Dacoit box office prediction: Adivi Sesh film feels Dhurandhar 2 heat; to open at ₹4 crore, less than Anaganaga Oka Raju

Dacoit box office prediction: Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur's film fared well in advance bookings overseas, but disappointed in India.

Dacoit box office: Adivi Sesh and Mrunal Thakur-starrer action thriller Dacoit is releasing in theatres today (April 10). The Telugu-Hindi bilingual has been marketed heavily in both markets. But the pan-India aspirations of the film may not materialise at the box office. Early trends and the absence of any solid buzz indicate an underwhelming start for the film at the box office

Dacoit advance booking collections

Dacoit: Mrunal Thakur and Adivi Sesh play the leads in the Shaneil Deo film.

In India, Dacoit’s advance booking started on a dull note. The film sold only 25k tickets on the online ticketing platform BookMyShow in the two days leading up to its release. In comparison, big Telugu films like The RajaSaab and Ustaad Bhagat Singh sold 500K and 394K tickets respectively. However, it would be unfair to compare a small film like Dacoit with pan-India behemoths. Overseas, Dacoit fared better, crossing $100K in advance bookings for the paid previews in North America. Trade estimates show that the film crossed ₹6 crore gross in advance bookings worldwide.

Dacoit box office prediction

Despite releasing in both Hindi and Telugu, Dacoit is not expected to open in double digits at the domestic box office, which should be disappointing for its makers. In fact, early trends indicate that the film may not even reach the ₹5-crore net mark, which would give it a lower opening than the sleeper hit Anaganaga Oka Raju ( ₹5.5 crore) and the Hindi war drama Ikkis ( ₹7 crore).

Directed by Shaneil Deo, Dacoit is an action thriller starring Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur, and Anurag Kashyap in the lead roles. The film was earlier set for a March 19 release, but the makers reportedly decided to shift the date as Dhurandhar: The Revenge was also planned for the same day.