Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari box office day 6: Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor-starrer makes ₹3 crore

Shashank Khaitan’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari, starring Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Rohit Saraf and Sanya Malhotra, is struggling at the box office despite a positive start and decent word of mouth. The romantic drama, which released in theatres on October 2, has shown little growth over its first week.

According to early estimates by Sacnilk, the film managed to earn around ₹3 crore on Tuesday, bringing its total domestic collection to ₹36.25 crore. While the numbers are not disastrous, they are far from impressive for a big Bollywood release with a reported budget of ₹80 crore.

The film started on a solid note with a ₹10.11 crore opening day, but the collections have been on a downward trend since. It minted ₹6.01 crore on day 2, followed by ₹7.80 crore, ₹8.20 crore and ₹3.25 crore on days 3, 4 and 5, respectively. Despite decent reviews from both fans and critics, the film lost its momentum.

Meanwhile, Rishab Shetty’s Kantara Chapter 1 has dominated the box office. The Kannada epic has earned a whopping ₹290 crore in just six days, nearly six times more than what Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari has made.

One of the prominent reasons behind the contrasting performance of the two films is the screen count. While Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari opened with around 3,021 shows, which reduced to 2,802 by day 6, Kantara Chapter 1 continues its strong run with nearly 7,887 shows across languages.

With the current pace, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari

is expected to wrap up its first week at around ₹40 crore, and trade experts predict its lifetime total around ₹50 crore.

Directed by Shashank Khaitan, the film marks his return to theatres after blockbuster hits like Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and Dhadak.

Now, all eyes are on the second weekend to see if Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari can witness a growth before the Diwali releases of Ayushmann Khurrana’s Thamma and Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat.