The Kartik Aaryan starrer ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ ended its first week at the box office on a high.
The movie which was released on the extended Diwali weekend, crossed the Rs 150 crore mark on Thursday, Day 7. This comes after the film comfortably sailed past the Rs 100 crore it earned in its debut weekend. What makes hitting this milestone even more impressive, is that the film managed to hit the mark, despite sharing its box office business with Ajay Devgn’s ‘Singham Again‘.
According to Scanilk, the film saw its collections dip below Rs 10 crore for the first time, on Thursday, to earn an estimated Rs 9.50 crore. This, coupled with the impressive week one number, helped the film score a total week one collection of Rs 158.25 crore.The film managed to hold its own at the box office, setting a new record for Aaryan as it soared past expectations. ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ opened with an impressive Rs 35.5 crore collection on Friday, followed by a minor boost on Saturday, netting Rs 37 crore and an estimated Rs 33.5 crore on Sunday.
The film is slowly making its way to the top of the list of Kartik’s highest-earning films of all time, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, which holds the top spot with a collection of Rs 184.32 crore.
The movie also made a splash at the North American box office, earning an estimated $2.23 million in its first week. This collection put the film on the 10th spot on the list of highest-earning films of the weekend.
Directed by Anees Bazmee and featuring a star-studded cast including Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri, and Rajpal Yadav, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ has been receiving mixed reviews from audiences. However, the film still managed to keep the momentum going and is now chasing ‘Singham Again’s Rs 173 crore total collection.
The film will have just one more week to rake in the big bucks before it faces some more competition from the Hollywood releases ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator 2’ which hit screens next week.
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