Actor Akshay Kumar has scored one of his biggest post-pandemic weekend grossers with his latest horror comedy Bhooth Bangla. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film performed excellently over the weekend, making it Kumar's biggest non-franchise-led film since 2020.
In terms of worldwide gross, the film minted approximately ₹98 crore, reported by industry tracker Sacnilk. Out of which, an estimated ₹28 crore gross came in from key markets like North America and the Gulf.
This makes it the third overall best weekend grosser for Kumar, after Housefull 5, which had grossed nearly ₹140 crore worldwide and filmmaker Rohit Shetty's cop universe film Sooryavanshi, which minted around ₹116 crore in 2021.
Even in terms of India nett, Bhooth Bangla is the third best performing film of Kumar, clocking in a solid ₹58 crore in three days.
The film netted ₹3.75 crore on select paid previews on Thursday, followed by a Friday of around ₹12.25 crore. Over the next two days, Bhooth Bangla recorded huge jumps, netting ₹19 crore and ₹23 crore on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Both, in terms of India nett and global gross, Bhooth Bangla, has perfomed better than Kumar's Jolly LLB 3, which also starred Arshad Warsi. The film, released last year, had netted ₹53.50 crore in three days at the domestic box-office.
All eyes will now be on the Monday trend of the film, to figure just how much the movie would drop and continue its weekday run at a stable rate. Bhooth Bangla will have a free week ahead, with no major release this friday apart from Ginny Wedss Sunny 2. The rom-com stars Avinash Tiwary and Medha Shankr and is gearing up for an April 24 release.
Produced by Kumar, Shobha Kapoor, and Ektaa R Kapoor, Bhooth Bangla marks the much-awaited reunion of Kumar and Priyadarshan after hit comedies like Hera Pheri, Bhagam Bhag, Garam Masala, Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Khatta Meetha, which marked their last collaboration in 2010. The duo will also work together in the thriller Haiwaan, co-starring Saif Ali Khan.
