Thug Life box office collection

The numbers for Thug Life seem to hold steady after the massive dip the film registered on Friday. According to the trade website, the Mani-directed film made ₹15.5 crore on its opening day and ₹7.15 crore on Friday, showing a 53.87% dip. On Saturday, the film brought in an estimated ₹5.84 crore, taking its total collection to ₹28.49 crore approximately in India. It registered a 35.62% occupancy for the Tamil version. While these numbers are decent, Thug Life has suffered not just due to comparisons from Nayakan, but also due to its release being halted in Karnataka due to the language row. Housefull 5’s release on Friday also seems to have affected its Hindi collections.

Kamal Haasan on reunion with Mani Ratnam

Before the film’s release, Kamal extensively promoted it and was excited for his reunion with Mani after 38 years. As per ANI, he told the press, “Every film is a challenge, especially when you add another director like Mani Ratnam and a story that is so interesting. Fortunately, he included me in the story’s preparation. I gave him an idea. Most of the time I was getting vegetables and helping him make it more tasty. That’s what I did. And that I call a true collaboration…We are both children of cinema, and that is how we see each other.”