Hrithik Roshan ’s War becomes the only Hindi film to cross ₹300 mark at the box office.- Until now, the only film to cross ₹300 crore mark was Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame.
- The movie was released across 4200 screens had collected ₹53.3 crore on its opening day.
The box office collections of Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff- starrer War earned nearly ₹304 crore thanks to extended weekends and festivals. War is the first Hindi film to enter the coveted ₹300 crore club in 2019. Until now, only one Hollywood movies have reached this mark.
Avengers: Endgame which is the top international grosser ever, had easily pulled it off, as it made ₹400 crore in India.
War also did more business than Padmaavat — the second highest grosser of 2018, reported Business Today.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone starrer Padmaavat recorded a lifetime box office collection of ₹302.15 crore.
War is now among the sixth highest grosser so far. The first five highest grosser hindi films are Baahubali 2, Dangal, Sanju, PK, Tiger Zinda Hai, Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
Business over weekends
War also became the top grossing film of 2019 in its third week in India, a title previously held by Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh.
The film earned between ₹10-11 crore on its second Saturday. The movie was released across 4200 screens had collected ₹53.3 crore on its opening day.
War is an action thriller where an Indian soldier Khalid (
This is the second hit of Roshan this year as his movie Super 30 was also commercially and critically acclaimed. Until then, he had been suffering from a dry spell as his big budget movies Kaabil and Mohenjo Daro had both flopped as they released in 2016 and 2017.
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