Emergency box office collection day 2: Kangana Ranaut film outperforms Thalaivii, Dhaakad and Tejas, but unlikely to become a hit

During the day, Emergency recorded an overall occupancy rate of 15.41 per cent in the Hindi market. Starting with a lacklustre 5.95 per cent occupancy in morning shows, the rate improved steadily throughout the day, reaching 13.99 per cent in the afternoon, 20.01 per cent in the evening and peaking at 21.69 per cent during night shows.

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For Kangana Ranaut, Emergency is a crucial project, not only because it is her first solo directorial effort but also because she has not had a box office hit in five years. While Emergency’s first Saturday domestic nett figure lags behind her previous films such as Judgementall Hai Kya (Rs 7.50 crore), Panga (Rs 5.61 crore) and Chandramukhi 2 (Rs 5.1 crore), it is notably better than her recent box office bombs like Thalaivii (Rs 1.60 crore), Dhaakad (Rs 1.05 crore) and Tejas (Rs 1.3 crore). Nonetheless, considering that the movie has been mounted on a reported budget of about Rs 60 crore, the chances of Emergency breaking even appear slim, given its lacklustre opening week performance and the negative reviews it has received since its release.

In her review of the movie, SCREEN’s Shubhra Gupta wrote, “In a preposterous sequence, Manekshaw, Indira and the members of the Parliament join in a song. Not even Kangana Ranaut’s undoubted competence as an actor can save it.”