‘Mission Mangal’ BO: Akshay-Starrer Crosses Rs 150 Cr in 11 Days

The film released on 15 August.

Nithya Menen, Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan and Sharman Joshi in Mission Mangal.

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Akshay Kumar’s latest film Mission Mangal continues to do strong business at the box office and has earned Rs 164.61 crores in 11 days since its release on Independence Day. With this it has crossed the lifetime business of Akshay’s last release Kesari (Rs 151.87 cr), which hit theatres in March. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film received a boost thanks to the Janmashtami festivities.

Directed by Jagan Shakti and produced by R Balki, Mission Mangal is inspired by the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Mars Orbiter Mission, aka Mangalyaan, which was launched in 2013. The film, which also stars Taapsee Pannu, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Nithya Menen and Kirti Kulhari, earned Rs 29.16 crore on its first day, surpassing Akshay’s last Independence Day release Gold (Rs 25.25 crore) to become his highest opener till date. Mission Mangal continued its winning streak and raked in Rs 97.56 crore on its first weekend and earned Rs 114.39 crore by day 5. Taran Adarsh observed that Mission Mangal is the fastest Akshay Kumar film to reach Rs 150 crores. At its current figures, Mission Mangal is the 4th highest grossing Hindi film of 2019 after Kabir Singh, Uri and Bharat.