Sivakarthikeyan’s ‘Doctor’ gets off to a great start, earns Rs 24.71 cr in 3 days

Tamil actor Sivakarthikeyan’s action-comedy Doctor has garnered enthusiastic reviews since its premiere in cinemas on 9 October. Apart from the positive words, the Nelson Dilipkumar directorial is also doing well at the box office. The Sivakarthikeyan-starrer has earned Rs 24.71 crore in three days of release in India. The numbers are healthy considering that theaters are not working at full capacity due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Additionally, people are only slowly showing their interest in returning to theaters as the threat of the pandemic is still huge.

Regardless of the situation, Doctor Who took a flight on October 9 – the producers opted for a Saturday release as opposed to the traditional Friday, which gives a three-day weekend window. The film collected a total of Rs 8.81 crore on the first day and a major chunk of the earnings came from Tamil Nadu.

On Sunday, Doctor did even better and earned Rs 10.20 crore across all languages. With Monday being a working day, some drop in the collections was expected and the film earned Rs 5.23 crore from all the theatres. The action-comedy had an average occupancy of 53.14 per cent in Tamil Nadu cinemas.