Salman Khan's Eid release 'Tube Light' opened to lukewarm response at the Box Office. Negative reviews and poor word-of-mouth has affected the openings very badly.
Ahead of the release, There is talk about the possibility of 'Tube Light' breaking 'Baahubali 2' Day 1 record at least in Hindi circuit. However, The Salman-starrer fell short of target by a huge margin.
Top 5 Openers in 2017 (Hindi - India alone):
1) Baahubali 2: Rs 41 crore, 2) Tube Light: Rs 21.15 crore, 3) Raees: Rs 20.42 crore, 4) Jolly LLB 2: Rs 13.20 crore, 5) BKD: Rs 12.25 crore
In fact, 'Tube Light' is one of worst openers of Salman Khan among films released during Eid. Here is the list...'Ek Tha Tiger' (2012) - Rs 32.93 crore, 'Kick' (2014) - Rs 26.40 crore, 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' (2015) - Rs 27.25 crore, 'Sultan' (2016) - Rs 36.54 crore and 'Tube Light' (2017) - Rs 21.15 crore.
Ahead of the release, There is talk about the possibility of 'Tube Light' breaking 'Baahubali 2' Day 1 record at least in Hindi circuit. However, The Salman-starrer fell short of target by a huge margin.
Top 5 Openers in 2017 (Hindi - India alone):
1) Baahubali 2: Rs 41 crore, 2) Tube Light: Rs 21.15 crore, 3) Raees: Rs 20.42 crore, 4) Jolly LLB 2: Rs 13.20 crore, 5) BKD: Rs 12.25 crore
In fact, 'Tube Light' is one of worst openers of Salman Khan among films released during Eid. Here is the list...'Ek Tha Tiger' (2012) - Rs 32.93 crore, 'Kick' (2014) - Rs 26.40 crore, 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' (2015) - Rs 27.25 crore, 'Sultan' (2016) - Rs 36.54 crore and 'Tube Light' (2017) - Rs 21.15 crore.