Box office: Sui Dhaaga opens with Rs8.25 crore, Pataakha earns only Rs75-80 lakh

Sharat Katariya's Sui Dhaaga: Made In India, starring Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma, opened to a decent number yesterday (28 September), with Rs8.25 crore, as per figures shared by Boxofficeindia.com.

The film is backed by a good amount of hype and positive reviews.

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The only hurdle for Sui Dhaaga is that it is made at a cost of Rs50 crore. This is reasonably high for a film which is not an out-and-out mass entertainer. Hence, it will to perform better during the weekend and the coming week, in order to succeed at the box office.

Vishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha, starring Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Madan, also released on Friday and opened with a dull Rs75-80 lakh.

The film is made at a cost of around Rs20 crore. Looks like Pataakha has a steep mountain to climb to reach anywhere close to the production cost.

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Shree Narayan Singh's Batti Gul Meter Chalu crashed on the first day of its second week at the box office, earning only Rs50 lakh. The film has so far earned a total of Rs32 crore.

On the other hand, Amar Kaushik's Stree, in its fifth week at the box office, made Rs40 lakh yesterday. The grand total of the Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer now stands at Rs119.36 crore.