'Fukrey 3' Earns Five Times More Money Than 'The Vaccine War' In Extended Opening Weekend
Box office report: 'Fukrey 3' has earned five times more than 'The Vaccine War' in the extended opening weekend.
'Fukrey 3', starring Richa Chadha, Pulkit Samrat, Manjot Singh, Varun Sharma and Pankaj Tripathi, had a good extended opening weekend, and it has managed to cross the Rs 50 crore mark. The movie also managed to brave competition from Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Vaccine War' and Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan'. 'Fukrey 3' earned Rs 11.50 crore on Monday, as per early estimates posted by industry tracker Sacnilk. The total nett collection of 'Fukrey 3' after five days stands at Rs 54.98 crore.
Now, 'Fukrey 3' has a real chance of surpassing the collection of 'Fukrey Returns', which had released in theatres in 2017. For the unversed, 'Fukrey Returns' had collected more than Rs 80 crore at the domestic box office.
On the other hand, Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Vaccine War' earned Rs 1.5 crore on Monday which happened to be a public holiday. As per industry tracker Sacnilk, the total nett collection of 'The Vaccine War' now stands at Rs 7.25 crore in India.
Shah Rukh Khan's 'Jawan' is also showing no signs of slowing down at the box office. On the 26th day, 'Jawan', directed by Atlee, earned Rs 6.80 crore across all languages, taking the total collection to Rs 611.62 crore.
This week, Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Raniganj' and Bhumi Pednekar's 'Thank You For Coming' are slated to release in theatres. So, it remains to be seen how these two new releases affect 'Fukrey 3', 'The Vaccine War', and 'Jawan' at the domestic box office.
'Jawan' also stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Sunil Grover, and Priyamani. The movie also features cameos by Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Dutt.
Talking about 'Fukrey 3', the movie is directed by Mrighdeep Singh Lamba and it has been produced under Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar’s Excel Entertainment.
On the other hand, 'The Vaccine War' stars Anupam Kher, Nana Patekar, Sapthami Gowda and Pallavi Joshi in the lead roles and the new Hindi movie is being touted as India's "first-ever bio-science film" which is also a true story.
