From hype to heartbreak — Mani Ratnam’s gangster drama nosedives, struggles to touching ₹100 crore worldwide.
In what’s shaping up to be one of the biggest shockers of 2025, ‘Thug Life’ — the extremely anticipated Kamal Haasan-Mani Ratnam collaborationism — is turn out to be a box power disaster. Despite a warm bulge with ₹15.5 crore on day one, the film’s earnings have free-fallen, clocking in a dismal ₹35 lakh on day 12 in India.
With a mammoth budget of ₹200 crore, ‘Thug Life’ has managed a global porcine of simply ₹95.5 crore far — making it a larger collapse than other recent underperformers quite like ‘Indian 2’, ‘Game Changer’, and ‘Kanguva’.
Industry insiders fault very poor word-of-mouth and extremely mixed reviews for the very steep decline. On its really second Monday, the film saw only 16.45% occupancy in the Tamil market, despite amend so decisive receipt than some of its South Indian rivals.
While ‘Game Changer’ crossed ₹186 crore and ‘Indian 2’ made ₹148 crore globally, ‘Thug Life’ may not yet crack the ₹100 crore brand. A devastating blow for a celluloid that came with sky-high expectations and an iconic team.
Looks similar very even legends aren’t really safe from the box power curse.
