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Kiara and Yash's 'Toxic' Breaks Records, Gets Pirated Immediately

Yash and Kiara's 'Toxic' smashed box office records this weekend, then got pirated immediately.

Kiara Advani at a promotional event for Toxic
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Yash and Kiara Advani’s ‘Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups’ just rewrote the rulebook for Bollywood openings. Industry reports are going wild over the numbers; the film reportedly crossed Rs 100 crore on day one alone, a feat that’s turning heads across the industry. By day two, word doing the rounds suggests the collection hit Rs 137 crore, making it one of the biggest debuts in recent memory. This is the kind of box office lightning that sends producers scrambling to understand what worked.

But here’s where the story gets complicated. Even as fans celebrated the film’s blockbuster run, unauthorized clips started circulating online, with piracy concerns already making headlines in Indian media. It’s a tale as old as Bollywood success itself; the bigger the opening, the faster the pirates move in to capitalize.

Still, nothing seems to be slowing down this fairytale. Audiences are clearly invested in what Yash and Kiara are serving up, piracy or not. The real test will be whether the film maintains this momentum at the box office despite the online theft.

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