Bhooth Bangla worldwide box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar film sees 50% jump; beats The Kerala Story 2 lifetime

Bhooth Bangla worldwide box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar-starrer horror-comedy has grossed ₹60 crore globally after a strong 50% jump.

Bhooth Bangla worldwide box office collection day 2: The first Saturday has seen a windfall for Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan’s Bhooth Bangla. The film built on its decent start, registering a huge jump in collections and closing day 2 on a rather promising note. If the first Sunday emulates the Saturday, the horror-comedy may be on course for a great run at the ticket window.

Bhooth Bangla worldwide box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar and Mithila Palkar in a still from the Priyadarshan horror comedy.

Bhooth Bangla box office update

Bhooth Bangla released on April 17 with paid previews the night before. The Akshay Kumar-starrer had a promising time at the paid previews, earning ₹3.50 crore net in India. On its release day, buoyed by positive reviews, the film earned ₹12.25 crore net. On Saturday, Bhooth Bangla earned ₹19 crore net, seeing a strong 55% jump from day 1. This takes the film’s domestic haul after two days to ₹35 crore net ( ₹42 crore gross). On its opening day, the film had extremely low footfall in the morning shows, but good word of mouth saw that number jump by the night shows. On Saturday, Bhooth Bangla made amends by registering decent occupancy across shows.

Bhooth Bangla recovered overseas, too. After a middling start in paid previews and opening day, it earned $1 million in the international territories on day 2. This takes its worldwide gross to an extremely strong ₹60 crore in two days. The film should cross the ₹100-crore mark in the opening weekend itself.

Bhooth Bangla beats Dacoit, The Kerala Story 2

With a worldwide gross of ₹60 crore, Bhooth Bangla has quickly become the 5th-highest-grossing Hindi film of the year, leapfrogging past The Kerala Story 2 ( ₹48 crore) and the Telugu-Hindi bilingual, Dacoit ( ₹50 crore). It should reach the third spot by Sunday, overtaking O’Romeo and Mardaani 3, as well.

All about Bhooth Bangla

Directed by Priyadarshan, Bhooth Bangla marks the director’s return to Hindi films after five years. It is also his first collaboration with Akshay Kumar in 14 years. The film also stars Tabu, Wamiqa Gabbi, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, and Mithila Palkar.