Peddi box office collection day 8: Ram Charan, Janhvi Kapoor film inches closer to ₹200 crore mark despite dip

Peddi box office collection day 8: The sports action drama starring Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor witnessed a slight dip.

Peddi box office collection day 8: Filmmaker Buchi Babu Sana’s sports action drama Peddi, starring Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor, has been facing criticism over the alleged hypersexualisation of Janhvi’s character since its release. While the controversy initially appeared to have little impact on the film’s box office run, Peddi now seems to be slowing down after a strong start. Here's a look at how the film performed on Day 8.

Peddi box office collection day 8: Ram Charan plays the lead in the Buchi Babu Sana film.

Peddi box office collection

According to the trade website Sacnilk, Peddi has brought in ₹6.30 crore net in India on Thursday, taking its domestic collection to ₹193.55 crore. Given that the film was released amid much hype, it has yet to touch the ₹200 crore mark in India. With the weekend approaching, it remains to be seen if the film’s collections pick up then.

Peddi had an opening of ₹51 crore, and it collected ₹18.50 crore from its premieres. The film brought in ₹26.90 crore on Friday, ₹29.10 crore on Saturday and ₹32.15 crore on Sunday. Peddi experienced an expected dip in Monday and brought in ₹12.35 crore. However, it continued to dip further after that. On Tuesday, it collected ₹9.70 crore, and it made ₹7.55 crore on Wednesday.

Peddi has fared better than Ram’s previous film Game Changer, which collected ₹120.40 crore in eight days of its release. His SS Rajamouli film with Jr NTR, RRR, set a high precedent by crossing the ₹500 crore mark in this period. Peddi has become the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year and the highest-grossing South Indian film, beating Karuppu.

About Peddi

Peddi is a sports action drama film written and directed by Buchi Babu Sana. It is produced by Venkata Satish Kilaru under Vriddhi Cinemas, co-produced by Ishan Saksena under IVY Entertainment, and presented by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings. It stars Ram Charan, Janhvi Kapoor, Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu and Boman Irani.

The film tells the story of a aata coolie (player for hire) who fights for the identity of his people, whose village lacks a name and even basic amenities. He finds a way to make himself heard through sport, going from cricketer to kushti (wrestling) and eventually sprinting, before he’s finally heard after years. While initial reviews praised the film for its story, backlash soon followed over how Janhvi was portrayed.

Jagapathi Babu addressed it at a recent press conference and said, “To everybody, once again, thanks. And to those who wrote bad reviews, I thank you even more. Because you have unknowingly helped us a lot.”