Box Office: Selfiee Opening Day Early Estimates

Mumbai, February 24 - Selfie starring Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi released today. The release of the film is not as big as other Akshay Kumar releases of the past but there were expectations of good numbers from the film at least initially, but it proved all the expectations wrong and took one of the lowest openings of all time featuring a major star. There was not an expectation of the 20Cr or 25Cr mark but at least a double-digit start should have been there but is not even one-third of that. The opening day early estimates suggest around 3 crores net which is disastrous. Last week, Shehzada featuring Kartik Aryan who is an upcoming star took a disappointing opening but now that opening looks far better as it is more than a double of Selfie. The film will probably emerge as one of the lowest openings ever for Akshay Kumar and In real value, it will be the lowest ever.

Akshay Kumar who is one of the most popular stars in the industry has struggled the most after the pandemic era. He has given a series of disasters that did not even take an opening. Forget taking an opening, the audience did not even care for his films. A genuine star like him should not be working in the films like Selifee or Bell Bottom or most of his post-pandemic films which gave a feeling of a B-grade cinema. Also, he needs to cut down his releases to one or two max in one year which will enable the interest among the public in his films.



There is a hope that the upcoming films of Akshay Kumar should match his stature as a star as he is capable of delivering big openings and huge hits as he did in the past with films like Rowdy Rathore, Welcome, Singh Is King and others. Akshay Kumar had a dream year in 2019 just a few months before the pandemic struck the box office as those films have a feeling of a Hindi motion film rather than a B-grade cinema.

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