Vicky Kaushal-Triptii Dimri starrer Bad Newz earns Rs 8.62 crore on Day 1

Vicky Kaushal-Triptii Dimri starrer Bad Newz has opened at Rs 8.62 crore at the box-office, the makers announced on Saturday. Directed by Anand Tiwari, the romantic-comedy also stars Ammy Virk and Neha Dhupia in pivotal roles.

The film had managed to earn over Rs 1.5 crore in advance bookings. According to Sacnilk.com, it had an occupancy of 22.83 percent on Friday. Its worldwide collection stands at Rs 12.50 crore.

Making the announcement, the makers wrote, "Congra-kalesh-tions!
Pehele din pe hi Bad Newz ne sabka dil jeet liya (Bad Newz has won everyone's heart right on the first day)."

Produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions and Leo Media Collective, Bad Newz is a spiritual successor to the Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh starrer Good Newwz (2019) which revolved around the lives of two couples whose lives intertwine due to a blunder made by a doctor during in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). It released on July 19.

Our review of the film read, “Bad Newz becomes tiresome because of a stretched, wobbly screenplay. The whole plotline of Saloni marrying and divorcing and then sleeping with another man seems to be crafted to avoid judgement from a conservative audience, who would probably scoff if she were just a liberated girl with more than one partner. The film is a bunch of gags joined together by a thin thread.”