
That is a little more than a quarter of the film's budget - Rs 45 crore.Īdding insult to injury, in a year when dubbed southern films are making cash as if it is going out of fashion, Ranveer Singh's


The production house, whose brand name carries the imprimatur of one of the most successful hitmakers, Yash Chopra, and is helmed by the late producer-director's son, Aditya Chopra, has had a bad run ever since Siddhant Chaturvedi's 'Bunty Aur Babli 2' (despite the appearance of one of the original hit's stars - Rani Mukherjee - with Saif Ali Khan), released on November 19, 2021, could net a measly Rs 12 crore (gross collection less taxes), according to 'Box Office India. But at the end of its first week on a record 5,250 screens worldwide, it has not even been able to surpass a collection of Rs 40 crore.Īnd it seems to have not much of a chance, thanks to the pincer attack of the John Abraham-Arjun Kapoor-starrer 'Ek Villain Returns', which is expected to wrap up its first weekend with Rs 24 crore, according to the trade media, and Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep-led 3D film 'Vikrant Rona', which has garnered Rs 37-38 crore.įor Ranbir, who's now better known as 'Mr Alia Bhatt', 'Shamshera' is the sixth flop of his career, starting with his debut film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, 'Saawariya' (2007), but for the banner behind the Rs 150-crore period action drama, Yash Raj Films (YRF), it will be the fourth flop in succession.

When Ranbir Kapoor appeared on screens after four years in Karan Malhotra's 'Shamshera', that too along with the flawed star he played in the blockbuster 'Sanju', audience expectations were sky high.
