Toxic worldwide box office collection day 1: Geetu Mohandas’ Yash -starrer Toxic defied all expectations to land a massive first day at the ticket window. The A-rated film surpassed all projections that had pegged its start to around ₹ 80-85 crore net in India and ₹ 110 crore gross worldwide. In the end, Toxic crossed the ₹ 100 crore mark domestically and sailed past the ₹ 140-crore mark worldwide.
Sacnilk reported that it earned ₹ 101 crore net ( ₹ 120 crore gross) across India on its opening day. This was led by the Hindi version of the film, which contributed ₹ 55 crore. The Kannada version was way behind, unable to cross ₹ 25 crore despite a high occupancy. The Telugu dubbed version also performed well, netting ₹ 11 crore on the day. The film registered the second-best opening for an Indian film in the domestic market this year, behind only Dhurandhar 2’s historic ₹ 103 crore start. In the overseas market, Toxic did not have the penetration that the likes of Dhurandhar 2 and Pathaan did, however. It earned just over $2 million overseas on its first day. However, it was enough to give the film an opening day worldwide gross of ₹ 140 crore, the second highest in Kannada cinema history. Toxic’s day 1 haul was enough to get it in the top-15 openings by Indian films all-time. Courtesy of its strong showing in India, the Geetu Mohandas film was able to surpass the global opening hauls of big films such as Pathaan ( ₹ 104 crore), Animal ( ₹ 116 crore), Adipurush ( ₹ 127 crore), and Jawan ( ₹ 129 crore). 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. 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. The film has received largely negative reviews, which may affect its word of mouth in the days to come.
