Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha continued its lackluster performance in its second weekend at the box office. Over 10 years in the making and 3 years in the making, the film will barely be able to cross Rs 60 crore at the box office and is turning out to be Aamir’s worst debacle in a decade. The film earned around Rs 4.65 crore in its second weekend, taking its total collection to Rs 55 crore, according to Box Office India. Laal Singh Chaddha is eyeing a lifetime collection of Rs 60 crore. The film fared worse than Aamir’s previous film Thugs of Hindostan, which opened with at least Rs 55 crore.
Laal Singh Chadha it earned around Rs 1.25 crore on Friday, Rs 1.50 crore on Saturday and finally Rs 1.90 crore on Sunday. However, Aamir’s film is still performing better overseas and has crossed Rs 100 crore worldwide on its second Friday.
Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan, which clashed with Aamir Khan’s film on August 11, is also struggling and might only earn around Rs 4 crore in its second weekend. The total collection of Akshay’s film stands at Rs 41 crore and it is Akshay’s third consecutive flop this year.
With Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday’s Liger release in theaters this week, Laal Singh Chaddha and Raksha Bandhan shows may be canceled altogether.
Laal Singh Chaddha seems to have suffered due to several reasons including the hate campaign before the release of the film. Netizens unearthed an old video from 2015 where Aamir spoke about intolerance in India and this fueled the anti-Bollywood wave that has been growing exponentially in the last few years. Along with this, Aamir’s film also received mixed reviews.
Many Bollywood stars came out to support Laal Singh Chaddha, including Swara Bhasker, Neha Dhupia, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Huma Qureshi. However, this did not translate into box office earnings.
