War continues to create history at the box office. The Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff starrer hit a double century on the occasion of Dusshera.
The Siddharth Anand directorial has been collecting more than Rs 20 crores every day since release; a trend that comes after Avengers: Endgame collected Rs 50 crores every day after release in India.
Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared news of the film’s collections on social media.
War has also emerged as the third highest-grossing film of 2019, surpassing the lifetime business of Salman Khan’s Bharat.
Within its first week, War hit the Rs 200 crore benchmark, including the Tamil and the Telugu box office, it crossed even more.
On Wednesday, Gandhi Jayanti, the day of film’s release saw a collection of Rs 51.60 cr, Thursday- Rs 23.10 cr, Friday- Rs 21.30 cr, Saturday- Rs 27.60 cr, Sunday- Rs 36.10 cr, Monday- Rs 20.60 cr and Tuesday- Rs 27.75 cr.
The film set new records by crossing Rs 50 crores on Day 1, Rs 100 cr on the third day and Rs 200 crore within a week.
It has also become the third highest Hindi grossing film of 2019, after Kabir Singh and Uri: The Surgical Strike. And, with the rate of its ongoing business, analysts predict that it might surpass all to become the highest grosser of 2019.
Meanwhile, Joker, the much-awaited Hollywood film, released alongside War on 2 October 2019 and has managed to do good business across the domestic market.
Despite releasing only in English, Joker made a total of Rs 32.70 crores nett. in India.
#Joker – released alongside two major #Indian films – has done excellent biz… Released in #English only and targeted at metros… Wed 5.15 cr, Thu 3.35 cr, Fri 3.65 cr, Sat 5.25 cr, Sun 5.60 cr, Mon 4.35 cr, Tue 5.35 cr. Total: ₹ 32.70 cr NBOC. #India biz.👌👌👌
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 9, 2019
#War hits double century… Collects ₹ 20 cr+ every single day since release, which speaks of its incredible trending… Collects a massive number on Day 7 [Tue] due to #Dussehra… Emerges third highest grossing film of 2019, surpassing *lifetime biz* of #Bharat.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 9, 2019