Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi starrer Mission Mangal is breaking records at the Box Office while John Abraham-Mrunal Thakur starrer Batla House still remains half in collections
Akshay Kumar and John Abraham clashed at the Box Office yet again on Independence Day i.e. August 15 of 2019. The two had previously released their films Gold and Satyameva Jayate on Independence Day i.e. August 15 of the year 2018.
In 2019, Akshay Kumar starrer Mission Mangal which features Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi in pivotal roles, released alongside John Abraham-Mrunal Thakur's Batla House. Ever since their release, the Box Office collections have been favouring one side.
Akshay Kumar benefitted the most out of the clash, since his movie has gone on break his own records since day 1. On the other hand, John Abraham starrer has failed to break records of his 2018 release itself. Although the movie is not doing bad business, it is not earning as much as Mission Mangal.
Take a look at the whole break-up of the Box Office collections here:
1. Occupany
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Akshay Kumar's movie had opened to 50-55% occupancy, as compared to John Abraham's Batla House, which only managed a range between 20-25%. The predictions on Box Office India claimed that Mission Mangal would earn over 23.67 crore on opening day.
2. Day 1 Thursday
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Akshay Kumar managed to break his own record set by 2018's Independence Day release Gold. In fact Mission Mangal also broke this year's one of the highest grossing Akshay films, Kesari,'s record too. Minting Rs. 28.50 crore approximately, Mission Mangal lead the race in highest opening films of Akshay Kumar of all time. Meanwhile John Abraham's film Batla House stuggled on day 1. The movie fell short of as much as 5 crore to beat the record set by Satyameva Jayate's opening. Batla House minted Rs. 14.50 crore.
3. Day 2 opening Friday
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Even though Mission Mangal saw some drop on Friday and earned close to Rs. 18 crore only due to working day, the movie is expected to earn a lot more over the weekend. It minted Rs. 17.28 crore on Friday, most of its collections from multiplexes. Batla House, on the other hand, earned Rs. 8.84 crore on Friday.
4. Day 3 first Saturday
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Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menon and Sharman Joshi starrer Mission Mangal has managed to mint Rs. 23.58 crore on first Saturday. Batla House too showed 30-35% growth and collected Rs. 10.90 crore on its first Saturday.
5. Day 4 first Sunday
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Mission Mangal minted Rs. 27.54 crore on Sunday after collections of Rs. 23.58 crore on Saturday. Meanwhile John Abraham's Batla House took a jump of Rs. 2 crore and earned Rs. 12.70 crore after Rs. 10.90 crore business on Saturday.
6. Total weekend collections
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Both the movies might not have touched Rs. 100 and Rs. 50 crore mark yet, but Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal went on to mint Rs. 97.56 crore over the weekend, and Batla House earned Rs. 47.99 crore.
7. Did extended weekend help?
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Both the movies released on Independence Day. Akshay Kumar got his highest opening film thanks to the Holiday release, but Batla House did not see such phenomenal growth. In fact the movie did not even work in multiplexes during the initial phases. For the uninitiated, Batla House is working well only in Delhi/UP.
8. Mission Mangal superhit, Batla House hit
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Made on budget of Rs. 32 crore, Mission Mangal has already minted Rs. 97.56 crore, making it superhit within four days of its release. Meanwhile Batla House is a hit. With budget of Rs. 47 crore, the movie earned Rs. 47.99 over the weekend.
9. Akshay Kumar beats record, John Abraham fails to
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On Day 4 i.e. Sunday August 18, 2019, Mission Mangal went on to become Akshay Kumar's highest opening film yet again. Mission Mangal is now not only Akshay Kumar's highest opening grosser but also his highest opening weekend film, followed by 2.0. Meanwhile John Abraham's Batla House did not even open to collections close to Satyameva Jayate, in turn failing to give tough competition to Mission Mangal.
10. After Batla House, will Mission Mangal beat Kabir Singh and Bharat?
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Now that Mission Mangal is already leading the race ahead of Batla House and going on making new records, it won't be a huge surprise if it beats Kabir Singh to become second highest grossing film of 2019. Even better, it might end up in Rs. 300-crore-club and even beat Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Sunil Grover starrer Bharat to earn the position of highest grossing film of 2019.
