Merry Christmas Box Office Day-1 Collection: Film Registers A Low Opening

Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif starrer mystery-thriller Merry Christmas has disappointingly taken a slow start at the box office.

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00:00 Shriram Raghavan's much-awaited and highly anticipated mystery thriller film Merry Christmas

00:07 starring Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif with South actor Vijay Sethupathi was released

00:12 in theatres on 12 January 2024.

00:16 Despite receiving positive reviews from the audience and critics, the film has reportedly

00:22 taken a disappointing slow start at the box office.

00:27 Merry Christmas Box Office Day 1 Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi's starrer

00:32 Merry Christmas, which opened up with tremendous reviews from critics and netizens, failed

00:38 to secure a decent opening at the box office.

00:41 As per Sekhmil.com, the mystery thriller secured a box office opening worth only 2.55 crores

00:49 at the box office.

00:51 The box office opening of Merry Christmas is lower than any recent Bollywood releases.

00:56 However, the film is expected to see growth during the upcoming weekend.

01:01 If all goes well, word of mouth can also give a boost to the film's box office collections.

01:07 Meanwhile, it is also reported that the movie's box office opening was majorly affected due

01:13 to its box office clash with Mahesh Babu's starrer Guntur Karam, Teja Saja's starrer

01:20 Hanuman, Dhanush's starrer Captain Miller and Tamil film Aayilan.

01:25 All these four South films have secured a higher opening than Merry Christmas.

01:30 Additionally, Merry Christmas has been shot in two languages with different supporting

01:35 actors.

01:36 The Hindi version features Sanjay Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Pratima Kannan and T.N.U.

01:41 Anand, while the Tamil version has Radhika, Sarath Kumar, Shanmuga Raja, Kevin J. Babu

01:48 and Rajesh Williams.

01:55 (dramatic music)