It was Blockbuster Tuesday offer yesterday and Housefull 5 rightfully took it to keep the pace going for itself. On Monday, the film had collected Rs. 3.80 crores* and on Tuesday there was good growth seen, what with Rs. 4.40 crores* coming in. That’s good because anything in Rs. 4-4.25 crores range would have been fine too and here there are those extra lakhs which have come in.
The film has been defying the negativity around it and collecting consistently now, which is nice. Of course, had the film got into a zone where Rs. 225-250 crores lifetime would have come in, then that would have been fantastic as it would be have been a good increase over Housefull 4, which had netted around Rs. 200 crores. Here, Housefull 5 will stretch its way towards the Rs. 200 crores mark and while that’s fine given the manner in which films have been struggling to get even face saving numbers, a much bigger score would have eradicated all the noise around it.
Nonetheless, what matters is that Bollywood has yet another earner in the last couple of months which have at least seen theatrical audiences coming back. Currently standing at Rs. 170.89 crores*, the Akshay Kumar led comedy will cross Rs. 200 crores in its third week and then add some more in time to come as well to emerge as a decent success.
*Estimates
Note: All collections as per various box office sources