Housefull 4: Akshay Kumar film hits Rs 100 crore amid 'fake' reports

Are collections true or false? re has been a controversy over box office figures of Housefull 4 with even some celebrities sharing ir reactions to it, over its incorrect or ‘inflated’ report. Neverless, reports that have arrived state that movie has succeeded in entering Rs 100-crore club in five days. After three-day ‘pre-Diwali’ phase on weekend didn’t fetch moolah, movie showed a turnaround with impressive figures over weekdays. 

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As per trade reports, Housefull 4 didn’t have best of starts, since it just about mand to touch Rs 50-mark in opening weekend. After collecting in Rs 18-19 crore range on first two days, movie slided on Sunday, earning around Rs 14-15 crore. reportsattributed drop to  Diwali festivities since people liked to celebrate it with ir near and dear ones instead of visiting a atre. A turnaround was predicted by trade analysts for Monday and it turned out to be true since as movie took one of biggest collections in a single day this year, raking in over Rs 34 crore on Monday. On Tuesday, reincarnation comedy continued to do well, as it earned Rs 24 crore. collections w stand at a total of around 110 crore in five days. 

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It is t clear if it was because of humongous growth from Sunday to Monday, but veteran producer Ronnie Screwvala tagged some of well-kwn trade analysts and asked m to report correct figures. One of m, Taran Adarsh has t given a daily update of figures like he usually does. Screwvala had written, “Isn’t it time everyone reports Box Office numbers accurately! @KomalNahta @taran_adarsh ... accuracy of information builds CREDIBILITY which movie industry needs so badly ... and t sure how long-to appease egos will Studios and all keep encouraging pumped up data on numbers.” He had, however, cleared that it was t directed at any particular film, “Just to clarify that my tweet was t directed at any one movie ( as is being wrongly assumed ) but just an overall comment for future + my reasons to tag some of industry authorities was because y can make a difference to credibility - happy Diwali.” 

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Lead actor Akshay Kumar, however, thanked audience, writing, “Thank you for loving us and laughing with us. It is because of your love we are where we are today. Thanks to all my fans and audiences who have poured unconditional love on #HouseFull4. Thank you for showing us that thing beats hate more than love.” 

Housefull 4 also stars Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti San, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde, Bobby Deol, Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever, Sharad Kelkar, Rana Daggubati. It has been directed by Farhad Samji. It is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Fox Star Studios.

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