'The Bengal Files' Stumbles on Day 1: Can It Follow in 'Kashmir Files' Footsteps?

Okay, so like, I was trying to find the box office numbers for The Bengal Files day 1, and let me tell you, it's a bit all over the place, just like my brain on a Monday morning. I mean, you've got different reports giving different numbers. It's like everyone has their own version of the story.

(Photo Credit: IMDb) Can It Follow in 'Kashmir Files' Footsteps

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So, one site says the movie, you know, the one by Vivek Agnihotri, made like, ₹1 crore. And they said that's only like 30% of what The Kashmir Files made on its first day. That's a huge difference! But then another site, like, Times Now, said it made ₹1.75 crore, which is a bit better, but still not great. And then another one, Hindustan Times, gives a completely different number of ₹1.63 crore. See what I mean? It's all a mess.

It seems like the movie had a slow start, which isn't a huge shocker. I mean, it's a political drama and it was clashing with some big movies. There's this Tiger Shroff action movie, Baaghi 4, and also a Hollywood horror film, The Conjuring: Last Rites! Can you believe it? The horror movie apparently made way more than both of them. Crazy, right?

Also, there was this whole controversy thing where the movie apparently didn't even get released in West Bengal. That's probably a big reason for the lower numbers, you know, since it's called The Bengal Files and all. I'm not sure why they would do that, but hey, I don't run a movie theater.

Anyway, the general consensus, if there even is one, is that the movie had a "moderate" or "slow" start. They're hoping it'll pick up over the weekend because of good word-of-mouth, just like The Kashmir Files did back in the day. The Kashmir Files only made ₹3.55 crore on its first day, which seems low now, but it then became a massive hit. So, who knows? Maybe The Bengal Files will be a sleeper hit too. We'll have to wait and see. It's all so confusing, I need to go have some chai now to clear my head.