Pati Patni Aur Woh Do Box Office: Ayushmann Khurrana’s Remake Limps to Rs 50 Crore After a Slow Start

It’s not a victory lap, but it’s not a collapse either. Pati Patni Aur Woh Do, the remake of the 2019 Kartik Aaryan hit directed by Mudassar Aziz, is inching towards the Rs 50 crore mark — a number that keeps its head above water but does little to change the larger narrative around the film’s underwhelming theatrical run.

Day-Wise Box Office Collections: Pati Patni Aur Woh Do

Where Things Stand on 3rd Tuesday

The film posted an estimated Rs 90 lakh on its 3rd Tuesday — a modest 10% jump over Monday, which counts as a mild positive in an otherwise flat week. The total now stands at approximately Rs 46.25 crore nett, and the film is widely expected to close its full theatrical run around the Rs 50 crore gross mark.

For a film headlined by Ayushmann Khurrana alongside Sara Ali Khan, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Rakul Preet Singh, Rs 50 crore is — as trade analysts put it — “somewhat face-saving after a dismal start.” It’s enough to avoid the label of a disaster, but nowhere near the success the franchise’s original film achieved. Keep up with the latest Bollywood box office updates on TechnoSports.

How Does It Compare to the Original?

The comparison with the 2019 Pati Patni Aur Woh — which starred Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, and Ananya Panday — is unavoidable and unflattering. The original finished its run at Rs 80 crore nett in India, making it a clean Hit by the standards of its time. The remake is tracking to nearly half that number in the current market.

The post-2020 theatrical landscape has fundamentally changed audience habits and expectations for mid-budget romantic comedies. Where the 2019 film rode a wave of audience goodwill and comedy timing, the remake has found it difficult to generate the same energy. The Rs 50 crore ceiling says less about the cast and more about the new reality of the Bollywood rom-com genre at the box office today.

What’s Next?

With new releases arriving this weekend, Pati Patni Aur Woh Do is unlikely to add significantly to its total beyond the Rs 50 crore mark. The film will likely settle into a quiet OTT release phase, where it may find a wider, more forgiving audience — the kind of second life that many midrange Bollywood comedies now rely on.

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