‘The Bengal Files’ fails to beat even The Tashkent Files’s box office numbers in second week

Vivek Agnihotri’s latest outing with The Bengal Files which is based on the Noakhali riots which was a result of Direct Action Day before India’s independence has wrapped its second week box office at Rs 15.72 crore. The film has failed to go past even The Tashkent Files box office numbers which had gone on to collect Rs 16.40 crore at the box office. Both films are part of Vivek’s ‘Files’ trilogy.

The Bengal Files opened with a decent Rs 1.75 crore on its first Friday with the jumping to Rs 2.25 crore on Saturday and Rs 2.75 crore on Sunday on the basis of word of mouth. However Monday onwards the film began to have mixed bag at the box office as it collected y Rs 1.15 crore on Monday, Rs 1.35 on Tuesday, Rs 1 crore on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. By the end of the first week, The Bengal Files stood at Rs 11.25 crore.


In the second week , the film began its journey on weak legs as Friday collection was just Rs 60 lakh, Saturday it was Rs 1.15 crore and Sunday was Rs 1.1 crore. On Monday the film collapsed to Rs 40 lakh, Tuesday it was Rs 46 lakh, Wednesday it was Rs 46 lakh and Thursday it was Rs 26 lakh as per Sacnilk. The second week added only Rs 4.47 crore, taking the two-week total to Rs 15.72 crore.

The journey ahead for the film looks like an uphill task as this weekend sees the release of Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi’s Jolly LLB 3 which in advance booking itself has crossed Rs 6 crore mark. With positive word of mouth it is expected to take at least an opening between Rs 12 to Rs 14 crore for day 1.