Article 15 box office collection day 4: Ayushmann Khurrana film steady as Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh aims at ₹200 cr mark

Article 15 box office collection day 4: The Ayushmann Khurrana film has earned an estimated ₹23.5 crore as Shahid Kapoor-starrer Kabir Singh is all set to enter the ₹200 crore mark.

Article 15, starring Ayushmann Khurrana in the lead role of a cop, continues to hold its ground at the box office despite stiff competition from Shahid Kapoor’s blockbuster, Kabir Singh. While Article 15 remains study during the week, Kabir Singh is nearing the ₹200 crore mark.

Article 15 box office collection day 4: Ayushmann Khurrana film is steady as Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh heads for a double century.

As per early estimates on Boxofficeindia.com, Article 15 collected around ₹3.75 crore on its first Monday, taking its collection to ₹23.50 crore. The film collected ₹20.04 crore in its first weekend, which went on to become the second highest weekend for an Ayushmann film after his 2018 blockbuster Badhaai Ho. It is made at an estimated budget of ₹28 crore and got wonderful reviews from critics and moviegoers alike.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the overseas collections of the film on Twitter. He wrote, “Article15 Overseas... Weekend total: approx $ 1mn... Key markets: North America: $ 366k UAE/GCC: $ 322k UK/Europe: $ 85k Australia-NZ-Fiji: $ 65k.”

Despite being criticised for the portrayal of the lead character, Kabir Singh collected around ₹9 crore on its 11th day. This takes its 11-day total to ₹190 crore nett. The film will cross the ₹200 mark this week and is expected to surpass the collections of Salman Khan-starrer Bharat. According to Bollywood Hungama, Bharat stands at a total collection of ₹210 crore at the domestic box office.

Sharing the box office collections of the film, Taran tweeted, “#KabirSingh remains unstoppable... Will breach ₹ 200 cr mark + cross *lifetime biz* of #Bharat in Week 2 itself... Next target: Surpassing *lifetime biz* of #Uri... [Week 2] Fri 12.21 cr, Sat 17.10 cr, Sun 17.84 cr, Mon 9.07 cr. Total: ₹ 190.64 cr. India biz.”

At present, Kabir Singh remains the third highest grosser of the year 2019, preceded by Vicky Kaushal’s Uri: The Surgical Strike and Bharat. Uri is the biggest hit of the year with domestic box office collection of ₹245 crore.

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