A couple of days ago, Bollywood Hungama reported that the collections of Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai in the sixth weekend were a measly Rs. 3,661. This led to much ridicule for the film among other Indian cinema enthusiasts and critics. Many expected weekday ticket sales to be even more disastrous and that the film’s theatrical run would conclude on Thursday, July 15th when earnings are tallied up for the coming weeks too-but it seems like the movie industry has finally gotten one over this time around!
In an abrupt turnaround on Tuesday night (July 13th), Radhe managed to generate considerable revenue when released at Raj Mandir in Jaipur-the very first single screen theater in India’s capital city! The masses came pouring through its doors to watch this action drama unfold live on-screen at these opening shows alone!
As of Friday, July 16th, Amber Cinema in Jamnagar had stopped screening Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai (due to low viewership). Meanwhile, the situation at The Friday Cinema multiplex was worse and despite an increase in earnings during the Bakri Eid holiday (Wednesday, July 21st), it had been decided that it would stop screening this movie as well.
Trade experts predict that due to its dismal performance across all locations, it will unlikely make much more than two hundred thousand rupees before closing. Furthermore, it has already become clear that this will be its worst week yet; taking less than three thousand dollars from box office sales last week – which is significantly lower than what it made even during its first week when only three cinemas showed the film.
A marketer within the film industry claims, Raj Mandir is a unique movie theatre. Viewers will enjoy watching movies in this place because of its one-of-a-kind experience. It’s an enormous movie theater with an occupancy capacity of nearly 1100 seats. The reviewer compares Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai to pre-Covid era day when they saw changes in its economic performance after Covid was introduced and argues that though it was panned by viewers on YouTube which made it easier to find online; 150 – 200 people still go watch the movie every week at Raj Mandir for about Rs 110 or Rs 150 or even as much as Rs 300 per ticket under these Covid time conditions which shows how popular the theatre is.
Radhe – Your most wanted bhai entered its seventh week yesterday, and was released in cities like Kanpur, Varanasi, Aligarh etc. The film will also be playing on weekday evenings in major centers such as Lucknow to attract audiences during the Bakri Eid holidays. This means that Radhe – Your most wanted bhai has the largest number of showings per day so far; therefore 7th week collections should exceed all those before it.
Radhe India box office summary at a glance
Week 1 (released in Agartala and Dharmanagar in Tripura)
Day 1 [13 May] – Rs. 10,432
Day 2 [14 May] – Rs. 22,518
Day 3 [15 May] – Rs. 13,485
Day 4 [16 May] – Rs. 13,485
Day 5 [17 May] – Rs. 1,155
Day 6 [18 May] – Rs. 1,155
Day 7 [19 May] – Rs. 509
Day 8 [20 May] – Rs. 509
Total – Rs. 63,248
Week 2 (released in Malegaon and Aurangabad in Maharashtra)
Day 9 [11 June] – Rs. 6,018
Day 10 [12 June] – Rs. 5,445
Day 11 [13 June] – Rs. 6,229
Day 12 [14 June] – Rs. 4,460
Day 13 [15 June] – Rs. 2,986
Day 14 [16 June] – Rs. 2,602
Day 15 [17 June] – Rs. 2,403
Total – Rs. 30,143
Week 3 (retained in Aurangabad in Maharashtra)
Day 16 [18 June] – Rs. 2,203
Day 17 [19 June] – Rs. 2,754
Day 18 [20 June] – Rs. 6,059
Day 19 [21 June] – Rs. 1,653
Day 20 [22 June] – Rs. 3,856
Day 21 [23 June] – Rs. 2,424
Day 22 [24 June] – Rs. 2,864
Total – Rs. 21,813
Week 4 (ran in Aurangabad in Maharashtra till the weekend; released in Gujarat from Sunday onwards)
Day 23 [25 June] – Rs. 2,864
Day 24 [26 June] – Rs. 881
Day 25 [27 June] – Rs. 10,471
Day 26 [28 June] – Rs. 7,626
Day 27 [29 June] – Rs. 5,018
Day 28 [30 June] – Rs. 4,706
Day 29 [1 July] – Rs. 5,950
Total – Rs. 37,516
Week 5 (retained in Gujarat)
Day 30 [2 July] – Rs. 3,732
Day 31 [3 July] – Rs. 2,219
Day 32 [4 July] – Rs. 12,219
Day 33 [5 July] – Rs. 4,263
Day 34 [6 July] – Rs. 1,598
Day 35 [7 July] – Rs. 2,022
Day 36 [8 July] – Rs. 2,616
Total – Rs. 28,669
Week 6 (retained in Gujarat; released in Rajasthan from Tuesday)
Day 37 [9 July] – Rs. 1,258
Day 38 [10 July] – Rs. 1,374
Day 39 [11 July] – Rs. 929
Day 40 [12 July] – Rs. 1,232
Day 41 [13 July] – Rs. 25,216
Day 42 [14 July] – Rs. 25,321
Day 43 [15 July] – Rs. 31,972
Total – Rs. 87,302
GRAND TOTAL (till date) – Rs. 2,68,691
