Bollywood round-up for October releases and box-office collections

The month of October in 2019 kickstarted with Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff's action-drama War along with multi-starrer movies like Sye Raa Narsimha Reddy, The Sky Is Pink, and Housefull 4 that were lined up for the Diwali month. Some of the movies earned a good total at the box office and proved to be an entertainer. Here is the Bollywood round-up and box-office collection of October 2019 releases week-wise. 

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Week 1

War released on October 2 was well-received by the audience and action lovers. The Siddharth Anand directorial broke several box-office records and reportedly managed to collect approximately ₹470 crore worldwide. Despite many other big films being set for release later, the film held up successfully throughout the month. Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, starring south megastar Chiranjeevi and Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, released with War. Reportedly, the film closed with worldwide collection of ₹143 crore.

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Week 2

Marking the comeback of the Desi Girl Priyanka Chopra, the family-drama The Sky Is Pink released in the second week of October, on the eleventh. The film was a solo release. Though the audience and the critics praised the film, it failed to impress at the box office and closed, collecting ₹37 crore worldwide, according to reports. 

Week 3

Saif Ali Khan's Laal Kaptaan and Jimmy Sheirgill's P Se Pyar, F Se Faraar hit the theatres on the third weekend of the month. Both the movies resulted in debacles at the box-office. Vikram Bhatt's horror-thriller Ghost went unnoticed at the box-office.

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Week 4

The last week of October was lined up with Akshay Kumar's Housefull 4, Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar starrer Saand Ki Aankh, and Rajkummar Rao's comedy-drama Made In China. According to the reports of many trade analysts, Housefull 4 has collected ₹168crore and is expected to collect around ₹200 crore. The Tushar Hiranandani directorial sports-biography Saand Ki Aankh has earned ₹15 crore reportedly. Multi-starrer comedy-drama Made In China has managed to collect approximately ₹10 crore at the box-office.

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