Toilet: Ek Prem Katha - Box Office: A still from the film (courtesy taranadarsh)
Highlights
- The film made Rs 13 crores on opening day
- It scored Rs 17 crores on Saturday
- It is expected to make almost Rs 50 crores over the weekend
The box office score of Akshay Kumar's
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha witnessed a big jump on Saturday with collection figures measuring up to over Rs 17 crores - which is three crores surplus than what the movie raked up on its opening day. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh evaluated the escalation from a
moderately fair start to massive numbers as "fantastic" and "superb." He shared his box office review of
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha on Twitter, saying: "
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha witnessed FANTASTIC growth on Sat... Strong word of mouth is translating into MASSIVE numbers." And for those who may think that the new film might slow down after a brief spark at the theatres, Mr Adarsh predicts it's all set to touch almost half a century of crores over the weekend. "Rs 48 cr [/-] weekend on the cards...," he tweeted. Good going.
Ahead of the film's release, a
Box Office India report predicted that the film will have a good box office run if its #Day1 figures match up to the first day collections of previous Akshay Kumar films such as
Airlift (Rs 11 crores),
Rustom (Rs 13.50 crores) and this year's
Jolly LLB 2 (Rs 12 crores).
Meanwhile, the 49-year-old Bollywood
Khiladi has also made noise abroad ahead of the arrival of his new film, prompting foreign media to hail him as "
Bollywood's banker." Last week, this is what
Variety magazine had to say: "Akshay Kumar is Bollywood's banker, churning out hit after hit, including Rustom, Airlift, and the Jolly LLB franchise."
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha also releases in other countries on various dates.
After the ambitious
Baahubali,
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha was
expected to bring in a red letter day for a rather dormant Bollywood box office and after Saturday, it appears that the film is all set to come back in the game with a bang.
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha released a week after Shah Rukh Khan's
Jab Harry Met Sejal,
which too secured a Rs 30 crores in two days.
Will
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha be Bollywood's box office redemption? Tell us what you think in the comments below.