Varun Dhawan’s ‘Baby John’ has been making rounds all over the internet but for all the wrong reasons. The film’s opening on 25th December turned out to be highly underwhelming, more appropriately a disaster, as it managed to collect just Rs.10.75 crores on Day 1.
This may not seem that bad until one begins to remember that 25th December is the day of Christmas, a national holiday.
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Despite desperate whitewashing from its makers, with claims that ‘Baby John’ has given the highest opening for a remake film post-pandemic, it has become pretty clear that such a collection on a national holiday is pathetic, no matter the film.
On top of that, the film has experienced a fall of almost 60%, coming crashing down to a Day 2 collection of mere Rs.4.50 crores, leading to a net collection of just Rs.15.25 crores over 2 days.
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Reports have been coming in that Day 3 has also been bad in terms of ticket sales, sparking more trouble for the makers. The film will now bank heavily on the weekend, with hopes that the upcoming Saturday and Sunday can change its fate.
Baby John tried hard to create Varun Dhawan’s persona as a mass hero but seemingly did not go far enough on its own feet.
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The point-to-point copying of Varun’s character to that of Thalapathy Vijay, including the small things like throwing chewing gum in the mouth and wearing shades in his style led to a backfire in that area as well.
Instead of shamelessly defending the film’s disastrous collections, the makers should realise their inability to fool the public.
With Baby John’s future hanging on the weekend’s fate, they should graciously accept their mistakes and move on.
