Housefull 5 vs Thug Life: ‘Housefull 5’ set a century in 4 days, Akshay Kumar’s team went far ahead of Kamal Haasan

On 5 and 6 June 2025, two big films were released in theaters. Superstar Power was seen in both. One of them is South Superstar Kamal Haasan’s ‘Thug Life’ and the other is Akshay Kumar’s multistarrer ‘Housefull 5’. Both films had great expectations, but one of these expectations seems to be standing up. Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Housefull 5’ has made a bang at the box office. In just four days, the film has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark. On the other hand, Kamal Haasan’s film ‘Thug Life’, which came to theaters on 5 June 2025, is seen struggling. After passing the weekend test, when both films came in front of the films on Monday, one was seen at the box office and the other was seen eating his mouth.

‘Housefull 5’ performance

Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, this comedy thriller has grossed tremendous in its first four days. People are constantly reaching theaters to see the film’s long wide cast and laughter moments. The story of the film is getting mixed response from both the audience and the critics, but it does not seem to have any special effect on the earnings. The film is doing amazing in the theater. The film’s performance in the last four days has been consistently spectacular. On the first day i.e. Friday, the film grossed ₹ 24 crores. On the second day i.e. Saturday, this figure was ₹ 31 crore, which was 7 crores more than the first day. After this, there was a surge in earnings on the third day. The film grossed ₹ 32.5 crores. The film has grossed ₹ 13.50 crores on the fourth day.

In this way, the total box office collection of the film has now increased to ₹ 101 crore. On Monday, June 9, the film’s Hindi occupancy was 19.78%. Many stars like Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Nana Patekar, Jacqueline Fernandes, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, and Jackie Shroff are seen in the fifth installment of Housefull franchise.

Slow start of ‘Thug Life’

The action thriller ‘Thug Life’, directed by Mani Ratnam, stars Kamal Haasan with Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya Lakshmi and Silambaryasan TR in important roles, the box office has not been able to meet expectations at the box office. People had great expectations from the film and before release, they were seen getting entangled in many controversies. Amidst controversies, the weak story of the film became an enemy for this and is now affecting the earnings. The film has decreased every day in the last five days. The film started with great earnings and was expected better on weekends, but the film’s earnings kept falling with every day. In this way, the film has grossed a total of ₹ 40.15 crore so far.

The collection of the film so far:

• First day: ₹ 15.5 crore
• Second day: ₹ 7.15 crore
• Third day: ₹ 7.75 crore
• Fourth day: ₹ 6.5 crore
• Fifth day (Monday): ₹ 3.25 crore

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