Loveyapa box office collection day 1: Audience swipes left on Khushi Kapoor-Junaid Khan’s film, rom-com opens at Rs 1.25 crore

Loveyapa is a remake of the 2022 Tamil film Love Today. The film opened to mixed reviews on February 7. Loveyapa was released against Himesh Reshammiya’s Badass Ravikumar, which has opened at Rs 2.75 crore. The film had a total of 2200 shows across India. Remakes have been having a difficult run in theatres recently, with films such as Baby John and Deva drastically under-performing at the box office. While Loveyapa debuted theatrically, a Hindi remake of The Great Indian Kitchen, titled Mrs, was released on ZEE5 on the same day.

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Badass Ravikumar, directed by Keith Gomes, is a musical action comedy film. Apart from Himesh Reshammiya. the film also stars Prabhudeva, Kriti Kulhari, Simona J, Sanjay Mishra and Johnny Lever.

Loveyapa follows the story of a young couple who swap their phones for 24 hours on the command of the girl’s suspicious father before their marriage. The Tamil version of the film was directed by Pradeep Ranganathan, and had opened to positive reviews from both the critics and audience. The film, made on a budget of Rs 6 crore, went on to earn Rs 83.55 crore worldwide. Meanwhile, Khushi and Junaid’s remake has been reportedly made on a budget of Rs 60 crore.