Salman Khan's Tubelight Does Moderate Business In Extended Eid Weekend
The big Eid holiday could not ensure Rs 100 crore club for Salman Khan starrer Tubelight. The film completed the extended weekend with Rs 83.86 crore.
This is the lowest opening for a Salman Khan film in the past 5 years. The film got very poor reviews from the critics and the word of mouth is below average. The film is rated 4.6/10 on iMDB with over 5400 votes.
Tubelight debuted with Rs 21.15 crore on Friday (June 23). The numbers were above average considering a normal working Friday. The film failed to witness any major jump on Saturday (June 24) collecting Rs 21.17 crore. Sunday did no wonders for the film; Tubelight collected Rs 22.45 crore on Sunday (June 25).
A lot was riding on Monday (Eid holiday) for the movie to post good numbers at the box-office. Salman films have known to set new records on Eid and collect exceptional numbers. But, the surprising part is that the film’s business was the lowest on Eid. The film only managed to collect Rs 19.09 crore on Eid.
With expectations of a massive opening and a great extended weekend collection, Tubelight has certainly disappointed in terms of collections. Comparing Tubelight with Salman Khan’s last 5 Eid releases; Bodyguard in 2011 collected Rs 88.75 crore in the opening extended weekend, Ek Tha Tiger collected Rs 100.06 crore in 2012, Kick collected Rs 84 crore in 2014, Bajrangi Bhaijaan collected a whooping Rs 100.05 crore in the first three days in 2015 and Sultan collected Rs 103.08 crore.
Tubelight is expected to hit the Rs 100 crore mark today (27 June) but by all means, this would be the slowest Rs 100 crore earner for Salman Khan in a really long time. The biggest positive for Tubelight is the fact that there is no competition for a few weeks from both Bollywood and Hollywood films.
The Salman Khan starrer Tubelight can’t afford to crash at the box-office in weekdays to post a respectable total at board. Rs 200 crore seems very far-fetched for Tubelight considering the current box-office footfalls.
