Kareena’s Daayra trails Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe at the weekend box office

Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Daayra is trailing Kunal Kemmu’s Vibe at the weekend box office.

Daayra has collected Rs 3.92 crore net over three days, while Vibe has earned Rs 6.77 crore net.

Daayra’s Sunday figure was Rs 1.17 crore, down from Rs 1.75 crore on Saturday.

Vibe’s Sunday figure was Rs 2.32 crore.

Both films opened on September 18.

Both films released on Friday, September 18, and competed for the same audience over the opening weekend.

Daayra, directed by Meghna Gulzar, stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran and is an investigative crime thriller with a 143-minute runtime.

Vibe is an action-comedy written and directed by Kunal Kemmu, who also stars in the lead role.

The cast of Vibe includes Sparsh Shrivastava, Preity Zinta, Vanshika Dhir, Yashpal Sharma and Dinesh Lal Yadav, also known as Nirahua.

Daayra received largely positive reviews, with ratings between 3.5 and 4 stars from major critics, but its box office opening was described as soft.

Early Saturday estimates had been lower: an afternoon trend put Daayra’s second-day figure at about Rs 64 lakh, before it rose to Rs 1.75 crore in final tallies.

Trade figures for a film’s opening days are estimates that are usually revised when distributors report final numbers.

Both films now enter their first weekdays, when collections typically fall compared with weekend levels.

Vibe’s gross collection of Rs 8.08 crore is about Rs 3.4 crore ahead of Daayra’s gross of Rs 4.68 crore.

Daayra’s Sunday figure of Rs 1.17 crore was about a third lower than its Saturday figure of Rs 1.75 crore.

Vibe’s Sunday figure of Rs 2.32 crore was about 16 percent lower than its Saturday figure of Rs 2.75 crore.

Vibe’s three-day net collection is roughly 1.7 times that of Daayra.

Trade tracker Sacnilk’s latest live figures put Vibe’s three-day India net collection at Rs 6.77 crore and its gross at Rs 8.08 crore.

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