Chandramukhi 2 box office collection day 1: Kangana Ranaut, Raghava Lawrence-starrer opens well, earns Rs 7.5 cr

Chandramukhi 2 sees Kangana return to the big screen after Dhaakad in 2022. The film bombed in India, earning only Rs 3.77 crores (gross) worldwide. The actor has been facing a bit of a lull in her career as her last few films like Thalaivii, Panga and Judgementall Hai Kya have also not been successful at the box office.

Chandramukhi 2 has received mixed reviews by film critics and sees Raghava in a dual role. The film’s release clashed with Hindi films like Varun Sharma-Richa Chadha’s Fukrey 3, Pallavi Joshi-Nana Patekar’s The Vaccine War, and is expected to face steep competition from these two films in North India. Fukrey 3 is the third installment of the supersuccessful comedy franchise Fukrey and The Vaccine War is directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri whose last films The Kashmir Files and The Tashkent Files have seen roaring success at the box office.

In an interview with The Hindu, Kangana Ranaut had opened up about Chandramukhi 2. The actor said, “I am the original Chandramukhi. It’s an origin story which delves into who she is, and why she turned into a ghost. I’ve not been a commericial heroine and I usually stuck to art films or women-centric films on our fights and struggles. But there comes a point in time where you want to try something new, and it’s wonderful to do a film with song and dance sequences. The film’s climax is something you should look forward to.”