Thug Life Box Office Collection Day 1: Fails To Beat Retro’s 19.25 Crores, Registers 4th Biggest Opening For Kollywood In 2025!
Among Kollywood releases of 2025, Thug Life has
clocked the fourth biggest opening by staying below Suriya’s Retro (19.25
crores).
Take a
look at the top Kollywood openers of 2025 at the Indian box office (net
collection):
1.
Good
Bad Ugly – 29.25 crores
2.
Vidaamuyarchi
– 27 crores
3.
Retro
– 19.25 crores
4.
Thug
Life – 17.50 crores
While the
original Tamil version was good in occupancy, it failed to reach its full
potential, as walk-ins were less than expected for Thug
Life in the evening and night shows. The response in the Telugu-dubbed
version was also not up to the mark. The Hindi-dubbed version turned out to be
a washout on the opening day itself. As a result, a day 1 collection of 17.50
crore net was registered at the Indian box office.
The number
of 17.50 crores is not bad at all, but considering the scale,
names involved, and the film’s reported budget (200 crores), this
collection is disappointing.
The failure
of Indian
2 has seemingly taken on Kamal Haasan’s pull. Also, the promotional
campaign couldn’t generate the hype of an event film. This resulted in an
underwhelming advance booking for the opening day, and later, poor reviews and
word-of-mouth made things worse for Thug Life.
The biggest
plus for the action thriller was the reunion of Kamal Haasan and director Mani
Ratnam. This reunion factor helped the film to a certain extent, but that was
clearly not enough. When the announcement video was dropped in November 2023,
everyone got excited and hoped for a unique experience from Kamal and Mani’s
duo. However, until the film’s release, the excitement level wasn’t the same
for several reasons.
Thug Life
has failed to meet high expectations. Starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role,
the Kollywood magnum opus promised a lot with its trailer, but unfortunately,
the content has left the majority of the audience disappointed. This negativity
took a major toll on day 1’s collection at the Indian box office, as it
couldn’t even cross the 20 crore mark. K
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