Neeraj Pandey’s MS Dhoni: The Untold Story is having a fine innings at the box-office. The biopic has crossed the Rs 100 crore milestone in 9 days having earned over Rs 103 crore till Saturday, 8 October. The Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer opened well, becoming the second biggest opening film this year and held steady over the week ending its 7-day first-week collection at Rs 94.13 crore. Beginning its second week, the film earned Rs 4.07 crore and Rs 5.20 crore on Friday and Saturday respectively.
With this milestone, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story has become the 5th film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark this year. Other films to have entered the 100 crore club in 2016 so far are - Airlift, Housefull 3, Sultan and Rustom.
While MS Dhoni continues its spell at the ticket windows, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s love storyMirzya, has opened with rather poor collections. The film which is a launchpad for Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor and debutant Saiyami Kher earned a mere Rs 2.20 crore on Friday.
The day 2 collections of Mirzya are apparently lower, with the film having earned only about Rs 2.10 crore. With a reported budget of Rs 35 crore (including prints and publicity) Mirzya looks like its heading to be a debacle.
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