MUMBAI: Rocking Star Yash’s highly anticipated action drama Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups has unleashed a massive storm at the global box office upon its release on Wednesday. Marking the actor’s high-profile return to the big screen four years after K.G.F: Chapter 2, the Geetu Mohandas directorial capitalized on immense fan anticipation to record opening-day advance sales of over Rs. 64 crore in India alone.
Driven by late-night shows and high occupancy across multiplexes, early trade estimates project the pan-India film’s first-day worldwide collection to comfortably surge past the Rs. 100-crore mark.
Domestically, the film dominated across multiple languages, with Yash’s primary base of Karnataka leading the tally by generating over Rs. 18 crore in pre-sales gross. The Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil dubbed versions also performed exceptionally well across key circuits like Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, and Andhra Pradesh, filling single screens and high-end IMAX formats alike.
Internationally, Toxic experienced a widespread rollout across North America, the UK, Europe, and the Middle East, where premium large format screens pushed overseas Day 1 grosses into multi-million dollar territory. Supported by massive theatrical buzz, industry analysts project the film to record one of the highest opening weekend totals of the year.
