Jaat box office collection day 8: Sunny Deol-starrer sees a dip in the business, crosses ₹60 crore

Jaat box office collection day 8: Sunny Deol's film Jaat, directed by Gopichand Malineni, hit theatres last week and has been performing decently at the box office. Although it hasn't quite matched the blockbuster success of Gadar 2, Jaat has managed to cross the ₹60 crore mark in just 8 days, according to the latest figures from Sacnilk.com. (Also read: Jaat worldwide box office day 7: Sunny Deol film remains steady, collects ₹76 crore)

Jaat box office update

The box office report of Jaat updates that the film minted ₹4.00 crore net in India on Thursday, which makes it a total of ₹61.50 crore net collection so far. The film has not shown any particular growth in the second week, with its highest single-day gross at ₹ 14 crore, which happened on its first Sunday.

The film had 8.57% Hindi occupancy on Thursday. The occupancy for the morning shows were at 5.51%, and at the afternoon shows it increased to 10.09%. The occupancy for the evening shows were at 10.11%.

About Jaat

Jaat revolves around a mysterious man, played by Sunny, who chances upon a small village in Andhra Pradesh being oppressed by Ranatunga. The film also stars Randeep Hooda, Regena Cassandrra, Saiyami Kher, Jagapathi Babu, Ramya Krishnan, Vineet Kumar Singh, Prashant Bajaj, Zarina Wahab, P Ravi Shankar and Babloo Prithiveeraj. It received mixed reviews with some liking the over-the-top action while others being disappointed with the screenplay.

Jaat recently ran into controversy for a scene. In the film, the antagonist, Ranatunga, played by Randeep Hooda, threatens people inside a church with violence. He also stands in front of a crucifix while doing so. Though the makers blurred all religious imagery in the scene, the Christian community has called for a ban on the film. A video also showed protestors raising slogans of ‘Randeep Hooda murdabad’ for hurting religious sentiments.