Emergency box office collection day 5: Kangana Ranaut film struggles in first week, yet to cross ₹15 crore

Kangana Ranaut plays former PM Indira Gandhi in Emergency. The film also stars Shreyas Talpade and Anupam Kher.

Actor Kangana Ranaut's Emergency finally released in theatres last week after facing several delays. The film is a biographical drama that stars Kangana Ranaut as former PM Indira Gandhi. She also directed and co-produced the film. As per the latest box office update on Sacnilk.com, Emergency has been struggling to show growth in the weekdays. It has so far managed to collect ₹ 12 crore. (Also read: Sushant Singh Rajput's sister, Ekta Kapoor remember him on his 39th birth anniversary: 'You aren't just a memory')

Emergency box office update

Kangana Ranaut in a still from Emergency. (Twitter)

The report states that Emergency has collected ₹ 1.00 crore on its fifth day of release, which is its first Tuesday. It is the film's lowest single day collection so far. The overall collections of the film stand at ₹ 12.40 crore.

Emergency had a decent opening day collection at ₹ 2.5 crore. It collected ₹ 3.6 crore on its second day and ₹ 4.25 crore on its third day at the box office. Day 4 saw a sharp drop, with ₹ 1.05 crore.

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Kangana recently took to her social media to thank audiences for their response to the film. The actor expressed her thoughts on the film not releasing in Punjab following state-wide protests by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Sikh organisations against the movie with many politicians calling for a ban.

The film explores the political turmoil and societal impacts of the emergency, with Kangana playing the role of Indira Gandhi. The film also stars Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, and the late Satish Kaushik.