Box office: 'Agent' fails to thrill viewers
What's the story
Akhil Akkineni's spy thriller Agent was in the buzz for a long time and the film went through multiple postponements. The Surender Reddy directorial was released recently and has fallen flat on its face. The box office debacle is crushed by Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: II.
Amid this, producer Ajay Sunkara tweeted taking the blame for this massive commercial failure.
Box office
Failed to cross the Rs. 10 crore mark
As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the project raked in Rs. 53 lakh on Monday. Overall, it earned Rs. 8.96 crore. The high-octane action thriller failed to cross the Rs. 10 crore mark and as per trends, it does not seem to recover either.
The cast includes Mammootty and Sakshi Vaidya, among others. It is also bankrolled by Ramabrahmam Sunkara and Pathi Deepa Reddy.
Twitter Post
Check what Sunkara wrote
We have to take the entire blame for #Agent. Though we know its an uphill task, we thought of conquering but failed to do so as we did a blunder starting the project without a bound script & innumerable issues including covid followed. We don't want to give any excuses but learn…
— Anil Sunkara (@AnilSunkara1) May 1, 2023