Baaghi 4 Leads Box Office as Bengal Files Stays Low, Figures Diverge

Two high-profile Hindi releases collided at Indian cinemas on September 5, with Tiger Shroff’s actioner Baaghi 4 opening far ahead of Vivek Agnihotri’s political drama The Bengal Files but showing a steep weekday decline, according to industry trackers. Early trade estimates from Sacnilk put Baaghi 4’s opening day at about Rs 12 crore nett while The Bengal Files logged roughly Rs 1.75 crore.

Sacnilk’s day-by-day estimates show Baaghi 4 holding a three-day weekend total of about Rs 31.25 crore after collections of Rs 12 crore, Rs 9.25 crore and Rs 10 crore across Friday to Sunday, then sliding into the week with reported daily grosses of roughly Rs 4.5 crore on Monday, Rs 4.0 crore on Tuesday and lower single‑digit sums thereafter. By its seventh day Sacnilk’s running tally for Baaghi 4 was reported at about Rs 44.5 crore. The film, directed by A. Harsha and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, stars Tiger Shroff alongside Sanjay Dutt, Sonam Bajwa and Harnaaz Sandhu.

The Bengal Files, written and directed by Agnihotri and featuring an ensemble that includes Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher and Pallavi Joshi, opened modestly but showed steadier weekend growth in Sacnilk’s accounting:...