Vicky Kaushal’s biggest opener–Bad Newz–is only getting bigger and better in terms of box office collection. The film that opened at Rs 8.5 crore on Friday, surpassing the collection of Vicky’s 2019 release Uri: The Surgical Strike, has shown massive growth during the weekend. On its first Saturday, the Anand Tiwari directorial film showed a growth of over 23%, earning Rs 2 crore more than its opening day. Similarly, on Sunday, the film showed a growth of another 7.32% that is Rs 11 crore, making the film’s grand total to Rs 29.55 crore India nett, according to early estimates by industry tracker Sacnilk. The film’s weekend box office collection has outdone Prabhas’ multi-starrer sci-fi drama Kalki 2898 AD, with the film earning just Rs 8.25 crore on its fourth Sunday.
Bad Newz’s first weekend collections (Rs 29.55 crore) has made it the sixth largest first weekend earner of the year for a Hindi film behind Fighter, Kalki 2898 AD, Shaitaan, Bade Miyaan Chote Miyaan and Crew.
Bad Newz, also starring Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk in the lead roles, had an overall 28.78% Hindi occupancy on Sunday. The film performed well during the afternoon and evening shows compared to morning and night. While the afternoon show witnessed an occupancy of 34.64%, the evening show saw over 41% crowd making into the movie theatres.
According to Sacnilk, majority of the film’s Sunday collection has come from Chennai (60.25%), followed by Jaipur (39.75%), Bhopal (37.25%), Bengaluru (34%), and Delhi-NCR (32.50%).
Bad Newz has also outperformed Akshay Kumar’s Sarfira, which relatively got lesser screens compared to Vicky Kaushal starrer. Sarfira reportedly had 472 shows in Mumbai and 570 shows in Delhi-NCR, whereas Bad Newz had double the screens. Sarfira, even after ten days of its release, stands at a total collection of Rs 21.25 crore.
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The Vicky Kaushal and Triptii Dimri-starrer is being compared with previously released Kareena Kapoor-starrer crew and Shahid Kapoor-starrer Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, which were both targeted towards city audience. Crew, which opened at Rs 10.28 crore, went on to make a lifetime collection of Rs 89.92 crore India nett. The film was reportedly made on a budget of Rs 75 crore.
Similarly, Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon’s comedy drama Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya earned Rs 7.02 crore on its opening day and went on to collect Rs 80.88 crore alone in India. The film too was made on a reported budget of Rs 75 crore. By far, Bad Newz has done better numbers than TBMAUJ, which earned around Rs 25 crore on its first weekend. Meanwhile, Vicky Kaushal’s film has earned same as Crew’s weekend collection, which was Rs 29.5 crore.
It needs to be seen if Bad Newz follows the same path and outshines Crew and TBMAUJ. The real test depends on the film’s collection on its first Monday. Crew earned Rs 4.2 crore India nett on its first Monday, whereas TBMAUJ stood at a collection of Rs 3.65 crore. So far, Bad Newz is ahead of TBMAUJ in terms of weekend collection in India.
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