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'Kalank' Box Office Collection: Varun Dhawan-Alia Bhatt's film becomes biggest opener of 2019; beats Kesari, Gully Boy

'Kalank' creates a storm at the box office, records biggest opening of 2019, mints Rs 21.60 crore on Wednesday. The film is the biggest opener of Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt

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Abhishek Varman's much-awaited directorial Kalank finally hit the screens on Wednesday (April 17, 2019). The film is set in the era of 1940s and has an ensemble cast of Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt. The film had an amazing occupancy rate of 35-40% on the opening day, as per Box Office India. The movie even recorded the best advance booking of 2019 with collections of approx Rs 10 crore before it released.

Now, the first-day collections of Kalank are out and it has emerged to become the biggest opener of this year so far by making Rs 21.60 crore. Interestingly, it has even become the biggest opener of Varun and Alia. The film has beat the opening day collections of this year's films namely Kesari, Gully Boy and Total Dhamaal. Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "#Kalank starts with a bang... Emerges biggest opener of 2019 *so far*... Plexes terrific... Impressive cast and hype + massive screen count [4000] + #MahavirJayanti holiday have contributed to a big total... Wed ₹ 21.60 cr. India biz."

He also tweeted, "Top *Opening Day* biz - 2019...
1. #Kalank ₹ 21.60 cr [Wed]
2. #Kesari ₹ 21.06 cr [Thu]
3. #GullyBoy ₹ 19.40 cr [Thu]
4. #TotalDhamaal ₹ 16.50 cr
Note: Hindi films. ₹ 10 cr+ openers included in the list.
India biz.
#Kalank is the biggest opener of Varun and Alia to date."

The movie is co-produced by Karan Johar under his home banner Dharma Productions.

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