Bombay Velvet Gets no Box Office Love Over the Weekend

Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet is now a ‘debacle’ at the box office, having made just over Rs 16 crores in three days.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted:

#BombayVelvet is a DEBACLE! Fri 5.20 cr, Sat 5.10 cr, Sun 5.80 cr. Total: ? 16.10 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 18, 2015

The period piece, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, was among this year’s most anticipated films and released last Friday.

In a Facebook post on Sunday, Anurag Kashyap said he was not “depressed or hiding” after the film was savaged by critics.

In sharp contrast to the empty theatres screening Bombay Velvet are the ones showing director Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, starring Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan, which released the Friday before.

#Piku [Week 2] Fri 3.10 cr, Sat 5.10 cr, Sun 6.40 cr. Grand total: ? 56.02 cr. India biz. Highest *second weekend* of 2015. SMASH HIT!

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 18, 2015

Piku is also this year’s top performing Bollywood film abroad.

#Piku is the BIGGEST HIT of 2015 in Overseas. Total till Sun: $ 4.3 million [? 27.34 cr]. FANTABULOUS!

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 18, 2015

Piku was released in fewer screens than Bombay Velvet was.