Akshay Kumar is finally back and how! The actor, who was going through a bad phase for a long time, is regaining his strength at the box office through back-to-back successes. His latest release, Bhoot Bangla, is on its way to emerging as a successful venture at the box office, thanks to its opening weekend collection of Rs. 56 crores and a good Monday catch, which took its 4-day theatrical run close to Rs. Figure of 65 crores. Actual information will be shared in the morning.
Bhoot Bangla will be Akshay Kumar’s fourth consecutive box office success in a span of one year. For the record, he had earlier given three consecutive successes with Kesari Chapter 2, Housefull 5 and Jolly LLB 3. These three titles saw a good weekend but could not maintain the forward momentum, falling short of a clean hit decision. The Priyadarshan directorial aims to avoid this and emerge as a hit venture by the end of its theatrical run.
Apart from the return of the OG gang and the nostalgia factor, what is working in favor of Bhoot Bangla is its word-of-mouth, which is slightly better than all the previous releases of Akshay Kumar in the post-pandemic times. Since there have been no significant releases in Hindi for a few weeks, Bhoot Bangla should see a favorable growth at the box office.
One must appreciate the quantity of releases Akshay Kumar has made in the post-pandemic times, when most other stars have done 3-4 films, and some have even settled for 1-2 films. Yes, most of these films did not perform well, but the importance of a large number of releases to survive at the box office cannot be underestimated, especially when the industry is short of films for several weeks of the year.
For those unaware, Bhoot Bangla stars Wamiqa Gabbi alongside Akshay Kumar. The film stars an ensemble cast including Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu, Jisoo Sengupta, Mithila Palkar, Late Asrani, Rajesh Sharma and others. It will be interesting to see how the film performs further at the box office.
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Disclaimer: Box office figures are compiled from various sources and our research. Figures may be approximate, and Pinkvilla makes no claims about the authenticity of the data. However, they are adequate indicators of the box-office performance of the respective films.
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