An opening collection of a little over R100 crore is the dream of many filmmakers. Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups achieved that across its six languages when it released on August 26. But things can change quickly. And they did. Director Geetu Mohandas’s action fare, which was panned widely by critics, reportedly closed its extended weekend tally at just over Rs 200 crore.  
       
The fall on the second day itself was by 50-60 per cent, revealed exhibitor Raj Bansal. “We didn’t expect the fall to be so huge. We were expecting the numbers to rise on Raksha Bandhan [August 28], but that didn’t happen. I think Monday’s figures of the Hindi version will come down to Rs 5 crore. Toxic will be one of the biggest flops of recent times,” Bansal told mid-day.

Geetu Mohandas