Aamir Khan’s comeback film ‘Stars Zameen Par’ is constantly able to win the hearts of the audience. After watching its trailer, people had woke up expectations from the story, but the film would like it so much that no one had made this estimate. Aamir, who kept bringing power with strong content, is once again able to give strong social messages with comedy in ‘Stars Zameen Par’.
On the other side, a story at the box office is also running with Bollywood’s most expensive comedy film ‘Housefull 5’. This is the third week in the theater of this Akshay Kumar starrer film made on a big budget and the way its performance is falling at the box office is not a good sign.
Struggling ‘Housefull 5’
According to the reports, ‘Housefull 5’, made in the budget of Rs 225 crore, is Bollywood’s most expensive comedy film. The film also stars Akshay Kumar with big names like Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri and Jacqueline Fernandes. ‘Housefull 5’, which is getting slow in the first weekend, is a tension for the box office.
In the first week, ‘Housefull 5’ collected more than Rs 133 crore. But in the second week, despite no major release in front, this film was able to collect only 43 crores. That is, in a week, the film’s earnings were reduced by more than one third.
Now trade reports are telling that the last weekend ‘Housefull 5’ collected only about 8 crore rupees at the box office. Whereas on Monday, it has earned a little more than Rs 1 crore. Akshay’s film is now left for 3 days to complete the third week and looking at the trend of this film’s earnings, it can be said that it can only earn up to 3 crores in 3 days. In such a situation, even after 3 weeks, the total earnings of ‘Housefull 5’ will not reach more than 190 crores. While the budget of this film is 225 crores.
The direct estimate is that ‘Housefull 5’ will not be able to collect equal to its budget at the box office even after a month of its release. The makers have dealt with OTT deals and other rights for this film. Therefore, there is complete chance that after adding box office earnings, ‘Housefull 5’ brought only benefits for the makers. But the theater of the most expensive comedy film, that is, the box office is not able to give business equal to its budget, it cannot be called a good sign for theater business.
‘Stars on the ground’ for theaters made a profitable deal
Aamir Khan refused to release his film ‘Stars Zameen Par’ on OTT. Released in theaters on Friday, this film has collected more than Rs 65 crore in the first 4 days. By the completion of the first week on Thursday, the collection of this film is estimated to reach 85 crores. While the reported budget of ‘Stars on the ground’ is Rs 80 crore.
Interestingly, Aamir Khan’s film, along with Comedy, also gives a message of sensitivity to intellectually disabled people. This is a kind of film that is called a clean family entertainment. Whereas despite having ‘Housefull 5’ comedy, ‘Family Entertainment’ cannot be kept in the category.