Akhil Akkineni’s latest release Agent has failed to impress the audiences and critics alike. The film released theatrically on April 28, 2023 and clashed at the box-office against Mani Ratnam’s highly anticipated film, Ponniyin Selvan 2.
Agent Box Office Collection
On Day 5 of its release, Agent collected roughly Rs 43 lakh. The film has been struggling at the box-office and despite opening with good numbers, failed to impress the audiences.
Agent collected Rs 5.95 crore on Day 1, Rs 1.6 crore on Day 2, Rs 0.88 crore on Day 3, Rs 0.53 crore on Day 4 and Rs 0.43 crore (approximately) on Day 5, taking its total box office collection in India to Rs 9.83 crore (approximately).
Agent Cast
The cast of Agent is led by Akhil Akkineni and also features Mammootty, Dino Morea, Sakshi Vaidya and Vikramjeet Virk in pivotal roles. The film is directed by Surender Reddy.
Producer Takes Responsibility For Failure Of Agent
Producer Anil Sunkara took to his social media account on Monday evening to take the blame for the poor box office collection of Agent. Taking to his Twitter account, the filmmaker 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.”
The producer added, “We don't want to give any excuses but learn from this costly mistake and see how we can turnaround to make sure, we will never repeat the mistakes. Our sincere apologies to all those who put trust on us. We will make it up for the losses with dedicated planning & hardwork in our future projects.”
Agent OTT Release Date
According to reports, Agent has already locked its OTT release date. The film will be making its digital debut within 21 days of its theatrical release and will premiere on OTT giant SonyLIV. Agent is expected to start streaming digitally from May 19, 2023. However, no confirmation or denial about the news has been made by the makers yet.