Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Box Office Collection Day 1: Ranbir Kapoor's Film Does 'Very Well' At Over 15 Crore
Box Office India Trade Network

TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR has done pretty well on day one with collections around 14.25 crore nett driven by strong collections in the NCR belt and Gujarat/Saurashtra. Bangalore is also good as it was not a holiday there but outside Gujarat, the Hindi belt should have done better due to Holi. Even maybe Gujarat should have better as its a huge holiday there.

The film essentially is a bit of a family drama but has been promoted like a youthful rom com which was essential; if it was shown as a family drama, then it becomes a struggle at the box office today initially but if you can get the audience in, then the film has a chance. This where this film stands today. The film has got enough of an audience to give it a chance.

There will be a drop today in the big centres as its working day but it will be about where the film goes from Friday evening as the audience must return then and Saturday collections have to be back at the levels of day one if not more. Some of the mass pockets which were affected by closures due to Holi will be better on day two but how much better depends on appreciation and it may be less in these centres as the film is more of a big city film.

There is no doubt that pre pandemic this film would have taken a much higher opening but things have changed post pandemic with the demand for films which cater more for the mass audiences while this looks a film for for the bigger cities only.
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TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR had the sixth highest opening for an original Hindi film thanks to Holi holiday but only three films have seen genuine strong openings (PATHAAN, BRAHMASTRA and SOORYAVANSHI) with the last named coming because of the national holiday.

PATHAAN stands tall with a phenomenal record which shows it can be still be done and it was not a holiday but mainly it does not make for good reading as the 20 crore nett mark remains pretty much elusive now for almost all films.

The fate of TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR is in the balance with the weekend collections and after likely to decide. The shout was of blockbuster from the trial before release from the trade in Mumbai and just sometime back with 83 it was of historic blockbuster and it did create history but of a different kind. This never helps as the audience will always decide and is far more knowledgeable than these shouters and trade types. Success should be organic and forget BLOCKBUSTER if TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR becomes a HIT that itself is a big deal for the scenario today and more importantly for this genre.

The top ten opening days for original Hindi content post pandemic are as follows.
1. Pathaan - 55,72,00,000 (ALL TIME RECORD)
2. Brahmastra - 30,37,00,000
3. Sooryavanshi - 26,11,00,000 (National Holiday)
4. Drishyam 2 - 14,92,00,000
5. Ram Setu - 14,71,00,000 (National Holiday)
6. Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar - 14-14.25 crore apprx (Holiday)
7. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 - 13,41,00,000
8. Bachchhan Paandey - 12,18,00,000 (Holiday)
9. 83 - 11,96,00,000
10. Laal Singh Chaddha - 11,58,00,000