On this weekend, many movies are released in pan India to entertain the audiences. This is a busy weekend because of the celebration of the Lohri festival in North India and the Pongal festivities in the South. Let’s see which movies impressed the viewers and forced them to visit cinema halls.
Let’s delve deeper into the box office collection of three prominent movies Hanuman, Merry Christmas, and Captain Miller released on 12th January 2024.
Box office collection refers to the total revenue generated by a movie from ticket sales in theatres. It is a measure of a film’s commercial success and popularity among the audience. The box office collection is typically reported in monetary terms and is often used to gauge the financial performance of a movie.
Hanuman Box Office Collection Day 1
The first-day collection for this movie was quite satisfactory on day 1, as the budget of this movie was Rs. 30 crores only. The VFX effects are phenomenal and praised by many viewers who have watched this movie.
It’s a superhero film directed by Prasanth Verma, it’s a Tamil language film. The film is set in the fictional village of Anjanadri and is the first installment of the Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe followed by Adhira. It stars many good actors, Teja Sajja as Hanumanthu, Amritha Aiyer as Meenakshi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as Anjamma, Hanumanthu’s elder sister, Vinay Rai as Michael Raj Deepak Shetty, Vennela Kishore as Siri Vennela, Getup Srinu as Kaasi. Its resonant music is already on the lips of audience especially the traditional Hanuman Chalisa. The music of the film is composed by Anudeep Dev, GowraHari and Krishna Saurabh.
According to the report, HanuMan earned ₹7.56 crore net in India on its first day for all languages, as per early estimates. The film minted ₹5.50 crore net in Telugu and ₹2 crore net in Hindi, as per early estimates. In other languages, the film earned ₹6 lakh as per early estimates.
Merry Christmas Box Office Collection Day 1
This movie has a very slow start on day 1, Merry Christmas earned 2.55 Cr India net on its first day for all languages.
Merry Christmas is an Indian thriller film directed by Sriram Raghavan. Filmed simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil, the film stars Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi. Katrina Kaif as Maria, Vijay Sethupathi as Albert Ashwini Albert Ashwini as Inspector, Radhika Apte is in Cameo role. There are other actors like Aditi Govitrkar, Tinnu Anand, Vinay Pathak who are playing main character in the movie.
Principal photography commenced in December 2021, with the film’s official announcement, and its shooting got completed in January 2023. The film marks the Tamil debut of Raghavan, Kaif and music composer Pritam as well as the third Hindi film for Sethupathi.
Captain Miller Box office collection Day 1
It’s a Dhanush Movie, an action-adventure film directed by Arun Matheswaran, and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films.
A renegade Captain and his unconventional outlaws execute daring heists in the 1930s and 1940s. Miller must decide whether to continue running or confront the challenges head-on. Arun wrote the script in 2018 and Sathya Jyothi Films was to produce it. However, nothing was finalized then until 2019 when it started to come into shape. It was tentatively titled D47 (Dhanush’s 47th film in a lead role). The film was announced in July 2022. It is released on over 900 screens overseas and has a descent start.
Despite the working day release, ‘Captain Miller’ has got an average occupancy of 80% on day 1, and the film has reprtedly grossed around Rs 15 crore worldwide. In Tamil Nadu, ‘Captain Miller’ reportedly grossed between Rs 8 to 8.5 crore on day 1, while the film looked super powerfu l in Karnataka on box office day 1 as it has leading kannada actor “Shiva Rajkumar” in an important role.