Actor Salman Khan, who is well known for debuting his movies over the Eid break every year, got a flickering start with his latest film, Tubelight. The Kabir Khan directorial only managed to rake in Rs647.7 million (Dh36 million), making it the actor’s lowest opening weekend release in the past few years, say trade experts. For Gulf News tabloid!’s review of Tubelight, click here. To read the actor and director’s interviews with Gulf News tabloid!, click here.
The film, which released on June 23 and collected Rs211.5 million on its opening day, didn’t register any major hike in the subsequent two days and remained steady over the weekend by collecting Rs211.7 million and Rs224.5 million on Saturday and Sunday respectively, read a statement.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh, who describes the film as a “disappointment”, shared the opening weekend collections of Salman’s last few releases during Eid on Twitter.
“Salman and Eid — opening weekend... 2011: Bodyguard — Rs88.75 crore [Rs887.5 million] (Wednesday-Sunday), 2012: Ek Tha Tiger — Rs100.16 crore [Rs 1 billion](Wednesday-Sunday), 2014: Kick — Rs83.83 crore [Rs838.3 million] (Friday-Sunday), 2015: Bajrangi Bhaijaan — Rs102.60 crore [Rs1,026 million] (Friday-Sunday), 2016: Sultan — Rs 105.53 crore [Rs1 billion] (Wednesday-Sunday), 2017: and Tubelight — Rs64.77 crore [Rs647.7 million] (Friday-Sunday),” Adarsh tweeted on Monday.
“Tubelight rests on a thin plot... Screenplay lacks the power to enthrall and mesmerise...Emotions plenty, but few moments stand out,” Adarsh wrote.
Trade expert Komal Nahta said that the film has performed “below expectations”.
“This Tubelight has a faulty choke [script]. And this is no joke. Uninteresting and not entertaining,” he tweeted.
Tubelight also features Sohail Khan, late Om Puri, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Yashpal Sharma, Shah Rukh Khan and Chinese actress Zhu Zhu.
