Param Sundari box office collection: A lacklustre debut weekend

Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor-starrer Param Sundari has seen a mediocre start at the box office. The film has garnered a total India net collection of ₹30.25 crore, according to box office collection data provider Sacnilk.

The film collected ₹7.25 crore on Day 1, followed by ₹9.25 crore on Day 2, and around ₹10.25 crore on Day 3, Sunday. On its first Monday, the film is estimated to have earned only ₹3.50 crore, according to Sacnilk.

The film's combined net collection of these four days is much lower than single opening day collections of both Coolie and War 2, the recently released multi-starrer films that Param Sundari is now competing with in the cinemas.

Produced by Dinesh Vijan-led Maddock Films, the film is directed by Tushar Jalota, who also directed the 2022 film Dasvi starring Abhishek Bachchan and had previously assisted Anurag Basu in his 2012 film Barfi!

Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor are in the lead, supported by Sanjay Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Renji Panicker, Inayat Verma, and Siddhartha Shankar in supporting roles.

With lack of originality and an identity of its own in both the plot and its execution, the film appears to have received largely mediocre reviews, with many pointing out its predictable storyline, reliance on clichés, and use of the same repetitive tropes.

The mediocrity resembles the film's theatre occupancy levels as well. On its first Monday, Param Sundari recorded an overall occupancy of just 10.67% across theatres, according to Sacnilk data. The film saw highest occupancy levels during afternoon shows, followed by night and evening shows. Across cities, response remains muted, as most cities have 10-15% of occupancy levels.

It thus seems that Param Sundari will have some difficulty, if at all it is able to, in reaching the ₹100 crore mark. Until then, Malhotra and Kapoor will continue to have their pre-pandemic films (Ek Villain and Dhadak) as their highest-grossing films of all time.