Bhooth Bangla box office collection day 5: Akshay Kumar film recovers after big Monday drop; crosses ₹72 crore

Bhooth Bangla box office collection day 5: At the moment, the film is outpacing Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon's Bhediya, and Sharvari and Abhay Verma's Munjya.

Bhooth Bangla box office collection day 5: Priyadarshan’s Akshay Kumar-led horror-comedy was released on the big screen on Friday and opened to a strong weekend, raking in over ₹58 crore net in India. While a weekday slowdown was on the cards, the film has managed to maintain a steady hold at the box office.

Bhooth Bangla box office collection day 5: The film is led by Akshay Kumar.

Bhooth Bangla box office collection

According to the trade website Sacnilk, Bhooth Bangla brought in ₹7.65 crore net in India on Tuesday, taking its domestic total to ₹72.40 crore. The film had paid premieres a day before its release, during which it collected ₹3.75 crore. It brought in ₹12.25 crore on its opening day and saw a spike during the weekend. Bhooth Bangla collected ₹19 crore on Saturday and ₹23 crore on Sunday. On Monday, it showed a dip and brought in ₹6.75 crore.

This means that Bhooth Bangla is outpacing Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon's Bhediya, which collected ₹35.86 crore in five days. The film has also outpaced Sharvari and Abhay Verma's Munjya's ₹27.40 crore collection in five days. It is slightly behind Kartik Aaryan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, which collected ₹76.27 crore in five days, and Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna's Thamma, which collected ₹78.70 crore in the same time.

Paresh Rawal about reuniting with Akshay Kumar

Paresh Rawal, who has worked with both Akshay and Priyadarshan, talked about their reunion. He told PTI about Akshay, “It was a lot of fun to be back. You look forward to certain things in life. Sometimes, when you work with such good people, your journey is very good. This kind of company increases your haemoglobin. Your health improves.” He also spoke about Priyadarshan and said, “I have seen very few directors like him. If he says that he will finish the shoot in 10 days, then the shoot will be over in nine days. He is a director with that kind of clarity.”

About Bhooth Bangla

Bhooth Bangla is a horror comedy directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and Cape of Good Films. It also stars Jisshu Sengupta, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu, Mithila Palkar, and Wamiqa Gabbi. Akshay and Priyadarshan previously worked together on the horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007).

An excerpt from the HT review of the film read, “With the story being something we have seen variations of in the past, it really comes down to how much you laugh and how scared you get. The first half of Bhooth Bangla is as nostalgic as it gets. All the familiar Priyadarshan shots are here. In fact, the locations are pretty much the same as Bhool Bhulaiyaa, including the Chomu Palace. Divakar Mani's cinematography captures the rustic locations beautifully. Add to that the top-notch VFX, which I am happy to report serves the film really well.”

It remains to be seen how the film fares in the coming days.