Steep drop in Race 3 collections, unlikely to cross Rs. 175 cr; Remo Dsouza out of Race 4?

23 Jun 2018

While Salman Khan has enough reason to scoff atcritics who wroteoff Race 3 ,he isstill far frompleasedby the box office outcome of his latest Eid offering. Post Eid, the festive season thatisregardedasSalmansapna ilaaka (personaldomain), thefilm nosedivedatthebox office. Atop personnel from a leading multiplex chain whowishes to remain anonymous, says the backlash against Race 3 has severely affectedits footfalls. Thereis no doubt that Race 3 is the poorest Eid performer from Salman Bhai. Even his staunch fanshavehated it. The fall in footfalls post Eid has been steep. We expect the film to plummeteven further in the second week. Trade pundit Amod Mehra says hes not surprisedby the dip in sales. Since the film lacked substance thecollections werebound to drop. Had thefilm not been releasedoverthe Eid weekend, it would not havecollectedmore that Rs. 125 cr. Thefirst andmost major fall-out of Race 3 sunderperformanceisa re-think regarding thedirector for Race 4.One hears from reliablesources that Remo Dsouza who directed Race 3 may not direct Race 4 anymore. In any case, Remo isbusy withhis dance film with Varun Dhawan and Katrina Kaif.So, he wont beabletodevote time to Race4 next year,saysthe source. The producers mayrevert to Abbas Mustan who co-directedthe first and second Race films. Also Read: WATCH: Race 3 team Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Remo Dsouza head to Kargil on bikes in the valleys of Kashmir