Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju’s Dude, which started strong at the Indian box office, is now seeing sharper drops than expected in its second week.

Despite a promising opening, the film’s theatrical run seems to be slowing down faster than predicted.

After a solid pre-release buzz, this Kollywood romantic comedy opened to impressive numbers and enjoyed a strong first weekend thanks to Diwali holidays. During its opening week, the film collected ₹56.5 crore net, showing good hold initially.

However, post-Diwali, collections began to slide. On Day 8, Dude earned an estimated ₹1.16 crore, marking Pradeep’s lowest second Friday.

For comparison, his debut film Love Today collected ₹2.96 crore on its second Friday, while Dragon brought in ₹4.7 crore. That means Dude fell around 61% be

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