Assi Box Office Day 9: Taapsee Pannu’s Courtroom Drama Crosses Rs 7.50 Cr — But Is It Enough to Save the Film?

Taapsee Pannu and director Anubhav Sinha’s Assi is doing what serious films usually do at the box office — holding on quietly, week after week, without ever catching fire. On its 2nd Saturday (Day 9), the film registered a 30% jump over its 2nd Friday, adding an estimated Rs 60 lakh to the tally and crossing the Rs 7.50 crore nett mark overall in India.

It’s a respectable number for a content-driven courtroom drama. But given the film’s ambitions and the Taapsee-Anubhav combination’s past highs, it’s also undeniably below expectations.

Assi Box Office — Day-Wise Collection Breakdown

The Thappad Shadow Looms Large

Here’s the painful comparison nobody can ignore. Taapsee and Anubhav Sinha’s previous collaboration was Thappad (2020) — a film that tackled domestic violence with surgical precision and went on to collect over Rs 30 crore at the box office. That was a genuine hit, and one of Bollywood’s proudest moments in socially conscious cinema that year.

Assi, by all accounts, is a worthy successor in spirit — a hard-hitting courtroom drama built around a brutal case, with Taapsee delivering another committed performance. But it is currently tracking at roughly one-third of Thappad’s final theatrical total. That’s the market reality of 2026.

According to Wikipedia, Taapsee Pannu has consistently championed female-driven, socially relevant narratives throughout her career — and Assi fits squarely in that mould. The problem isn’t the film; it’s the shrinking theatrical appetite for serious, non-spectacle-driven stories in post-pandemic Bollywood.

The 2nd Sunday could push the total past Rs 8 crore, but a dramatic recovery looks unlikely at this stage.

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