crores coming in, Day 7 saw Rs. 6.02 crores been collected at the box office. Of course, had the numbers stayed on course to be 50% of Wednesday and hence been over Rs. 7.50 crores mark then it would have been better.
Still, one has to look at it in perspective that how has the industry been surviving for last so many months, and the manner in which only two Bollywood films have been really successful since November 2022 - Drishyam 2 and Pathaan. While former closed its run at Rs. 241 crores, latter is at Rs. 540 crores and would close around Rs. 545 crores. On the other hand barring Bhediya [Rs. 70 crores], no other movie has managed a score of even 50 crores, which pretty much tells the tale. In such a scenario, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar will at least be able to sail through.
In fact this Luv Ranjan, Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer would be a rare Rs. 100 Crore Club which the industry would be seeing and that's some relief indeed. Of course, the cost is high for the film from the rom-com genre perspective but that's from the producers’ perspective. If one looks, at the money churning which is finally happening at the box office then at least the exhibitors have something to play and audiences have something to watch. In order to keep the supply chain going, Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar is doing it bit as it aims for Rs. 125 crores+.
Note: All collections as per production and distribution sources
