Mumbai: Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi continues to spring a pleasant surprise at the box office. The movie’s collections are suggestive that the cinema halls are back in business after reeling under COVID-19 for two years. Going forward, the stage has been set for the upcoming movie releases and the makers will be looking to bank on the positive viewer sentiments.
As per trade analyst Taran Adarsh, on its second Tuesday, it did a business of Rs 4 crore, taking its total to Rs 99.64 crore in 12 days after it hit the screens on February 25. By the end of Wednesday, it will be crossing the Rs 100 crore mark. In doing so, it finds a spot among COVID releases that crossed this benchmark. Some of the other releases that did business of Rs 100 crore for Hindi releases are Pushpa (Hindi version), Sooryavanshi and 83. Gangubai Kathiawadi will have surpassed the collections of 83, which are Rs 103.46 crore as per Box Office India.
And #GangubaiKathiawadi hits century today [Wed], the fourth #Hindi film to achieve this number [💯 cr], post pandemic [#Sooryavanshi, #PushpaHindi, #83TheFilm]… [Week 2] Fri 5.01 cr, Sat 8.20 cr, Sun 10.08 cr, Mon 3.41 cr, Tue 4.01 cr. Total: ₹ 99.64 cr. #India biz. pic.twitter.com/8RrYeRBedi
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 9, 2022
As per Box Office India, the second-week collections of Gangubai Kathiawadi will be well over Rs 34 crore. The report further claimed that it is looking at a lifetime business of Rs 115-120 crore. These figures are clearly indicative of the film’s success.
