The Sabarmati Report Vs Kanguva Hindi Box Office: Vikrant's Film Picks Pace After PM's Endorsement

The Sabarmati Report Vs Kanguva Hindi Box Office: As the craze over the two Diwali releases - Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Singham Again - slowed down, The Sabarmati Report and Kanguva (Hindi) managed to find some audiences. Over their first weekend, their respective runs at the have been underwhelming but certain factors may give the Vikrant Massey starrer an edge over Suriya's period action drama. A good hold on Monday is required for the two films to do well in their first week.

The Sabarmati Report box office report

In its opening weekend, The Sabarmati Report collected ₹6.40 crore, with most of its business coming in from Mumbai, NCR and Pune with overall theatre occupancy nearing 40%. The movie, which is based in the aftermath of the Godhra train burning incident in 2002, opened to ₹1.30 crore (Friday), saw a jump of over 62% and minted ₹2.1 crore on Saturday and again witnessed a positive trend and collected ₹3 crore on Sunday.

The film has been endorsed by PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah . They praised it for baring the truth that has been buried for over two decades. The film follows the burning of the Sabarmati Express which killed 59 pilgrims and karsevaks on February 22, 2002.

Kanguva Hindi biz slow

Kanguva, starring Suriya, Bobby Deol and Disha Patani in lead roles, was projected as a pan-India film but has failed to make an impact at the ticket window. In Hindi, Kanguva has collected ₹9.25 crore in its extended 4-day weekend but a report in Box Office India states that it will be "lights out" for the movie on Monday due to a weak trend.

In Hindi, Kanguva collected ₹3.25 crore on day 1 (Thursday), ₹2.25 crore on day 2 and ₹1.75 crore and ₹2 creo on Sunday.