By: Ishika Sharma
Mission Mangal has emerged as Akshay’s Kumar’s highest opening day earner.
Last year too, Akshay Kumar’s ‘Gold had trumped John Abraham’s
Satyameva Jayate’ when both had clashed on the 15 August holiday.
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar’s space drama Mission Mangal, at Rs.28.50
crore has clearly beaten its competitor for the Independence Day weekend, John Abraham-stater Batla House that earned Rs. 14.50 crore. Last year too, Kumar’s Gold (Rs.26 crore) had trumped Abraham’s Satyameva Jayate (Rs 20 crore), when both had clashed on the 15 August holiday.
“Mission Mangal takes a fabulous start, Independence Day holiday gives the business an additional boost, multiplexes outstanding, mass circuits good,” trade analyst Taran Adrash tweeted.
“Batla House fares well on day one, although numbers are affected due to the clash. Gathered momentum post noon onwards, Independence Day holiday gave its business an additional push,” Adrash added.
To be sure, Mission Mangal has emerged as Kumar’s highest opening day earner beating Gold (Rs. 23.63 crores), Kesari ( Rs. 20.40 crore), the Hindi version of 2.0 (Rs. 19.74 crore) and Singh is Bling (Rs. 16.98 crores).
Trade website Box Office India said apart from going 15-20% higher than
Kumar’s previous outing, Gold, the Jagan Shakti directed movie has
scored big in Mumbai and Mysore with the former looking to be around
Rs. 9 crores and Mysore hitting the Rs.1.50 crore mark.
As far as Batla House goes, the Rs.14 crore figure would have been a good total, if it is, was not a holiday, especially considering that Satyameva Jayate did almost Rs. 20 crore last year. The difference between Batla House and the older film is that the latter had done better in the smaller multiplexes and single screens of Maharashtra, Nizam, and central India.