Himmatwala Goes Down | 1st Week Box Office Collections

While the signs were visible in the opening weekend itself, weekdays were enough for the verdict to be passed on Himmatwala. The film hasn’t done well at the box office and is now making a quick exit from theatres. The Ajay Devgn starrer has under-performed in a major way, what with only 45 crores coming in the first week. Now this is a total which should have ideally come in the first weekend itself!

The film, which was saw loads of criticism coming its way, especially by those who haven’t even seen the film (as was the case with ‘Ram Gopal Verma Ki Aag‘ which was incidentally a remake again), didn’t really find support coming from any section of media. Moreover with audience not warming up to the film either, the word of mouth turned out to be even more killing. The film in fact suffered in a major way at the multiplexes where it just couldn’t hold on at all. In fact the film has single screen audience to thank for throwing more than just decent collections at least which kept the weekdays afloat, albeit on the lower side.

For Sajid Khan, the film would still collect better numbers than his debut feature film Heyy Babyy which brought in over 50 crores. However, all associated with the film would agree that Himmatwala was expected to not just double that total but go way beyond the 100 crore mark.

The Himmatwala chapter would close faster than expected. While Ajay Devgn now moves on to Satyagraha, Sajid Khan too is gearing up for his next film with Saif Ali Khan and Riteish Deshmukh which goes on floors this Summer. As for Tamannaah, she has her next flick, an Akshay Kumar starrer, to look forward to.

Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder