Raksha Bandhan, the most recent film by Akshay Kumar, has been doing poorly at the box office and dropped even further on Tuesday. Despite being released on the holiday of Raksha Bandhan and enjoying a five-day extended weekend, the movie has made about 36.12 crore. In theatres, it competed with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, which did just marginally better than Akshay’s movie.
In Raksha Bandhan, Akshay plays Lala Kedarnath, who promised his dying mother that he would wait to be married until his four sisters were all wed. It talks about the dowry system in India. The film stars Bhumi Pednekar as Akshay’s love interest and has been directed by Aanand L Rai, who directed Akshay in Atrange Re.
Raksha Bandhan made only ₹1.65 crore on Tuesday, down nearly 80% from its ₹8.20 crore opening day haul, according to a report on boxofficeindia.com. Taran Adarsh, a film reviewer, referred to it as a “non-performer.” Raksha Bandhan is a non-performer, he had tweeted on Tuesday while sharing the five-day weekend’s revenue. Despite several vacations, fails to reach double digits… five-day total is a stunning astonishment… Raksha Bandhan on Thursday cost ₹8.20 crore, followed by Raksha Bandhan on Friday (₹6.40), Saturday (₹6.51), Sunday (₹7.05), and Independence Day on Monday (₹6.31). 34.47 crore total. biz (business) in India.
The movie’s six-day earnings are considerably less than those of Akshay’s previous release, Samrat Prithviraj. The historical drama made 55 crore in its first week of release. The movie came out on June 3.
Akshay discussed the perniciousness of dowry in India during the Raksha Bandhan movie’s promotional events. He described the movie as “sensitive” and noted that there weren’t many films done about the issue. In an interview with PTI, he had claimed, “I’ll feel as though I had made the largest film ever if the film works even on 5-10% of people who watch it.