Raksha Bandhan box office collection week 2: Akshay Kumar starrer earns less than Rs 50 lakh on second Monday

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar's latest release 'Raksha Bandhan' is coming to the end of its run at the box office with an underwhelming report.
The film that had an extended holiday weekend at the box office, managed to collect just around Rs 42 crore nett. According to boxofficeindia.com, 'Raksha Bandhan' added an estimated Rs 40 lakh to its kitty on its second Monday at the ticket windows.
At this rate, trade gurus predict that the film will earn just around Rs 5.25-5.50 crore nett in its second week, thus slowly taking its total to the Rs 45 crore mark.The movie earned an estimated total of around Rs 37.60 crore in its first week and earned Rs 1 crore on its second Friday and followed it up with earnings of Rs 1.20 crore and 1.80 crore on Saturday and Sunday.
Reacting to the poor collections, Akshay on Saturday said he should be "blamed" for the poor run of his films. Kumar, whose last few films such as 'Bachchhan Paandey', 'Samrat Prithviraj' and 'Raksha Bandhan' registered dismal performances at the ticket window, said he needs to "dismantle" the way he chooses scripts.
"Films are not working, it is our fault, my fault. I have to make the changes and understand what the audience wants. I want to dismantle the way I think and what kind of films I should do. Nobody should be blamed for it but me," Kumar said at the trailer launch for his upcoming film 'Cuttputlli'.
The movie, directed by Ranjit M Tewari, will be releasing on an OTT platform on September 2.
Kumar also added that a direct-to-digital release is not a "safety net" to protect movies from a possible box office failure.
"OTT is not a safe space. It also requires people to say 'we like the film' or 'we don't'. It's not a safety net. Here also the film releases, and the media, people, critics, all of them watch it. One has to work hard and that's it," he added.
'Cuttputlli' also stars Rakul Preet Singh, Sargun Mehta and Chandrachur Singh in pivotal roles.
Aseem Arrora, whose credits include "Bell Bottom" and "Ek Villain Returns", has penned the screenplay and dialogues for the film, which is inspired by 2018 Tamil movie 'Ratsasan'.
The story focuses on a cop (Kumar) investigating the string of murders of schoolgirls in the hill town of Kasauli.