Akshay Kumar-starrer Sooryavanshi is inching towards the Rs 100 crore club. The film collected Rs 14.51 crore on Monday, taking the total box office collection so far to Rs 91.59 crore.
The Rohit Shetty directorial broke box office records in the first weekend itself. It released on 5 November.
Sooryavanshi earned Rs 23.85 on Saturday and Rs 26.94 crore on Sunday, bringing the total to Rs 77.8 crore. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#Sooryavanshi brings joy, hope, confidence, optimism back… Emerges a #Diwali gift for the industry… RUNS RIOT at #BO on Day 3… Proves *yet again*: Well-made entertainers will NEVER go out of fashion… Fri 26.29 cr, Sat 23.85 cr, Sun 26.94 cr. Total: ₹ 77.08 cr. #India biz.”
The action cop drama made Rs 26.29 crore on the first day. The CEO of Reliance Entertainment Group, Shibasish Sarkar, had told PTI, "The response has been outstanding but due to state limitation the business was affected (a bit) in places Maharashtra, MP, Bihar and Haryana because of 50 percent occupancy otherwise the number would have been ₹34 crore in domestic market.”
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