Mirzapur The Movie box office collection day 3: Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal's film nears ₹100 crore, beats Alpha
Mirzapur The Movie box office collection day 3: The gangster drama recorded a bumper opening weekend, collecting over ₹90 crore.
Mirzapur The Movie box office collection day 3: The Mirzapur phenomenon is proving to be bigger than the small screen. There was plenty of curiosity around whether fans of the hit web series would actually turn up in theatres and spend money on its big-screen adaptation. Three days in, the answer is a big yes. Mirzapur The Movie has enjoyed a roaring start and continued its strong run through the weekend, coming close to the ₹100-crore mark. For a film without a superstar at its centre, the numbers are nothing short of remarkable.

Mirzapur The Movie box office update
The Mirzapur movie was expected to open well ever since its first teaser was released earlier this year. But even its most ardent supporters were surprised by how well it has done, particularly in UP, Bihar, and Delhi, the centres traditionally open to mass action. The film opened at ₹25 crore net on Friday, one of the biggest openings for a Bollywood film this year. On Saturday, it saw a jump of over 25%, minting ₹32 crore. This gave the film a two-day haul of ₹57.75 crore net.
According to Sacnilk, Mirzapur The Movie has earned ₹36 crore net on its third day. This takes its opening weekend haul to ₹93.75 crore. The film is outpacing both its Friday and Saturday hauls. The morning shows recorded footfalls of around 38%, a stellar figure for a film of this scale. The film is now close to ₹100 crore net and aims to cross that mark by Monday itself.
Mirzapur beats Alpha
Normally, a ₹90 crore opening weekend in Hindi is the domain of the A-listers or select pan-India stars. Very few actors, apart from the three Khans, Akshay Kumar, and Hrithik Roshan, have managed this consistently. Mirzapur has put the likes of Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, and Divyenndu in this league. The bumper opening weekend also means that Mirzapur The Movie has already surpassed the lifetime collections of a few recent releases, including the Alia Bhatt- and Sharvari-starrer Alpha ( ₹60 crore).
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All about Mirzapur The Movie
Presented by Amazon MGM Studios and Excel Entertainment, Mirzapur: The Movie is directed by Gurmeet Singh, written by Puneet Krishna, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the banner of Excel Entertainment. The film is co-produced by Kassim Jagmagia and Vishal Ramchandani. Mirzapur is set for a theatrical release in Hindi and Telugu on 4 September.
The film stars Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi and Divyenndu, while Jitendra Kumar takes over from Vikrant Massey, who played Bablu Pandit in the show. Ravi Kishan, Abhishek Banerjee, Rasika Dugal, Mohitt Maalik, Sheeba Chadha, Rajesh Tailang, Pramod Pathak, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Harshita Shekhar Gaur, Shweta Tripathi, and Sonal S Chauhan round off the cast.
ABOUT THE AUTHORAbhimanyu MathurAbhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More
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