Race 3 VS Thugs Of Hindostan: Which Of These Two Khan Films Is A Bigger Failure?

Eid 2018 saw the release of Salman Khan’s Race 3 whereas Diwali 2018 saw the release of Aamir Khan’s Thugs of Hindostan. While both the films under-performed at the Box-Office vis-à-vis expectations, without any second thoughts one can conclude that Thugs of Hindostan is a much bigger failure than the Salman Khan film. While Race 3 raked in approximately 170 crores at the domestic Box-Office, Thugs of Hindostan is looking to end its run at collections in the range of 145 to 147 crores.

An interesting point to note here is the fact that Thugs of Hindostan has been made on a humongous budget of 240 crores (excluding Aamir Khan fees) whereas Race 3 was made on an approximate budget of 150 crores (excluding Salman Khan fees). Despite having almost two times the budget, Thugs of Hindostan will collect much below Race 3, not just in India but also abroad. The budget part aside, another factor which makes Thugs of Hindostan a bigger failure is the additional padding.

While both Race 3 and Thugs of Hindostan starred two of India’s biggest superstars i.e. Salman Khan and Aamir Khan respectively, Thugs was definitely a better-packaged film. Race 3 had nothing going in its favour right from its announcement – be it the production house (TIPS Entertainment), the supporting cast (Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah, Shaqib Salim to name a few), the music (multiple composers, who are not known in the industry) whereas Thugs of Hindostan, on the other hand, had everything going in its favour since its announcement – be it the production house (YRF), the supporting cast (Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif, Fatima Sana Shaikh), the music (Ajay-Atul). Basically, Thugs of Hindostan was a lot bigger film than Race 3 on all grounds and it will end up earning lesser than Race 3 across the globe in the first phase of its release.