New Delhi, May 9 -- Retro Box Office Collection Day 8: Actor Suriya's movie Retro ended its first week in the theaters with earnings of approximately Rs.53 crore at the box office on Thursday, May 8, despite a steady slowdown.

The Tamil movie, which had opened at a whopping Rs.19.25 crore on its release day on May 1, majorly clashed with Nani's Telugu movie - HIT 3. Hindi hits like Ajay Devgn's Raid 2 and Akshay Kumar's Kesari 2 have also given Retro a stiff competition.

Retro is available in two languages - Tamil and Telugu.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Retro earned Rs.1.82 crore on Thursday, Day 8. Of this, the Suriya starrer earned Rs.1.51 crore in Tamil and Rs.31,00,000 in Telugu.

This was 4.21 per cent down from Wednesd...