It was a good first week for Housefull 5 as Rs. 133 crores* came in. The film opened quite well, went on to grow over the weekend, had a stable Monday and post that had decent numbers coming in with expected daily drops. Yes, had the collections stayed in double digits right through, then it would have been excellent. Still, for the seventh day to end up collecting Rs. 7 crores* is decent enough as well and now there should be stable second Friday.
One can expect more than Rs. 7 crores to come today and then the film will be back in double digits tomorrow and day after tomorrow. While Rs. 40-45 crores is bound to come in the second week, the closer the film is to the Rs. 50 crores mark, the better it would be for the overall lifetime of Housefull 5, which continues to stay in contention for an entry into the Rs. 200 Crore Club.
Meanwhile, the killer comedy has already entered Akshay Kumar’s Top-10 highest grossers ever as it has gone past the lifetime numbers of Rowdy Rathore (Rs. 133 crores). The ultimate aim would be for the Sajid Nadiadwala production to emerge as the actor’s biggest grosser ever once it goes past Housefull 4 lifetime of Rs. 208.50 crores. What happens in this weekend would be the key for that milestone to be achieved.
*Estimates
Note: All collections as per various box office sources