Akshay Kumar's period drama
'Samrat Prithviraj'
witnessed a downward trend since its release. On Tuesday, the film earned Rs 4.35 crore nett making a total collection of Rs 48.60 crore, according to the BoxOfficeIndia report.
Now, according to a report, several shows of the film were cancelled due to zero occupancy. The report quoted its sources stating that the film didn't pull the audience to the theatres, however, no occupancy due to zero sales of the tickets was not expected in the morning shows.
The production cost of the film is reportedly Rs 200 crore. And looking at the ticket sales, the movie heading to become Akshay's consecutive dud of the year after
'Bachchan Paandey'
.
On the other hand, the film will be staying in theatres for three weeks until the release of 'JugJugg Jeeyo' which might work in the favour of the Akshay starrer.
Helmed by
Chandraprakash Dwivedi, the film marked the debut of
Manushi Chhillar. It also stars
Sanjay Dutt,
Sonu Sood and
Manav Vij. It was released in the theatres on June 02, 2022.