Overview
- After opening on June 12 with a modest Friday, the film closed its first week on Thursday with roughly ₹12.0–12.25 crore India nett and an estimated ₹18–19 crore worldwide gross according to industry trackers.
- The box office recovered over weekdays as ticket sales rose from the weekend low, a pattern trade outlets tied to positive audience word‑of‑mouth and higher turnout among younger viewers.
- Director Imtiaz Ali said audiences watched the film unusually quietly and paid close attention, and composer A.R. Rahman publicly dismissed online 'anti‑national' complaints by reposting a satirical critique with a laughing emoji.
- Those first‑week totals remain well below the film's widely reported ₹70 crore budget, leaving profitability dependent on sustained second‑week holds, weekend durability and overseas and ancillary revenues.
- The release faced heavy competition from several other Hindi films, and the film's gradual build follows a familiar Imtiaz Ali pattern of modest openings that rely on lasting audience endorsement to grow box office returns.