After multiple delays, the Geetu Mohandas directorial with Yash in the lead role was released in theatres last Wednesday amid high expectations from fans. Toxic box office collection day 6 (updated live) : Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups was one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Reactions to the film were largely unfavourable, with fans disappointed with the incoherent screenplay and excessive violence. After a bumper start, the film showed momentum over the weekend. All eyes are now on how the film performs on its first Monday.
Yash shouldered the second-best opening in Kannada cinema history with ₹ 101 crore net ( ₹ 120 crore gross) across India on its opening 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. But Saturday saw a dip, with only ₹ 37.65 crore. Many projected that the film would pick up on the weekend, but that didn’t happen either, as Toxic collected only ₹ 25.15 crore on Saturday and ₹ 23 crore on Sunday. its daily collections have continued to decline since its record opening Although the film has crossed the ₹ 200 crore mark in India’s net collections. The film collected only ₹ 4.66 crore by 6 PM on Monday, according to the trade website Sacnilk. This takes the film’s total India net collection to ₹ 218.76 crore so far. The film has released in theatres on August 26.
Let’s look at the film’s record so far. The downward spiral for Toxic is a worrying sign. 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. Set in Goa, still under Portuguese rule even as the rest of India had achieved Independence, it tells the story of a gangster’s rise and fall from power.
