Published 14:35 IST, October 7th 2019
War box-office: Breaks all 2019 records, leaves Salman, Akshay behind
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff starrer WAR becomes the biggest weekend opener of 2019 with Rs. 166.25 crore as its India business.
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Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff starrer WAR has hit the ball out of the park and set the box-office on fire. On Day 5, Siddharth Anand directorial emerges the highest grossing 'extended' weekend of 2019. The movie in just 5 days has crossed the lifetime business of Akshay Kumar's 'Kesari', Ajay Devgn's Total Dhamaal and Prabhas' Saaho (hindi version), Sushant Singh Rajput's Chhichhore, Ranveer Singh's Gully Boy and Hrithik's own film Super 30.
Trade analyst and film-critic Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter handle to share the numbers and the records broken by the film. He also predicted that Hrithik-Tiger's film will soon overtake the lifetime business of Salman Khan's 'Bharat'. The movie collected Rs. 36.10 crore on Day 5 (Sunday), taking the overall number to Rs. 159.70 crore. Taran Adarsh highlighted the fact that the film is packing a solid punch in all the directions and shared the Tamil+Telugu numbers too. Take a look -
#War benchmarks...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 7, 2019
⭐️ Highest *Day 1* + weekend [#Hindi].
⭐️ Highest *Day 1* + weekend on a national holiday [#Hindi].
⭐️ Highest *first Sunday* of 2019 [#Hindi].
⭐️ Highest *extended* opening weekend for #HrithikRoshan, #TigerShroff and director #SiddharthAnand.#India biz.
*Extended Opening Weekend* biz... 2019 releases...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 7, 2019
⭐️ #War: ₹ 166.25 cr / Wed-Sun
⭐️ #Bharat: ₹ 150.10 cr / Wed-Sun
⭐️ #MissionMangal: ₹ 97.56 cr / Thu-Sun
⭐️ #Kesari: ₹ 78.07 cr / Thu-Sun
⭐️ #GullyBoy: ₹ 72.45 cr / Thu-Sun
⭐️ #Kalank: ₹ 66.03 cr / Wed-Sun#India biz.
#War - in just 5 days - crosses *lifetime biz* of #Kesari, #TotalDhamaal, #Saaho [#Hindi version], #Chhichhore, #Super30 and #GullyBoy... Is now fifth highest grossing film of 2019... Should surpass *lifetime biz* of #Bharat and #MissionMangal soon.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 7, 2019
Hrithik Roshan on WAR success
With back-to-back two hits, Hrithik in an interview with PTI, said: "I was fortunate that I had films I was empowered by. I felt so much love and passion for these two films. From now on, I am going to set my benchmark higher. I felt more encouraged after success. It is an important success for me," Hrithik Roshan told reporters here at the success press conference of War. My instincts were very strong and if it would have failed, then I would have been affected. The most important thing for us in creative life is to be able to trust our instincts and if your instincts get reaffirmed and get strengthened, it empowers you a lot," the actor stated further.
14:22 IST, October 7th 2019