Sriram Raghavan’s Andhadhun ran neck-to-neck with the Hollywood movie Venom over its opening weekend. Raghavan’s twist-laden thriller has made an estimated Rs 14.45 crores at the box office since its release on October 5. Ruben Fleischer’s superhero film Venom, which stars Tom Hardy, has reportedly raked in Rs 15.60 crores at the Indian box office. While Raghavan’s murder mystery opened low with Rs 2.5 crores on Friday (the film lacked A-list star value or a popular soundtrack), the numbers steadily rose over the weekend on the strength of favourable reviews and word-of-mouth opinion. Starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu and Radhika Apte, Andhadhun follows a blind pianist who inadvertently chances upon a murder scene. Abhiraj Minawala’s critically panned Loveyatri, starring Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain, mustered up a little under Rs seven crores over the opening weekend. Among the releases of the previous week, Sharat Katariya’s Sui Dhaaga continued its good run. The Varun Dhawan-Anushka Sharma starrer has mopped up Rs 70.50 crores since its release on September 28.<doc-sep>After a slow Friday, Sriram Raghavan’s latest release AndhaDhun gained pace over the weekend, thanks to the rave reviews it has been receiving and through word of mouth. According to film critic Taran Adarsh, the thriller that stars Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana and Radhika Apte in lead roles, went from strength to strength, raking in Rs. 2.70 crore on Friday, Rs. 5.10 crore on Saturday and Rs. 7.20 crore on Sunday, grossing a total of Rs. 15 crore at the domestic box office over the weekend. #AndhaDhun Fri 2.70 cr, Sat 5.10 cr, Sun 7.20 cr. Total: ₹ 15 cr. India biz.Growth in biz...Sat [vis-à-vis Fri]: 88.89%Sun [vis-à-vis Sat]: 41.18%EXCELLENT TRENDING.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 8, 2018 #AndhaDhun - like several content-based films released earlier this year - gathered momentum over the weekend... Sat was better than Fri, while Sun was better than Sat... Strong word of mouth has helped build up a healthy total... Will have to maintain the pace on weekdays...— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 8, 2018 Talking about AndhaDhun’s great run at the box office, Adarsh tweeted on Monday, “Like several content-based films released earlier this year, (AndhaDhun) gathered momentum over the weekend… Sat was better than Fri, while Sun was better than Sat... Strong word of mouth has helped build up a healthy total... Will have to maintain the pace on weekdays...” 2018 is turning out to be an eventful year... Content-based films - belonging to diverse genres - have found wholehearted acceptance from moviegoers... Audience feedback in times of social media spreads faster than fire and can make/break a film on Day 1 itself...— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 8, 2018 #Stree biz at a glance...Week 1: ₹ 60.39 crWeek 2: ₹ 35.14 crWeek 3: ₹ 17.14 crWeek 4: ₹ 9.99 crWeek 5: ₹ 5.44 crWeekend 6: ₹ 1.11 crTotal: ₹ 129.21 crIndia biz.BLOCKBUSTER.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 8, 2018 Venom, meanwhile, collected Rs. 15.50 crore over the weekend, reported Boxofficeindia.com. The Tom Hardy film earned Rs. 4 crore on Friday, Rs. 5.25 crore on Saturday and Rs 6.25 crore on Sunday. Salman Khan’s LoveYatri has turned out to be the biggest loser, making only Rs 6.75 crore in the first three days. Interestingly, Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor’s Stree is still continuing its stellar run at the box office. Now in its seventh week, it has collected Rs. 129.21 crore in India alone. #SuiDhaaga biz at a glance...Week 1: ₹ 62.50 crWeekend 2: ₹ 9.20 crTotal: ₹ 71.70 crIndia biz.Decline in Weekend 2 [vis-à-vis Weekend 1]: 74.86%Note: Cinemas on strike in Madhya Pradesh in its Weekend 2.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 8, 2018 Sui Dhaaga is also still going strong. It has made Rs. 71.70 crore since it released last week to mostly positive response.<doc-sep>Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte and Tabu starrer Andhadhun released this weekend and it has fared well at the box-office. The Sriram Raghvan film is a thriller, a genre that has not been tapped to its full potential in Bollywood. However, this film has come like a breath of fresh air steering clear from the usual content. Andhadhun is being loved by the audience as well as the critics and Ayushmann seems to have nailed his performance in the film.On it’s opening day, Andhadhun earned Rs 2.40 crores while on Saturday it witnessed a big jump and earned Rs 5 crores making the total Rs 7.40 crores. The film is having have another great day today and early estimates suggest the film will make around Rs. 8 crores on its third day. The weekend total will be more than Rs. 15 crores and based on the good word of mouth, the film’s box-office collection is expected to be steady on weekdays too. This film is a clear winner at the box-office.<doc-sep>Ace filmmaker Sriram Raghavan 's dark comedy thriller 'Andhadhun' which stars Ayushmann Khurrana Tabu and Radhika Apte in pivotal roles saw a tremendous rise in its collection on its first Sunday due to a good word of mouth by the audience.The film which collected Rs 2.35 crore on its first day at the box-office has gone on to earn Rs 7 crore on Sunday according to a recent report on BoxOfficeIndia.com. This colossal growth has taken its total collection to a staggering figure of Rs 14.35 crore in just a span of three days.Not only have the audience applauded the film but even the critics have come out praising the leading actor's stellar performances. The film which revolves around a blind pianist who witnesses a murder has won the hearts of the audience with its gripping storyline. Ayushmann and Tabu's performance in the film too saw a lot of praises flowing in from all directions.Talking about the film Ayushmann who plays the lead role of a blind pianist in the film said, "It’s an entertaining and quirky film because in every other scene, you will get to see some thrilling and exciting stuff and that is the speciality of the film."<doc-sep>
This Friday saw the release of three much-talked about films Andhadhun, LoveYatri and the Hollywood super-hero caper Venom. While LoveYatri failed to impress the critics, Andhadhun and Venom are competing with each other at the box office. Andhadhun stars Ayushmann Khurrana as the visually-challenged protagonist while the female leads include Tabu and Radhika Apte. The suspense thriller had opened at Rs 2.35 crore amid positive reviews but showed a wonderful growth during the weekend with the Saturday and Sunday collections of around Rs 5 crore and Rs 7 crore, respectively, as reported by Boxofficeindia.com. Its box office collection now stands at Rs 14.35 crore. Tom Hardy’s Venom has also been drawing the audience to the theatres in big numbers. The Hollywood flick had recorded a good opening of around Rs 4 crore and went on to collect Rs 5.25 crore on Saturday and Rs 6.25 crore on Sunday. According to Boxofficeindia.com, the total collections of the film now stand at around Rs 15.50 crore. However, Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain’s debut film LoveYatri has received a lukewarm response at the box office. The love story around the theme of Navratri had opened at just Rs 1.90 crore and showed little growth during the weekend with its Saturday collections of around Rs 2.10 crore and Sunday collections of around Rs 2.75 crore. It has now earned a total of Rs 6.75 crore. Meanwhile, Sui Dhaaga starring Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan, continues to remain steady at the box-office. The film had collected around Rs 9 crore during its second weekend. Follow @htshowbiz for more ott:10