Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Merry Christmas has turned out to be a slow earner. Even after very positive review by film critics and a positive word-of-mouth by the audience, the Sriram Raghavan directorial has been earning in single digits with lowest box office collection on Tuesday. According to industry tracking website Sacnilk, on day five of its release (Tuesday, January 16), the film minted Rs 1.15 crore nett in India in all languages. The total domestic collection of Merry Christmas stands at Rs 12.53 crore.
At the worldwide box office, the movie has managed to mint Rs 16 crore where Rs 2.5 crore are retained from overseas market while Rs 13.5 crore gross can be attributed to its domestic box office collection.
On Tuesday, the film witnessed a 10.25% Hindi occupancy. In Mumbai it has 342 shows running in cinemas with 10.75 percent occupancy, whereas in Delhi and NCR region there were 479 shows with 9.50 percent occupancy. The Vijay Sethupathi starrer is performing well in South Indian states. The film witnessed 26.04 percent Tamil occupancy even when very few shows of the film are running in cinemas. Chennai had only 61 shows running with 34.25 percent occupancy, Bangaluru with 14 shows had 15.75 occupancy and Kochi with the least number of shows (11) had an occupancy of 37.00 percent.
With no other major Hindi films running in cinemas, Merry Christmas will enjoy a free run in theatres until Pankaj Tripathi’s Main Atal Hoon releases on January 19 and Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan’s Fighter, directed by Pathaan director Siddharth Anand will release on January 25. However, in South Indian states the film is facing a steep competition from films like HanuMan, which is performing extremely well in cinemas with it already earning Rs 100 crore internationally. Other films performing well in the south are Dhanush’s Captain Miller, Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan, Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh Daggubati’s Saindhav and Nagarjuna’s Naa Saami Ranga.
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Merry Christmas box office collection day 5: Sriram Raghavan’s slow burning thriller earns Rs 12.53 crore in five days, performs better in South India – The Indian Express
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