The Geetu Mohandas directorial released in cinemas on Wednesday for the Onam holiday, and its opening day collection has been bumper, breaking records across India and in various languages. Toxic box office collection day 1: The Rocking Star is back and how. Unbothered by negative reviews, unaffected by a delay, and braving all the chatter about violence and intimate scenes, Yash ’s latest release, Toxic, has taken a running start at the ticket window.
Sacnilk reported that on release day, the film earned ₹ 101 crore net across India. This was led by the Hindi version of the film, which netted ₹ 55 crore. The Kannada version was way behind, still under ₹ 25 crore, but registering a staggering occupancy of 89% through the day. Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar was a ₹ 1300-crore blockbuster last year, the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. Dhurandhar opened at ₹ 28 crore net in December, going on to build on a solid word-of-mouth from thereon. Toxic crossed Dhurandhar’s entire day 1 haul with just the morning shows and then crossed Pathaan, Animal, and Jawan with the afternoon shows, and Kalki 2898 AD in the evening. However, it missed Dhurandhar 2’s ₹ 103 crore mark, failing to break the record for the best opening by an Indian film in 2026. It also fell short of KGF Chapter 2’s all-time Kannada industry record of a ₹ 116-crore day 1. The film has released in theatres on August 26.
Toxic was always expected to have a great start pan-India. But even after accounting for the high expectations, Toxic raced ahead at a breakneck pace. The film opened to packed houses across India, led by the original Kannada version. The Telugu dubbed version has also performed well, while the Tamil and Malayalam versions are somewhat lagging behind. Toxic is outpacing it by a staggering margin. Toxic, directed by Geetu Mohandas, also stars Nayanthara, Kiara Advani , Huma Qureshi, Rukmini Vasanth, and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles. Toxic has been in the news for its steamy, intimate scenes and sequences that appear to show women in a not-so-favourable light through imagery and dialogue. The film was cleared by the CBFC with no cuts and an A-rating.
