Published 15:23 IST, October 17th 2019
WAR movie's box office collection has now surpassed that of Dhoom 3
War is the highest-grossing Indian movie of this year. As of today, October 17, 2019, War has already surpassed the domestic gross of Dhoom 3. Read for details.
War starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff was released on October 2, 2019. Since its release across theatres in India, the movie has dominated the domestic box office and has become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of this year. Popular film critic Taran Adarsh recently talked about the movies box office collection on social media. Find out how War has fared at the Box office compared to other bestselling Bollywood action movies.
Taran Adarsh's shares an update on War's box office performance
Taran Adarsh is a film critic and journalist most known for his box office predictions and collections reports. On social media, Taran Adarsh gave a breakdown of how War has fared commercially compared to other highest-grossing action movies such as Dhoom 3 and Sultan. War's most impressive feat as of now is that it has beaten the lifelong domestic collection of Dhoom 3 on Wednesday, which was yesterday, October 16, 2019. Here is what Taran Adarsh has to say.
#War will cross *lifetime biz* of #Dhoom3 today [Wed]... Will cross #Sultan over the weekend... [#Hindi; Week 2] Fri 7.10 cr, Sat 11.20 cr, Sun 13.20 cr, Mon 4.40 cr, Tue 3.90 cr, Wed 3.35 cr. Total: ₹ 271.65 cr. Including #Tamil + #Telugu: ₹ 284.20 cr. #India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 17, 2019
It is to be noted that all these numbers are based solely on the domestic Indian gross of the films and not the total worldwide collection. As of today, October 17, 2019, War has made around ₹271.65 crores, not including any other language other than Hindi. In comparison, Dhoom 3 made around ₹261 crores while Sultan made around ₹278 crores when only counting their Hindi collection in India. War has already beaten Dhoom 3 and it will also likely surpass Sultan soon. However, when counting the Tamil and Telugu box office collection as well, War has made ₹284.20 crores, which still falls short of Sultan and Dhoom 3's total domestic gross.
At the worldwide box office, War has an impressive approximate collection of around ₹413.38 crores. The film was directed by Siddharth Anand. It movie was produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF). It is now the fourth film from YRF to join the top 10 highest-grossing Indian films.
Updated 19:24 IST, October 17th 2019