Baby John Box Office Day 8: Varun’s Film Sees Hike On New Year; Mints Highest Collection Post 1st Weekend

Baby John Box Office Collection Day 8: Varun Dhawan starrer Baby John has been one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Directed by Kalees, Baby John has been an action drama which also marks Keerthy Suresh's debut in Bollywood. Apart from Keerthy and Varun, Baby John also features Jackie Shroff as the lead antagonist along with divas like Sanya Malhotra and Wamiqa Gabbi. From the trailer to the stellar cast, everything about Baby John grabbed the eyeballs ever since it was announced.

For the uninitiated, Baby John has been the much talked about Bollywood remake of Thalapathy Vijay's 2016 release Theri which also featured Samantha in the lead. This isn't all. Baby John has also been grabbing the eyeballs for Salman Khan's cameo in this Varun starrer. However, despite all the buzz, Baby John has been struggling at the box office

Baby John Box Office Collection Day 8

While Baby John saw a massive dip on the first Monday, it was followed by a hike in numbers on the new year eve. Interestingly, Baby John was seen picking up pace during new year celebrations as well and started the second week on a good note. According to a report published in Sacnilk, Babby John minted Rs 2.75 crores on day 8 (second Wednesday) which took the overall collections of the movie to Rs 35.40 crores.

Baby John Records Highest Collection Post Opening Weekend

Interestingly, Baby John, which has been struggling post Christmas has been gradually picking up pace at the box office. In fact, Baby John has recorded its highest single day collection post the opening weekend and it will be interesting to see if it can continue the pace in the second week.

Meanwhile, Varun, in an interview with India Today, spoke about taking inspiration from Theri and stated. "When Atlee came with this film, there was a reason behind it, and he said that we had to change a lot of the geography of the film. We have to use it as an adaptation and not really a proper remake, and I think that's what's done. Like you see, a lot of the frames and a lot of the story angles are different. So, if someone comes in expecting a book-by-book remake, they will be disappointed because that's not what the film is. It's an adaptation. We're not running away from that, but it's more of an adaptation".