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Toxic opens with Rs 54.85 crore day one despite negative reviews
Yash's Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups earned Rs 54.85 crore net by 2 PM on its Wednesday release, August 26, Hindustan Times reports. The film outpaced Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar day one with just morning shows, selling over 18 lakh tickets in advance worth nearly Rs 60 crore, Sacnilk data cited by the outlet shows. The Geetu Mohandas directorial is Yash's first theatrical outing since KGF: Chapter 2 in 2022.
Reviews from Hindustan Times and The Times of India are negative, rating the film 1/5 and 2/5. Critics call the 194-minute runtime a drag, the screenplay a disaster, and intimate scenes forced. The CBFC granted an A certificate after required cuts. The film releases in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Early shows began at 6 am in some cities.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Revenue updates from Hindustan Times dominate coverage, emphasising a Rs 54.85 crore net by 2 PM and the film outpacing Dhurandhar's day one with just morning shows. Reviews from the same outlet and The Times of India instead foreground creative criticism: a 1/5 and 2/5 rating, complaints of a 194-minute runtime dragging the pacing, and split audience reactions on X. The revenue stories underplay the critical rejection, while the reviews treat financial performance as secondary. The balanced reading is that Toxic's advance hype and star power secured a strong opening regardless of mixed-to-negative reviews. The key number to watch is whether word-of-mouth sustains box office beyond day one.
Coverage: 5 sources, 5 neutral
Sources (5): timesnownews.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (2) (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (3) (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
