📌 Key Points
- Dacoit collected over ₹40 crore worldwide in its opening weekend.
- Adivi Sesh achieves his biggest career opening with ‘Dacoit’.
- The film has crossed $900k in the US market in just three days.
- Despite mixed reviews, ‘Dacoit’ performs strongly at the box office.
Adivi Sesh’s latest film, ‘Dacoit’, has stormed the box office, raking in over ₹40 crore worldwide during its first weekend. This marks Sesh’s biggest opening yet, surpassing his previous hit, ‘Major’. The film, co-starring Mrunal Thakur and Anurag Kashyap, is receiving mixed reviews.
Dacoit’s Blockbuster Opening Weekend
Dacoit worldwide box office collection day 3: Shaneil Deo’s Adivi Sesh, Mrunal Thakur and Anurag Kashyap-starrer was released in theatres on Friday.
Dacoit worldwide box office collection day 3: Cinematographer-turned-director Shaneil Deo’s Dacoit, which was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, was released in theatres on Friday. The film starring Adivi Sesh , Mrunal Thakur and Anurag Kashyap collected over ₹ 40 crore worldwide in its first weekend, making it Sesh’s best opening.
Adivi Sesh’s Career-Best Performance
Moksha Movies, which distributed Dacoit in the US, also revealed that the film has crossed the $900k ( ₹ 8.4 crore) mark there in three days. “This is what a sensational weekend looks like! #Dacoit USA has crossed the $900K+ mark and continues to win the audience’s hearts,” they wrote. This means that Dacoit is Sesh’s biggest career opening yet.
Sesh’s previous biggest film, Major, released in 2022, collected ₹ 35.01 crore worldwide in its opening weekend. HIT: The Second Case, which was released the same year, had collected ₹ 27.71 crore in three days. Dacoit is his next film after a 4-year gap, which will be followed by G2 , the sequel to his hit film Goodachari (2018).
Mixed Reviews, Strong Box Office Numbers
Hindustan Times’ review of the film reads: “Dacoit’s biggest flaw is how relentlessly generic its storytelling feels. This is a plot we’ve seen far too often: two people fall in love, one walks away, the other seeks revenge, they reunite, sparks reignite, and everything unfolds exactly as expected. The first half takes its own sweet time setting up the romance between Mrunal and Sesh, but in doing so, it focuses on too many phases of their relationship and loses focus. Set in the COVID times, the film lacks conviction.”
Dacoit received mixed reviews from critics and the audience alike, but has done reasonably well in its first weekend. It remains to be seen how it fares during the weekdays.
Despite mixed critical reception, ‘Dacoit’ has proven to be a box office success for Adivi Sesh. The film’s performance in the coming weekdays will determine its overall fate, but the opening weekend certainly signals a strong start.
