Box office collections: 'HIT - The First Case' and 'Shabaash Mithu' bring in just Rs 1.85 cr on Day 1

Neither HIT - The First Case nor Shabaash Mithu created ripples at the box office when they released on Friday (July 15, 2022). Both films were expected to bring in Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore on Day 1.

Now of course these are not optimal numbers; pre-pandemic, one would have expected a start of over Rs 3 crore for each of these films. However, such is the scenario at the box office today that expectations have been lowered by many degrees.

HIT - The First Case, an investigative drama starring Rajkummar Rao, managed to go past the Rs 1 crore mark and opened in the expected range to bring in Rs 1.35 crore on Day 1. Taapsee Pannu’s sports biopic, however, saw just Rs 50 lakh coming in on opening day. Neither film had managed to create much of a buzz en route, and hence their opening isn’t really surprising. That’s the state of Bollywood today, as audiences give some films a miss on the big screen and opt to watch them on streaming platforms later.

In the coming days, HIT - The First Case has some chance of a turnaround - but it must do so within the week, before Shamshera, starring Ranbir Kapoor, arrives in theatres on July 22, 2022.