BellBottom box office collection Day 1: Akshay Kumar film eyes Rs 3 cr mark, pins hope on weekend

However, most states are following Covid-19 protocols and theatres are only partially open, which will impact the BellBottom box office collection.

Trade analyst Girish Johar earlier told indianexpress.com that the Akshay starrer would have earned Rs 20 crore on opening day in pre-Covid times but Taran Adarsh believed that the film could rake in Rs 7 crore. “With theaters open at 50 per cent capacity, a Rs 7 crore figure would be a phenomenal start, and if this happens everyone should applaud the guts of the entire team,” he shared before the film’s release.

Girish Johar earlier told us, “As industry insiders, we are not looking at it from the perspective of box office numbers, but it will help the industry’s revival. With the release of BellBottom, the wheels of the industry will start moving.”

The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta gave BellBottom three stars and shared in her review, “BellBottom works on its stated metrics of see, no complexities, everything easy. Fun and games and rat-a-tat action, and no hostages lost, just as they didn’t in real life after the rescue operation was pulled off successfully. We get the flag, but no strident flag waving. We get Bad Pakistani Terrorists who brainwash Hapless Indians, but no loud jingoism.”