Pati Patni Aur Woh Do continued its run at the Indian box office by collecting Rs. 2.75 crore on Day 6, which was Wednesday. The film recorded a 20 per cent drop compared to Tuesday and around 10 per cent drop from Monday. While the collections have remained steady during weekdays, trade discussions suggest that the film has benefited from strong promotional push and audience support since Sunday.
The romantic comedy stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Wamiqa Gabbi, Sara Ali Khan, and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles. With Wednesday’s collections, the movie has crossed Rs. 25 crore nett at the Indian box office. The film is now expected to end its first week with around Rs. 29 crore nett.
Current trends indicate that the film could finish its total theatrical run near Rs. 60 crore. Directed by Mudassar Aziz, the movie will face competition from Chand Mera Dil starting from the second weekend.
The performance of Pati Patni Aur Woh Do has also started discussions around the changing box office trends for small and mid budget comedy films after the pandemic. Before 2020, especially during 2018 and 2019, small town comedy dramas were performing strongly in theatres. During that period, Ayushmann Khurrana delivered several successful films that also opened with much bigger collections.
Trade experts believe that if this film had released before the pandemic, its opening collections could have been three to five times higher than the current numbers. Audience viewing habits and theatrical business have changed significantly in recent years, especially for comedy dramas and smaller budget films.
The day wise box office collections of Pati Patni Aur Woh Do are as follows:
Friday collected Rs. 3.75 crore.
Saturday collected Rs. 5.50 crore.
Sunday collected Rs. 7.75 crore.
Monday collected Rs. 3.00 crore.
Tuesday collected Rs. 3.50 crore.
Wednesday collected Rs. 2.75 crore.
The total collection of the film currently stands at Rs. 26.25 crore nett in India.