Luka Chuppi, starring Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon had a good opening at the box office as it earned ₹8 crores. The movie did a decent business in all market across India. Luka Chuppi has a better opening than Kartik Aryan’s biggest blockbuster ‘Sonu Ke Titu ki Sweety’ which had collected around ₹6.42 crores on the first day.
It is the directional debut of Laxman Utekar which received mixed reviews from the critics. The film has collected more than ‘Badhaai Ho’, ‘Stree’, and other small-medium budgets films which really did well at the box office last year.
Trade analyst and film critic, Taran Adarsh updated the box office figures of the film, He tweeted, “#LukaChuppi has superb Day 1… Springs a big, big surprise… Opens bigger than #Raazi [₹ 7.53 cr], #Stree [₹ 6.83 cr] and #BadhaaiHo [₹ 7.29 cr]… Strong word of mouth should ensure impressive growth on Day 2 and 3… Fri ₹ 8.01 cr. India biz.”
#LukaChuppi has superb Day 1… Springs a big, big surprise… Opens bigger than #Raazi [₹ 7.53 cr], #Stree [₹ 6.83 cr] and #BadhaaiHo [₹ 7.29 cr]… Strong word of mouth should ensure impressive growth on Day 2 and 3… Fri ₹ 8.01 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 2, 2019
He also compared the film’s opening with Kartik’s previous films.
#LukaChuppi is Kartik Aaryan’s biggest opener… Opening day biz:
2019: #LukaChuppi ₹ 8.01 cr
2015: #PyaarKaPunchnama2 ₹ 6.80 cr
2018: #SonuKeTituKiSweety ₹ 6.42 cr
2011: #PyaarKaPunchnama – which shot Kartik to fame – had collected ₹ 92 lakhs on Day 1.
India biz.— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 2, 2019
The film explores a journey of a supposed to be arranged marriage, turned to a live-in relationship and then to a love marriage. Kartik and Kriti who met each other through their respective families to arrange marriage, decide to give live-in a shot in order to check their compatibility. The story takes a twist when their family find out and decide to live in with them, unknown to the fact that they are not married.