Merry
Christmas
box
office
collection
day
3:
Vijay
Sethupathi
and
Katrina
Kaif's
starrer
thriller
Merry
Christmas
released
in
theatres
on
Friday,
January
12.
It
received
rave
responses
from
critics
and
audiences
alike;
however,
the
film's
performance
at
the
box
office
has
remained
underwhelming.
Directed
by
Sriram
Raghavan,
the
film's
pre-release
buzz
was
also
low.
Merry
Christmas
box
office
collection
Merry
Christmas
saw
a
decent
start
on
its
opening
day
by
minting
₹2.55
crore
[Hindi:
₹2.3
crore;
Tamil:
₹22
lakh;
Telugu:
₹3
lakh].
The
film
has
been
shot
in
Tamil
and
Hindi.
On
day
2,
Saturday,
the
film
saw
a
major
jump,
earning
₹3.45
crore
nett
in
India
for
all
languages.
So
far,
the
total
collection
of
the
film
at
the
domestic
box
office
now
stands
at
₹
5.9
crores.
The
Hindi
version
of
Merry
Christmas
features
Vinay
Pathak,
Sanjay
Kapoor,
Tinnu
Anand,
and
Pratima
Kannan.
The
Tamil
version
stars
Shanmugaraja,
Radhika
Sarathkumar,
Rajesh
Williams,
and
Kevin
Jay
Babu
in
the
same
roles.
Merry
Christmas
box
office
collection
day
3
According
to
tracking
website
Sacnilk.com,
Merry
Christmas
weekend,
that
is
day
3,
Sunday
performance
remained
underwhelming.
As
per
early
estimates,
the
film
made
a
collection
of
3.75
crore.
Therefore,
it
took
its
overall
collection
to
9.65
crore
in
the
domestic
market.
It
had
a
total
Hindi
occupancy
of
19.58%
on
January
14,
Sunday.
Katrina
on
working
with
Vijay
During
the
promotion
of
the
film,
Katrina
Kaif
shared
her
experience
working
with
Vijay
Sethupathi.
Speaking
to
news
agency
ANI,
the
Tiger
3
actress
stated,
"Vijay
is
the
best
performer.
During
the
first
week
of
rehearsals,
I
was
quite
interested
in
his
thought
process
and
how
he
looked
at
every
scene.'
She
added,
"Sriram
sir
gave
the
actors
a
lot
of
space
before
the
shoot,
and
we
had
a
lot
of
discussion.
When
I
watched
the
final
result,
what
I
saw
between
Vijay
and
my
character
was
surprising."