Sky Force Box Office Collection Day 12: Akshay Kumar-Veer Pahariya’s film continues to fall, earns Rs 102 cr

Sky Force is facing stiff competition from Shahid Kapoor’s Deva. The latter, which earned Rs 2.35 crore on Tuesday, has amassed Rs 24.25 crore in domestic collections within just five days of its release. Meanwhile, Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor’s Loveyapa is set to release on Friday, February 7, adding further competition for Sky Force at the box office.

The film’s box office journey has been riddled with controversies. While its initial run was bolstered by strong word-of-mouth promotion among theatre-going audiences, the makers also implemented heavy ticket discounts during the opening week. Both factors contributed to its early success. However, trade analyst Komal Nahta has cast doubts on the authenticity of the film’s reported collections. He argued that Sky Force’s actual first-week earnings were Rs 40.5 crore, far lower than the Rs 80 crore figure claimed by the makers. He further alleged that the producers spent heavily on blocking seats and self-buying, inflating the film’s box office numbers.

He said, “Heavy block booking of the unsold tickets was done on each single day of the first week to give the impression that the film was performing extraordinarily at the ticket counters. This was, perhaps, the maximum block bookings anyone had ever done in the history of Bollywood.”

Directed by Sandeep Kewlani and Abhishek Anil Kapur, Sky Force is produced by Maddock Films and Jio Studios. The film also stars Sara Ali Khan and Nimrat Kaur.

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