- The weekend collection of
Pati Patni Aur Woh starring Kartik Aryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey is pegged at ₹34 crore. - Panipat starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon registered a slow start.
- Panipat’s total box office collection is almost the half of Pati Patni Aur Woh.
Pati Patni Aur Woh is Kartik Aryan’s best opening day ever. Luka Chuppi’s first day collections stood ₹8 crore whereas that of Pyaar ka Punchnama 2 and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety were at ₹6 crore. Both these movies went on to be superhits that established him in the industry.
He is one of the busiest actors today and bagged the sequels of two hit franchises — Love Aaj Kal 2 and Bhool Bhulaiya 2.
Pati Patni Aur Woh itself is a remake of BR Chopra’s 1978 film where Abhinav Chintu Tyagi struggles to balance his married life and an affair.
Last week, Ashutosh Gowariker’s magnum opus Panipat starring Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon-- also released.
The movie which depicts the third battle of Panipat in 1761 however registered a slow start. It made ₹4 crore on its opening day and ₹5.78 crore on the second and its total weekend collections were at ₹18 crore.
Panipat’s total box office collection is almost the half of Pati Patni Aur Woh.
Panipat narrates the story of Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali — the ruler of Afghanistan. Rajasthan Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh demanded ban on the movie as it portrays Bharatpur king Maharaja Surajmal in an unseemly manner.