Our Bureau
Mumbai
After the recent dull phase in the box office, Housefull 5 has brought a fresh wave to the Indian movie business. The film has crossed the 50 crore landmark in just two days of its release. On Saturday, the film earned around Rs. 30 crore, bettering its opening day collection across India. The film raked in a total of Rs. 54 crores in the first two days.
The film had a total collection of 24 crores on its release day making it Akshay Kumar’s 4th highest grossing film after Mission Mangal (Rs 29.16 crore), Sooryavanshi (Rs 26.29 crore), and Gold (Rs 25.25 crore). This is a really good opening day collection for the Khiladi of Bollywood as his past movies haven’t opened with a bang in recent times. His last film Kesari 2 had an opening day collection of Rs 7.75 crore while Khel Khel Mein opened with just Rs 5 crore.
The fifth edition of the Housefull franchise has been marketed really well and is being widely screened globally, with over 5,000 screens. It is being reported that major multiplex chains are showcasing somewhere around 18 to 20 shows per day while some theatres are showing 21 shows on a daily basis.
Alongside Sajid Nadiadwala the movie is produced by Warda Nadiadwala, and Firuzi Khan under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The movie is a comeback project for Dostana director Tarun Mansukhani.
The cast includes Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonam Bajwa, Nargis Fakhri, and Soundarya Sharma in lead roles. Supporting actors include Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Chunky Panday, Johnny Lever, Shreyas Talpade, Dino Morea, Ranjit, Nikitin Dheer, Chitrangda Singh, and Fardeen Khan.
