Special 26 Box Office Opening: Disappointing start

Special 26Akshay Kumar’s Special 26 has taken a slow start the box office on Friday. The film was always expected to open lower than commercial masala films like Rowdy Rathore and Khiladi 786. But news of a much smaller film, ABCD – Any Body Can Dance, opening to a much better response, has come as a shocker.

Although a film like Special 26 holds limited appeal for the single screen (mass) audience, the occupancy at multiplexes too was ‘below average’.

Coming from the makers of ‘A Wednesday’ and starring a top star like Akshay Kumar, the trade was expecting a better response at least at multiplexes.

Unless the film picks up for the evening/night shows, the first day collections of Special 26 is likely to be lower than Prabhu Deva’s ABCD.

The initial reviews from critics are positive and if the audience respond well to the film, it should be able to put up good numbers on Saturday and Sunday.

Stay tuned for all the updates on Special 26 box office collections and more!

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43 Comments

  • Minbloing movie yaar. Akki rocks.a complete actor.i am 100 percent sure that sp26 is better than south remake and other fake love stories

  • ABCD undoubtedly has opened well as compared to Special 26 but due to positive reviews it will over take in weekdays..It’s non-masala film so star here is script..!!!

  • Special26.. A mindblowing story. The 1st half is a little bit slow but the 2nd half & climax of the movie is really awsam.. Must watch friends. Akki.. U rock. Your performance is really superb. Even all actors performed their best in this movie.

  • special 26 is an outstanding film!! hats off to the script and acting of manoj and anupam kher and akshay!!!

    but still the opening is quite low ….i think that akshay stardom is also declining …..

  • @some1&bollywood,remember hrithik’s guzarish,salman’s main aur mrs.khanna,amir’s dhobi ghat???they all were so big superstars than akshay(acc. to you) but this movies also couldn’t even get face saving opening.
    it’s not about star power,many things has to be seen with it.just like in how many screens it released,genre,promotions,release time,also this is akshay’s 6th film in last 10 months(for doing 6 movies srk and salman will take 3-4 years,amir and hrithik will take 6-7 years for that).
    MY PROBLEM IS SPECIALLY AGAINST SRK,HRITHIK&AMIR FANS WHO ALWAYS SAYS THAT COLLECTIONS DOESN’T MATTERS,CONTENT SHOULD BE GREAT.SO,NOW THIS MOVIE HAS VERY GOOD CONTENT BUT COLLECTION ON THE FIRST DAY WERE LOW(I KNOW IT WILL DEFFINETLY PICK UP)..THEN WHY ARE YOU INSULTING THEN????

  • Special26 its a awesome movie everyone should watch movie full of entertainment til end ***** for movie n the whole team of Special Chabbis acting and direction is superb

  • What’s wrong in saying Akshay kumar is no.4 or 5,It doesn’t make me a hater.Btw opening doesn’t lie every time you may see an exception some time.This is akshay 4th movie in a row which got low opening even with the much appreciated promo.I know genre plays a crucial role but am not fool who was expecting 11/12 cr for this one,btw I was excepting 8 cr as Akshay is a superstar & it would have been much better. But I really think it would have opened to 9/10 if aamir,hrithik other even if srk was there.Again I am saying its a very good movie but 5.50-6.00 cr is very less for a movie which starring a superstar.btw can you tell me what went wrong with k786 ‘s opening, it had everything according to you.IMO its trailer was one of the worse among masala movie but so was bol bachhan or sos or bg & ready.Now don’t brand me as anyone’s fan basically I am a neutral guy who hates fanatics/trolls of srk,sallu & nowdays akshay’s.

  • Cut the Crap………….Its Hilarious to read some articles about some guys talking about quality and Star Power……….Akshay kumar has proven it so many times that He is the Best and Has the Best pull……”BALLS” Is what is needed to do a 500 cr business in one Year………And the same ”BALLS” is needed to act in a Movie like S26……Not Commercial but Still is The BEST………..eVENING SHOWS Collected 60% and Guys Saturday saw A Whopping 34% Increase in collections than Friday with Collection AROUND 10.25cR…….that’s what you call star powr…….Not an opening weekend of 90cr and the whole movie is Collecting 150-175CR…….Peace Out……..Akshay is the Best Person In Bollywood…..Hate him…Buh WE WONT STOP LOVING HIM….!!

  • Guyz… he has guts to attempt sumthng like this …. do other A list actors try so!!! special mention mostly ur sallu o srk….. so better keep mum, 1 or 2 critics may be not good but special 26 has got positive response frm nearly all :) it says everythng

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