Vinveli Nayagan and Master Story Teller WORST BOX OFFICE RUN ENDS

 As Thug Life window  bookings through BookMyShow app winds up with disastrous figures, the lowest in career of Kamal and Director Mani, we go back to what Mani thinks is a BAD FILM . When asked if there’s anything like a ‘bad film’, Ratnam replied, “I am an audience first. If I don’t like a film, it is a bad film. That’s how you look at it, you can’t pretend it’s not there. But as a maker, what you try to do is put your best in front. You try to make a good film. You want it to be a hit, but you also want it to be sensible, intelligent, engaging, and logical. So, that’s what you try to do.”

The filmmaker added that it’s important to accept the audience’s diverse opinions. “It’s true for any art, isn’t it? Art is something that reaches you individually. It’s your perspective. You have to anticipate and accept the diversity in views.”

Thug Life, in its lifetime, has registered a ticket sale of only 755K on BMS. The film could not even touch the 1 million mark and surrendered to its fate much before. Still, it managed to bring the seventh-best ticket sales for Kollywood films on BookMyShow in 2025!

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Check out the top ten lifetime ticket sales of Kollywood films of 2025 on BMS.

1. Good Bad Ugly: 2.65 Million
2. Dragon: 1.98 Million
3. VidaaMuyarchi: 1.51 Million
4. Tourist Family: 1.39 Million
5. Retro: 1.10 Million
6. Madha Gaja Raja: 883K
7. Thug Life: 755K
8. Veera Dheera Sooran: 700K
9. Maaman: 562K
10. Kudumbasthan: 488K

Thug Life Ticket Sales Summary

Check out the ticket sales breakdown of Kamal Haasan’s film on BMS.

• Pre Sales: 360K
• Day 1: 154.32K
• Day 2: 66.59K
• Day 3: 63.18K
• Day 4: 38.16K
• Day 5: 14.71K
• Day 6: 11.86K
• Day 7:  10.8K
• Day 8: 9K
• Rest Of The Day: 26.38K

Total: 755K

Thug Life Box Office Summary

Check out the breakdown of the film at the box office after 15 days.

• India net: 44.77 crore
• India gross: 52.77 crore
• Overseas gross: 44.74 crore
• Worldwide gross: 97.51 crore
• According to a report in Pinkvilla, Netflix is reconsidering the deal with a 20-25 per cent dip from the previous quoted amount. The makers of Thug Life reportedly sold the digital rights for ₹130 crores. This whopping number was quoted because of Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam's combination, but the movie failed to leave a mark at the box office.