Varun Dhawan and Keerthy Suresh's Baby John fails to maintain a good hold on Thursday. Check out early estimates for day 2.

Bollywood star Varun Dhawan is embracing the larger-than-life cinema style of South India with his upcoming Christmas release 'Baby John.'

The film narrates the gripping story of a cop who assumes a new identity to provide a safe haven for his daughter.

Despite getting the push from being a Christmas holiday release, Varun Dhawan’s Baby John had a decent opening day collection at the box office. The Kalees directorial's performance was mostly hit by the continued dominance of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 and the clash with Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King.

Baby John is Varun Dhawan's best-ever opening at the box office in the last five years. His previous releases Bhediya (2022) earned Rs 7.48 crore on its first day, and Jugjugg Jeeyo (2022) collected Rs 9.28 crore on its opening day.

As Varun Dhawan’s much awaited film Baby John has finally hit the screens, here’s how it fared at the box office on the opening day

The Rule, Varun Dhawan-starrer Baby John failed to churn out big on its opening day. On the Christmas Day holiday, even the dubbed Hindi version of Allu Arjun-starrer outshined Varun's film in terms of box office figures.

Pushpa 2 seems to be people's favourite watch this holiday season despite the release of Varun Dhawan starrer Baby John and Vijay Sethupathi-starrer Viduthalai 2.

Baby John featuring Varun Dhawan, Keerthy Suresh, Wamiqa Gabbi and more, was released on Christmas Day. While the film presented by Atlee was mounted as a massy holiday entertainer, the box office reports are rather lukewarm.