Thug Life Box Office Day 4: Kamal Haasan’s Film Closes Weekend At ₹35.64 Cr As Collections Dip – Live India
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June 08, 2025: Thug Life, the a lot-anticipated collaboration between Kamal Haasan and director Mani Ratnam, has concluded its first weekend on the field workplace with a modest complete of ₹35.64 crore web in India, in keeping with knowledge from Sacnilk.
Launched on a Thursday, the movie had a powerful begin, accumulating ₹15.5 crore on its opening day. Nevertheless, it witnessed a big drop on Friday with earnings falling to ₹7.15 crore. Saturday noticed a slight enchancment at ₹7.75 crore, however the momentum didn’t carry into Sunday, which introduced in solely ₹5.24 crore—capping off the 4-day run with ₹35.64 crore.
Whereas these numbers are first rate, they fall wanting expectations, particularly given the movie’s huge buzz as the primary collaboration between Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam since their 1987 cult hit Nayakan. For comparability, Kamal’s current movie Indian 2, directed by Shankar, earned ₹62.15 crore in 4 days, whereas Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I and II raked in ₹120.15 crore and ₹103.75 crore respectively of their opening weekends.
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Thug Life options Kamal Haasan as Shaktivel, aka Shakti, and Silambarasan TR as his adopted son Amar. The movie additionally stars Trisha Krishnan, Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Ali Fazal, Sanya Malhotra, and Rohit Saraf. The narrative explores themes of legacy, rebel, and redemption, mixing gritty motion with Mani Ratnam’s signature cinematic model.
The movie’s efficiency might have additionally been impacted by its ban in Karnataka attributable to a language controversy. The state is historically a powerful marketplace for Tamil movies, together with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and the ban probably affected regional footfall.
With weekday collections anticipated to dip additional, Thug Life might face challenges in sustaining momentum on the field workplace, until sturdy phrase-of-mouth or constructive abroad response turns issues round.
