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Hollywood Vs Bollywood: Angry Birds beats Veerappan at the box office

Hindustan Times | By, New Delhi
May 28, 2016 04:04 PM IST

RGV’s film is about the dreaded bandit who was killed in 2004, while The Angry Birds Movie is the cinematic transformation of a popular video game.

It doesn’t happen always, but this week Hollywood’s taken a march over Bollywood in box office collections. Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly’s The Angry Birds Movie, surprisingly, beat Ram Gopal Varma’s much hyped Veerappan to the ticket windows, collecting an impressive Rs 2.16 cr, compared to the Rs 1.77 cr the Hindi film could manage. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted about both the films’ opening day figures.

Big budget Hollywood films are constantly doing well in the Indian market.
Big budget Hollywood films are constantly doing well in the Indian market.

RGV’s film is about the dreaded bandit who was killed in 2004, while The Angry Birds Movie is the cinematic transformation of a popular video game.

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Read: Veerappan review: The film has pace, but the classic RGV isn’t back yet

Read: The Angry Birds Movie review: Who saves this film from cocky inertia?

In recent past, Hollywood films like Captain America – Civil War, The Jungle Book, Batman V Superman and Deadpool left their strong imprints at the Indian box office.

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