Ranbir Kapoor-starrer 'Sanju' collects Rs 1.2 billion in the first weekend
The movie,
directed and co-produced by Rajkumar Hirani, raked in Rs 386 million on
Saturday and followed it up with a record setting collection of Rs 467.1
million on Sunday
Entertainment
News: After
a better than anticipated opening of Rs 347.5 million on Friday, Ranbir Kapoor
starrer 'Sanju' continued to attract footfalls throughout the weekend, ending
up with a Rs 1.2 billion haul by the end of its first weekend.
The
movie, directed and co-produced by Rajkumar Hirani, raked in Rs 386 million on
Saturday and followed it up with a record setting collection of Rs 467.1
million on Sunday, bringing the film's three day collection to Rs 1.2 billion.
This makes it the most successful opening of the year, and among the top
opening weekend collections of all time.
Some
of the records broken by the film include 'Baahubali 2: The
Conclusion' that
recorded first Sunday haul of Rs 461 million and 'Tiger Zinda Hai's opening weekend
haul of Rs 1.14 billion. It has also beaten 'Padmaavat' (Rs 1.14 billion) and
'Race 3' (1.06 billion) to be the highest opening weekend earner of the year so
far. At Rs 1.2 billion in three days, 'Sanju' is now expected to cross the Rs
2.5 billion mark at the domestic box office with certainty.
Starring
Kapoor in the titular role, along with actors like Vicky Kaushal, Dia Mirza,
Sonam Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Anushka Sharma among others, the film opened to
mostly positive reviews. It was released in close to 4000 screens across the
country, and another 1300 screens abroad (traditional territories like UK, US
and Middle East). It is among the widest distributed films of the year, second
only to Salman Khan’s Eid release 'Race 3' (4300 screens).
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