Vijay Deverakonda and Ananya Panday starrer Liger released in theatres yesterday and the first-day occupancy has been lower than was expected. Film trade analyst Karan Taurani of Elara Capital told IANS, "The current response to Liger is poor. We had earlier estimated that the film will open at Rs 30-35 crore in the South, but the response to the film in Telugu markets has been below par." He added that the Hindi market is also not showing the kind of positive response as had been projected.
"The lifetime collections of the film were expected to be Rs 170-180 crore, out of which 25 percent was to come from the Hindi market, but looking at the current trends, the film is likely to achieve a lifetime figure of Rs 55-60 crore. Out of these Rs 60 crore, Rs 10 crore will come from the Hindi territory. Liger may report a below-par performance across markets," said Taurani. "It is failing on every front to pull crowds into theatres. Even for Liger, people have seen something similar in 2015 in the Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra-starrer Brothers," he added, pointing out that the film gets beaten on the novelty factor.