Housefull 5′ which boasts of a huge star cast, including Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan among many others, released in theatres on June 6. While the film has gotten a mixed response, it had a good opening on the first day. Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan’s ‘Thug Life’ directed by Mani Ratnam, just released a day before. While one thought it will give a tough competition to ‘Housefull 5’, the latter is leading at the moment. ‘Thug Life’ is doing well with its Tamil version but ‘Housefull 5’ is dominating at the Hindi markets largely.Infact, the two-day collection of ‘Thug Life’ is less than the one-day collection of ‘Housefull 5’. The Kamal Haasan starrer made Rs 15.5 crore on Thursday, day 1 out of which, Rs 13.35 crore came from the Tamil version, according to Sacnilk. On the second day, it saw a huge drop as ‘Housefull 5’ released and made Rs 7.13 crore. On Saturday, as per the early morning shows, it made Rs 87 lakhs but one can expect to see growth by the end of the day, especially in the night shows as Sunday will be a holiday. The total collection of ‘Thug Life’ so far, according to Sacnilk is Rs 23.5 crore.As per the same box office tracking website, ‘Housefull 5’ collected Rs 24 crore just on day 1 which is more than the two day collection of ‘Thug Life’. On Saturday, just up till the morning shows, the movie has made Rs 2.12 crore. Thus, the total collection so far now stands at Rs 26.12 crore. So, the Mani Ratnam film may be dominating in the south centres and among the Tamil speaking audience, however, in the rest of the big centres like Maharashtra, Mumbai, UP, Gujarat, Delhi, ‘Housefull 5’ will be garnering more eyeballs. Saturday is also holiday in some parts due to Bakri Eid and that may further help to increase the collections of both these movies with more footfalls. However, the weekend on the whole along with the coming week will largely matter for both the films. While ‘Housefull 5’ had a good start, it will have a long way to go before it’s called a ‘hit’ because it’s also mounted on a very high budget.
