Evil Dead Burn has made a strong start at the Indian box office by collecting around ₹15 crore gross during its opening weekend. The Hollywood horror film earned ₹5.75 crore gross on Sunday, helping it register steady growth over its first 3 days in theatres. The film began its run with preview shows that collected ₹0.70 crore gross. It then earned ₹3.30 crore gross on its opening day. Collections increased on Saturday with ₹5.25 crore gross before rising again on Sunday to ₹5.75 crore gross. This brings the film’s total opening weekend collection in India to ₹15 crore gross.
The day wise box office collection is as follows:
Previews: ₹0.70 crore gross
Day 1: ₹3.30 crore gross
Day 2: ₹5.25 crore gross
Day 3: ₹5.75 crore gross
Total: ₹15.00 crore gross
Trade estimates suggest that Evil Dead Burn is expected to perform steadily during the weekdays as well. If the current trend continues, the film could finish its first week with collections between ₹21 crore and ₹23 crore gross.
Directed by Sebastian Vanicek, Evil Dead Burn has started its theatrical run on a positive note. Based on its current performance, the film is also expected to cross the lifetime collection of the previous film in the Evil Dead franchise, which earned more than ₹39 crore gross in India. How far the latest film goes beyond that will depend on its performance in the coming weeks and the competition from upcoming releases, including The Odyssey.
Hollywood films have generally performed well at the Indian box office this year. Several titles have delivered better than expected results, including Project Hail Mary, The Mummy, Obsession, The Devil Weds Prada 2 and Michael. At the same time, some releases such as Toy Story 5, Supergirl and Moana did not perform as strongly as expected.
With a solid opening weekend collection of ₹15 crore gross, Evil Dead Burn has built a strong foundation at the Indian box office. The film’s performance over the coming weekdays will play an important role in determining how far its overall theatrical run can go.