Mission Raniganj box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar-starrer sees massive 67% growth, earns Rs 4.70 crore

Headlined by Akshay Kumar, the rescue thriller Mission Raniganj was released in the theatres on October 6 to positive reviews from critics. These reviews helped in drawing the audiences into the theatres on the film's second day as it witnessed a solid growth in its box office collections on Saturday.

As per early estimates from the entertainment tracking portal Sacnilk.com, Mission Raniganj earned Rs 4.70 crore on its second day of theatrical release, which is 67% more than what it earned on its first day, Rs 2.8 crore. Its opening has shocked the industry experts, but Akshay has said in his interviews that he expects the films to grow with the positive word-of-mouth.

The rescue thriller is inspired by a real disaster that took place in Raniganj, West Bengal in 1989 and left six miners dead and 65 trapped in a flooded coal mine. The mining engineer and trained rescue official Jaswant Singh Gill, portrayed by Akshay Kumar, rescused those 65 miners and became a national hero.

Apart from Akshay, Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue, which was reportedly titled Capsule Gill and The Great Indian Rescue, before its release also stars Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Jameel Khan, Ravi Kishan, Varun Badola, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Parineeti Chopra, Sudhir Pandey, and Shishir Sharma.

It is the second collaboration between Akshay Kumar and director Tinu Suresh Desai after seven years. Desai had directed the Khiladi star in the 2016 crime thriller Rustom, which was also based on a real life story of Indian naval officer KM. Nanavati, who was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife's lover.

Mission Raniganj clashed at the box office with Thank You For Coming, the female buddy comedy led by Bhumi Pednekar. The Karan Boolani directorial has also received positive reviews. Shehnaaz Gill, Kusha Kapila, Shibani Bedi, Natasha Rastogi, and Sushant Divgikr also feture in the film.

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