Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan failed to show big gains on Sunday as the film rallied in the range of €7.25 to 8.10 crores on his fourth day. This makes the four-day total of Raksha Bandhan is in the range of Rs. 28.75 crores which is nothing but a very poor outcome for a holiday release. The collections are around Rs. 10 crores lower than its competitor, Laal Singh Chaddha in India and both films are loss-making ventures for stakeholders.
Like its competitor, it’s almost a losing battle for Raksha Bandhan as for the verdict and now it’s all about doing some numbers on Monday to move comfortably past the Rs. 55 crore mark in the long run. A drop on Independence Day can make it hard for Raksha Bandhan to hit the century because that could indicate a crash on Tuesday. Tuesday is a public holiday due to Parsi New Year, but it is now a losing battle for the film, as it would barely be in the running by then.
Raksha Bandhan is a movie for the masses and so a flat Sunday is no surprise, but a jump of at least 20 percent is certainly a sign of rejection by the public. The film is heading into a 5-day extended weekend for about Rs. 36 million dollars.