Batwara 1947 box office collection day 4: Sunny Deol’s partition film has disastrous 1st Monday with shocking 72% drop
Here's the latest box office buzz making the rounds:
Batwara 1947 ticket-window earnings day 4: Following the rollout of Ikka on Netflix in July, which marked Sunny Deol ’s first streaming project, the star is now back on the big screen with Batwara 1947 . The period drama marks his first theatrical rollout since last year’s Jaat and has opened alongside Emraan Hashmi’s Awarapan 2 , making the ticket-window competition even tougher. After a modest opening weekend, the movie saw a steep drop in collections on its first Monday, putting its theatrical run under pressure. Despite its strong cast and a story rooted in the partition, the movie has struggled to gain momentum at the ticket-window.
Adding to this, Batwara 1947 ticket-window earnings day 4: Sunny Deol’s movie fails Monday test, collections plunge 72%. Batwara 1947 ticket-window earnings According to trade tracker Sacnilk, Batwara 1947 saw a sharp drop in collections on its first Monday, August 17. The movie collected just ₹ 2 crore rupees net in India, with around 11% occupancy across 6,771 shows. This is a steep 72.4% fall from its Sunday collection of ₹ 7.25 crore rupees.
Meanwhile, With this, the movie’s four-day India net collection stands at ₹ 28.50 crore rupees, while its India gross has reached ₹ 33.95 crore rupees. Batwara 1947 also collected around ₹ 0.75 crore rupees from overseas markets on Day 4, taking its overseas gross to ₹ 6.25 crore rupees and its worldwide gross to ₹ 40.20 crore rupees.
Notably, The big Monday drop is a worrying sign for the movie, as the first weekday usually gives a clear idea of how well a movie is holding after its opening weekend. In Batwara 1947’s case, the sharp fall suggests that the movie is struggling to maintain audience interest once the weekend is over.
As per the latest buzz, Batwara 1947 is also falling further behind its ticket-window rival, Emraan Hashmi-starrer Awarapan 2. While Sunny's movie could manage just ₹ 2 crore rupees net on its first Monday, Awarapan 2 had a much stronger hold, earning ₹ 9.25 crore rupees net on the same day and moving closer to the ₹ 100 crore rupees mark.
In further updates, The gap between the two films is now hard to ignore. Awarapan 2 made more than four times Batwara 1947’s Monday collection, underlining just how differently the two films have performed at the ticket-window.
On top of that, The movie had several factors working in its favour, including Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal and Karan Deol. It also received favourable reviews, but that appreciation has not translated into strong theatrical footfalls.
Directed around the backdrop of the 1947 Partition, the movie follows Sikandar Mirza, a Muslim man who moves to Pakistan with his family. His life takes a difficult turn when he discovers that a Hindu woman is living upstairs and refuses to leave. As tensions rise, Sikandar finds himself trying to protect her while also keeping his own family safe.
Source: Hindustan Times