Aamir Khan in a still from Thugs of Hindostan Aamir Khan in a still from Thugs of Hindostan

Thugs of Hindostan, without an ounce of doubt, has turned out to be one of the biggest box-office disasters that the Hindi film industry has seen in the past one decade. The epic action-adventure, starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles, has collected a little over Rs 143 crore in its 10-day run at the box-office, a performance clearly not at par with expectations the trade pundits had from the film.

While Thugs of Hindostan turned out to be a disappointment of mammoth proportions for the audience, the producers as well as the exhibitors have incurred heavy losses on the film, reports Bollywood Hungama. The web portal claims that it is only the sub-distributors of Yash Raj Films, who distributed the film on a commission basis, are at profit.

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Since the sub-distributors distributed the film on a Minimum Guarantee Deal, they pocketed a major chunk of the profit. In such a scenario, it was the exhibitors who were at a great loss. The report claims that they have lost out on over 50 per cent of their investments. The trade sources have confirmed that losses faced by exhibitors are higher than they did on Tubelight. (Thugs of Hindostan: Did Aamir Khan fail to keep his promise of an elaborate role to Katrina Kaif?)

The scenario, report says, is different from that of Jab Harry Met Sejal as the producers had made significant profits off the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer. In this case, however, even the producers have lost money. Their last and only hope is now the China where the film will be released next month.