Mission Mangal Becomes Akshay Kumar’s First 200 Crore Film And The Biggest Independence Day Release!
Mission Mangal Enters 200 Crores Club
Updated : September 13, 2019 01:16 PM IST
Mission Mangal is smashing records, even almost a month after its release. The film, that released on Independence Day is still growing, despite releases like Batla House, Saaho and Chhichhore. In fact, the film has been reaching new milestones and yesterday, the film entered the coveted 200 crore club.
Mission Mangal Becomes Akshay Kumar’s First 200 Crore Film And The Biggest Independence Day Release!
Yes, you read that right. Mission Mangal had become the highest grossing film for Akshay Kumar some time back. But now, it has also become Akshay’s first film to enter the 200 crore club.
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >#MissionMangal crosses ₹ 200 cr... #AkshayKumar’s first double century... [Week 4] Fri 73 lakhs, Sat 1.40 cr, Sun 2.10 cr, Mon 61 lakhs, Tue 1.01 cr, Wed 54 lakhs, Thu 63 lakhs. Total: ₹ 200.16 cr. #India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 13, 2019
In fact, the collections also surpassed that of Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger and is now the biggest Independence Day release of all times. The production house, Fox Star, has also been benefitting from the film. This is the third film under their banner, after Sanju and Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo, to reach the 200 crore club!
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >#MissionMangal sets another new benchmark in #India: Becomes highest grossing #IndependenceDay release, surpassing #EkThaTiger... Fox Star Studios' third film to cross ₹ 200 cr mark: #Sanju [₹ 342.53 cr], #PremRatanDhanPayo [₹ 210.16 cr] and now, #MissionMangal [₹ 200.16 cr].
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 13, 2019
This is the fourth film of 2019 that has reached the 200 crore club. The other three are Kabir Singh, Bharat and Uri: The Surgical Strike. Here is how many days the films took to reach the feat!
undefined src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" >#MissionMangal benchmarks...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 13, 2019
Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3
₹ 100 cr: Day 5
₹ 150 cr: Day 11
₹ 175 cr: Day 14
₹ 200 cr: Day 29#India biz.
Days taken to reach ₹ 200 cr... 2019 releases...
⭐️ #KabirSingh: Day 13
⭐️ #Bharat: Day 14
⭐️ #Uri: Day 28
⭐️ #MissionMangal: Day 29
Well, we are hoping that it will collect even more in its lifetime. His films, Housefull 4 will release in October this year and Good News will release on Christmas! Akshay Kumar is all set to rule 2020 as well with three major Holiday releases. Besides Sooryavanshi in March, he will have Laxxmi Bomb during Eid, Prithviraj during Diwali and Bachchan Pandey during Christmas!