Kamal Haasan starrer ‘Thug Life’ directed by renowned filmmaker Mani Ratnam has now completed its first week at the box office. The movie has been receiving mixed reviews since its release and the numbers at the box office have been seeing a decline.As per trade analyst Sacnilk, ‘Thug Life’ collected Rs 1.21 crore on its second Thursday, which also marks the eighth day of the film’s theatrical release. Looking at the film’s total till now, the numbers reflect to be around Rs 43.37 crore.Theatre occupancyThe film had an overall Tamil occupancy of 15.21% on Day 8. As per the available data, it shows morning shows had a turnout of 14.85%, afternoon shows recorded 15.87%, evening shows dipped slightly to 13.51%, and night shows saw a small bump at 16.62%.
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The Hindi version of the film had a small fraction of 3.46%. Morning shows recorded a mere 2.89%, while night shows managed a slightly better 4.24%. The Telugu version fared modestly better with an overall 12.40% occupancy, but still showed signs of fatigue in its second week.Morning and evening shows in the Telugu belt saw lower engagement at 11.47% and 11.33%, respectively, while afternoon and night shows stood at 13.20% and 13.59%.Cast of the film‘Thug Life’ features Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, T.R. Silambarasan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Abhirami, Ashok Selvan, Nassar, Ali Fazal, and Mahesh Manjrekar. The film marks Kamal’s return to the big screen under Mani Ratnam’s direction after decades.The film begins with Sakthivel played by Kamal Haasan who adopts Amaran after a gang war. However, chaos occurs years later after surviving an assassination attempt, Sakthivel suspects Amaran’s involvement.
