'Bala': Ayushmann Khurrana-starrer hits double milestones after first week

Ayushmann Khurrana is on a roll that very few actors have enjoyed in ir career. A run that started in 2017, and includes seven films, is continuing with a lot of firepower. Though some of se ventures were put in ‘content-driven’ category and were t big hits as such, actor’s films are also minting moolah at box office of late.  Vicky Dor star with his latest Bala is once again gearing up for a big hit, with comedy-drama hitting Rs 75-crore mark after first week. But that was t all, in terms of global collections, film has crossed Rs 100-crore mark. 

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After Dream Girl, which was Ayushmann’s highest-grosser at box office, Bala too has also performed in a similar manner. After taking highest opening of his career with Rs 10.15 crore, Bala showed impressive growth over weekend, and pulled in Rs 18.07 crore on Sunday. On weekdays too, movie was stable, going up on a public holiday Guru Nanak Jayanti on Tuesday, and completing first week with collections of Rs 72.24 crore. 

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “#Bala is fantastic... Plexes were super-strong... Collects in same range as #DreamGirl [Week 1: ₹ 72.20 cr]... Should score at multiplexes in Week 2... Fri 10.15 cr, Sat 15.73 cr, Sun 18.07 cr, Mon 8.26 cr, Tue 9.52 cr, Wed 5.20 cr, Thu 5.31 cr. Total: ₹ 72.24 cr. #India biz.” 

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While that’s on domestic front, makers also anunced that movie has hit Rs 100-crore club globally.   Ayushmann conveyed his gratitude to his fans for love given to movie, “Aapke dher saare pyaar ka nateeja hai yeh. Tahe dil se shukriya. #Bala crosses mark of 100 cr worldwide!” 

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collections are in same range as Dream Girl, and it’d w be interesting to see if Bala can cross Dream Girl to become Ayushmann’s highest-grosser. Even in  second week, movie, also starring Yami Gautam and Bhumi Pednekar, performed well, earning Rs 3.76 crore on its second Friday. With figures, movie also hit ar milestone, crossing Rs 75-crore mark, and w it stands with a collection of Rs 76 crore.   

Bala  

story of Bala revolves around hilarious troubles of Ayushmann’s character over his baldness, marri with Yami Gautam and on-off equation with Bhumi Pednekar. Bala has been directed by Amar Kaushik. movie is produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films.  

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