It was a good first day for chup as it managed to attract around Rs. 3.5 lakh people in theatres. Of course this happened at reduced ticket rates because of National Cinema Day. Still, it’s remarkable that an unusual film can bring so many people into not just ‘A’ centers, but even ‘B’ centers on release day, and that too when audiences have become so selective about when to enter the cinema.

As a result, the first day numbers are at Rs. 2.50 crores* and this would have been good even if it was a normal day in theaters. In fact, the best expectation of the Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary and Pooja Bhatt starrer was to collect Rs. 1.50-2 crores on the first day and therefore what has actually come in is good indeed. As for the footprints, they are impressive enough and now this Balki-directed movie is getting a chance to thrive with word of mouth.

Of course it’s always a double-edged sword too as a large population has already seen the movie so you don’t know if the entire target audience was consumed or even those people who watched it who were just lured by lower ticket prices and so wanted to spend a day out in the theatres. There are many questions that would be answered once today’s collections are out and then it would be Sunday’s trend that would decide where to end up. chup on the way to.

* Estimates. Last numbers waited

Note: All collections according to production and distribution sources

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