Manikarnika box office day 6: Kangana Ranaut’s film inches closer to ₹60 crore amid a storm of controversies

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, starring Kangana Ranaut in the lead role, is nearing ₹60 crore at the domestic box office. The actor is also the co-director of the film along with Krish Jagarlamudi.

Actor Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi had slowed down during the week and continues to maintain the same pace. The film has collected around ₹60 crore in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu versions at the domestic box office. The film had shown more than double growth during the Republic Day weekend with collections of around ₹18 crore on Saturday and ₹15 crore on Sunday.

Manikarnika has collected around ₹60 crore.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh updated the box office figures of the film on Twitter. He tweeted, “#Manikarnika shows solid trending on weekdays... ₹60 cr [+/-] total [Week 1] is excellent... #RepublicDay holiday contributed majorly... Fri 8.75 cr, Sat 18.10 cr, Sun 15.70 cr, Mon 5.10 cr, Tue 4.75 cr, Wed 4.50 cr. Total: ₹56.90 cr. India biz. #Hindi #Tamil #Telugu.”

He had updated the overseas collections of the film a day before in a tweet, “#Manikarnika crosses $ 2 mn [ ₹14.24 cr] from international markets [till 29 Jan 2019]... Key markets: USA+Canada: $ 715k UAE+GCC: $ 555k UK: $ 152k Australia+NZ+Fiji: $ 201k Other territories still being updated. #Overseas.”

The film continues to be marred by controversies. Krish Jagarlamudi has has accused Kangana of hijacking the film. Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel has been in a war of words with Krish on Twitter and has been defending her stance claiming that the actor has indeed directed 70% of the film. Meanwhile, a video of Kangana skiing in Switzerland has surfaced on the internet.

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