Emraan Hashmi and Akshay Kumar in Selfiee. (courtesy: taran_adarsh)

New Delhi:

Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi’s new launch Selfiee, which hit the theatres on Friday, earned merely Rs 2.55 crore on its opening day, Bollywood commerce analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted. Taran Adarsh described the movie’s opening day assortment as “disastrous.” Taran Adarsh wrote in his tweet: “Selfiee has a disastrous Day 1… Sends shock waves throughout the industry… One of the lowest starts for a film that has several prominent names attached to it… Fri Rs 255 cr+ India biz.”

Read the tweet shared by Taran Adarsh right here:

#Selfiee has a disastrous Day 1… Sends shock waves all through the trade… One of the bottom begins for a movie that has a number of distinguished names hooked up to it… Fri 2.55 cr+. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/juk8aCCvZq

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 25, 2023

In a separate tweet, Taran Adarsh in contrast Selfie‘s opening day assortment to that of Pathaan and Shehzada. Both the movies launched this 12 months. He talked about that Pathaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, earned Rs 27.08 crore on its launch day. Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon’s Shehzada‘s opening day assortment was Rs 2.92 crore.

#Selfiee at nationwide chains… *Day 1* biz…#PVR: 64 lacs#INOX: 43 lacs#Cinepolis: 23 lacs
Total: 1.30 cr
Nett BOC.
SHOCKINGLY LOW NUMBERS

2023 releases… nationwide chains solely – *Day 1* biz…
#Pathaan: 27.08 cr
#Shehzada: 2.92 cr
Nett BOC. pic.twitter.com/Gi9W9gaqep

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 25, 2023

The movie opened to largely underwhelming critiques. In his overview for NDTV, film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film 2 stars and he wrote: “Script isn’t King in Selfiee. It is an unabashed Akshay Kumar show. The star leaves absolutely nothing to chance. He stamps himself on everything that the vapid film has on offer. The narrative (derived from the late Sachy’s screenplay) is tweaked and stretched to make space for an actor in search of a hit. But nothing clicks.”

Selfiee, directed by Raj Mehta, relies on the 2019 Malayalam movie Driving Licence, which featured Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu within the lead roles. Selfiee additionally options Nushrratt Bharuccha and Diana Penty.