‘Sanju’ Beats ‘Baahubali 2’ at the Box-Office

Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Sanju’ creates a new record at the box-office.

Sanju has created a new record at the box-office by collecting Rs 46.71 crore on Sunday, making it the highest single day collection by an Indian film. This record was previously held by Baahubali 2 which raked in Rs 46.50 cr. With this record collection, the 3-day weekend earning of Sanju is now Rs 120.06 crore. The Sanjay Dutt biopic is a massive hit having collected Rs 34.75 crore on day one and its day two earnings were Rs 38.60 crore.

#Sanju creates H-I-S-T-O-R-Y... Records HIGHEST SINGLE DAY for a HINDI film... DEMOLISHES the record held by #Baahubali2 [Hindi]... #Baahubali2 had collected ₹ 46.50 cr on Day 3 [Sun]… #Sanju has surpassed it, collects ₹ 46.71 cr on Day 3 [Sun]. India biz. Boxoffice on 🔥🔥🔥

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 2, 2018

The Rajkumar Hirani film has now got the biggest opening weekend this year, followed by Padmaavat.

TOP 5 - 2018
Opening Weekend biz...
1. #Sanju ₹ 120.06 cr
2. #Padmavaat ₹ 114 cr [5-day *extended* weekend; select previews on Wed, released on Thu]... Hindi + Tamil + Telugu.
3. #Race3 ₹ 106.47 cr
4. #Baaghi2 ₹ 73.10 cr
5. #Raid ₹ 41.01 cr
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 2, 2018

After films like Padmaavat and Raid, Sanju has become the seventh film to cross the Rs 100 crore mark in Indian theatres this year.

Here’s a quick look at the other Hindi films that have made over Rs 100 crore this year:

#Sanju will breach the ₹ 100 cr mark today [Sun]... List of HINDI FILMS that made it to ₹ 100 cr Club in 2018...
1. #Padmaavat [Jan]
2. #SKTKS [Feb]
3. #Raid [March]
4. #Baaghi2 [March]
5. #Raazi [May]
6. #Race3 [June]
7. #Sanju [June]
India biz.
[Hollywood films not included]

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 1, 2018