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    Akshay Kumar's 'Raksha Bandhan' movie fails at box office. Check out its earnings since release

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    According to current estimates, Raksha Bandhan is predicted to be Akshay Kumar's largest box office failure for this year.

    Akshay Kumar's 'Raksha Bandhan' movie fails at box office.Agencies
    'Raksha Bandhan' movie, which stars Akshay Kumar, has failed to garnered huge response from audience since its release. The movie also stars Bhumi Pednekar, Sadia Khateeb, Seema Pahwa, Deepika Khanna, Smriti Srikanth and Sahejmeen Kaur.

    Raksha Bandhan's doom was clearly evident from its lacklustre performance during the long holiday weekend, but the steep decline in its weekday box office haul has only cemented it. As per Bollywood Hungama, the Raksha Bandhan release of the Aanand L Rai movie merely succeeded in bringing up to Rs 1.25 crore by its seventh day.

    The numbers for day 7 of the box office are even worse than the Rs 1.58 crore collected on day 6. On the festive day when Akshay's movie was released, the collection was about Rs 8.20 crore, and its present standing indicates a decline of 85%.

    Many expected the film to see a surge in the Monday collection as well. However, the movie could only bring in Rs 6.31 crore during the Independence Day holiday. As per prior claims, the dwindling audience caused the cancellation of more than 60% of the movie's showings.

    Critic reviews and audience feedback didn't appear to have helped the movie at all. Also worth noting is the fact that the rapid boycott trend rampant on social media may have impacted how well the movie did at the box office.

    According to the most recent sources, tickets for the pandemic release of Antim, starring Salman Khan and Aayush Sharma, sold more tickets than those for Raksha Bandhan. The movie's first-week revenue is currently at Rs 37.30 crore, and it's unlikely that it will ever surpass the lifetime revenue of Akshay's two prior duds. Bachchhan Paandey, which debuted on Holi, made Rs 49.98 crore, while Samrat Prithviraj managed to earn Rs 68.05 crore.

    Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha, released in theatres at the same time as Raksha Bandhan, also met a similar fate. Though Laal Singh Chaddha has made more money than Raksha Bandhan till now.
    Following his third dud of the year, Akshay Kumar eagerly anticipates the releases of Selfiee, starring Emraan Hashmi, Ram Setu, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nushratt Bharuccha. He also has OMG 2, the Hindi remake of Mission Cindrella, Soorarai Pottru and Gorkha in the upcoming movies list.
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