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Everything the desk has filed on Haiwaan.
Resident Evil topped India's weekend box office over Meghna Gulzar's Daayra and Kunal Kemmu's Vibe, while Haiwaan flopped hard and Hanuman Ansh crossed Mirzapur's total collections.
Haiwaan is limping to a lifetime net of under ₹10 crore, a number Koimoi says makes it Akshay Kumar's lowest-grossing release in 26 years, despite decent reviews and a Priyadarshan reunion.
Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, has netted only Rs 8.75 crore in its first week at the Indian box office, according to trade estimates reported by Pinkvilla, with poor word of mouth dragging numbers down daily.
Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, is staring at a lifetime worldwide total under Rs 18 crore against a reported budget of Rs 100-115 crore, trade trackers say.
Haiwaan's Day 5 collections matched Day 4 exactly at Rs 70 lakh net, per Sacnilk, keeping the Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan crime thriller far behind its reported Rs 100-115 crore budget.
Haiwaan, Priyadarshan's Hindi remake of his own 2016 Malayalam film Oppam, has opened to a mixed critical response, with reviewers split on whether Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar rescue a convoluted script.
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Priyadarshan's crime thriller Haiwaan opened to an estimated ₹3.5–4 crore on its first day, per early trends, landing among the five biggest post-COVID openings for the genre and bumping Buckingham Murders down the list.
Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, a Hindi remake of the Malayalam hit Oppam, opened Friday to an estimated Rs 2.5-3 crore, trade watchers say, against a budget pegged at Rs 100-115 crore.
Unconfirmed trade figures cited by News24 suggest Akshay Kumar earned Rs 54 crore for Haiwaan against Saif Ali Khan's Rs 8 crore, a gap that has trade circles talking even as the film struggles at the box office.
Haiwaan's Day 2 numbers came in flat to falling, with Sacnilk and Pinkvilla reporting different net figures. The Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan thriller opened September 11 to mixed reviews and a shaky word-of-mouth problem.
Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after 18 years, has fallen off a cliff at the box office, dropping 60% on Monday to end day four at Rs 8.05 crore net in India.
Haiwaan's opening weekend numbers were shaky to begin with, and Monday made things worse. The Akshay Kumar-Saif Ali Khan film pulled in only Rs 50 lakh on Day 4, taking its total to Rs 7.25 crore.
Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after Tashan, has closed its opening weekend below Rs 8 crore net in India, with trade trackers reporting slightly different day-wise figures for the Priyadarshan thriller.
Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar's Haiwaan collected only ₹1.85 crore net on Day 3, a 26% drop from Day 2, per Sacnilk, as the Oppam remake struggles against its steep budget.
Priyadarshan's crime thriller Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after Tashan, has slipped further on day two, collecting just Rs 2.5 crore net and landing below the actor's other recent box office disappointments.
Haiwaan opened soft on Friday and trade estimates for Saturday point downward, not up. With a reported nine-figure budget and tepid reviews, Priyadarshan's Oppam remake needs a turnaround fast.
Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar as a psychopath killer and Saif Ali Khan as a blind man framed for murder, opened on September 11 with a Day 1 gross of Rs 3.6 crore in India, facing stiff competition.
Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan after nearly two decades, is drawing praise for its performances and twist ending on social media, even as its opening day collections stayed low.
Haiwaan's Rs 3 crore opening day puts it among the worst starts of both Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's careers, trailing Sunny Deol's Batwara 1947 despite that film's own disastrous run.
Haiwaan, starring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar, opened to roughly Rs 3 crore on Friday, trade estimates say, a start trade watchers are calling disastrous given the film's budget and star power.
The Hindu's review of Haiwaan, Priyadarshan's Hindi remake of Malayalam hit Oppam, says Saif Ali Khan tries hard as a blind protector but the film flattens the original's slow-burn menace into loud commercial filler.
Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar with director Priyadarshan, booked 44.17K tickets and Rs 1.03 crore gross in final day one advance sales, despite a squeeze on screens from Mirzapur The Movie and Hanuman Ansh.
Saif Ali Khan has called his Cocktail casting an inevitable mistake and a regressive script choice, while also saying he was miscast in Humshakals, ahead of his Haiwaan release.
Advance booking for Priyadarshan's Haiwaan, starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, is running soft with major chains under 10,000 tickets sold, putting the opening day near Rs. 5 crore at best.
Boman Irani says director Priyadarshan pushed him to abandon his meticulous prep routine for Haiwaan, opting instead for single takes and instinct, weeks before the crime thriller's September 11 release.
Haiwaan, reuniting Akshay Kumar with director Priyadarshan and co-star Saif Ali Khan after 17 years, opens September 11 facing a screen squeeze from Hanuman Ansh and Mirzapur The Movie, trackers say.
Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's Haiwaan opens Friday with early advance bookings at 7,917 tickets and ₹18.2 lakh gross, a number expected to jump once counters open nationwide overnight.
Akshay Kumar used his 59th birthday to tease Haiwaan, his upcoming psychological thriller with Saif Ali Khan, promising fans a side of himself they haven't seen, two days ahead of its theatrical release.
Hanuman Ansh added Rs 11 crore on Day 33, pushing its India net past Rs 143 crore and gross past Rs 169 crore, with Rs 150 crore expected within a day and Rs 200 crore now in sight.