Baby John Box Office Collection Day 1: Varun Dhawan starrer âBaby Johnâ had created a lot of buzz before its release. After which it seemed that this film will break all the earning records as soon as it is released. This action thriller hit the theaters on 25th December, on the occasion of Christmas, but the opening of this film produced by Atlee was not special. Let us know here how many crores has âBaby Johnâ collected on the first day of its release?
How much did âBaby Johnâ earn on the first day of its release?
After the trailer and teaser of âBaby Johnâ, there was a lot of excitement among the fans about this film. Varun Dhawan has done tremendous action in this movie. However, considering the buzz, the beginning of the film has been very cold. Even the Christmas release did not benefit the film. Actually âBaby Johnâ has to compete with 21 day old âPushpa 2â. Baby John has blown away the storm of Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa 2 on its very first day. Interestingly, Pushpa 2 has done more business than the latest release âBaby Johnâ even on the 21st day. Now the initial figures of earnings of Varun Dhawan starrer film have come.
- According to Sacknilkâs early trend report, âBaby Johnâ has collected Rs 12.50 crore on the first day of its release.
- Although these are preliminary figures, there may be slight changes after the official data comes.
âBaby Johnâ has received mixed reviews from the audience
Let us tell you that apart from Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, Vamika Gabbi, Jackie Shroff and Rajpal Yadav are also in lead roles in the mass commercial action and Salman Khan has a special cameo in the post-climax scene. An adaptation of Atleeâs 2016 Tamil hit Theri, Baby John has received positive to mixed reviews from the audience. While one section has praised Varunâs performance, fast paced storyline and solid action sets, the other section has criticized the film and called it a scene by scene remake of Theri.
The biggest opening of Varunâs career in five years
Of course, the opening of Baby John was not as per expectations but this film is Varunâs biggest opening in the last five years. His 2019 release Kalank, which was a multi-starrer with Alia Bhatt, Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sonakshi Sinha, earned Rs 21.60 crore on its opening day in 2019. Varunâs last few theatrical releases Street Dancer 3D (2020), Jug Jug Jeeyo (2022), and Bhediya (2022) failed to get double digit openings.
With the festive season starting from Christmas to New Year, it will be interesting to see how Baby John performs at the box office in its extended opening weekend.