After ending last year on a high note with Simmba, Ranveer Singh has now started 2019 with a bang courtesy his latest release Gully Boy. Co-starring Alia Bhatt, the musical drama has been minting big moolah at the box office ever since its release on February 14. The Zoya Akhtar directorial has already become Alia's biggest opener as it collected Rs 19.40 crore on day 1. The film continued to fare well over the weekend and easily surpassed the Rs 50 crore mark in just three days. And now it seems the film will end the week-one by hitting the century. Gully Boy Box Office Collection Day 5: Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's Musical Drama Holds up Well on the Crucial Monday.
We say so because according to BollywoodHungama, Gully Boy raked in Rs 8 crore on Tuesday, bringing its six-day total to a little over Rs 89 crore. And since there is hardly any tough competition at the box office, Ranveer starrer will enter the Rs 100 crore club in a day or two for sure.
Further, a report in Boxofficeindia.com states, "There is a huge ratio of business coming from Mumbai, Thane, and Pune. These three cities together contributed 30% of the all India business on Monday and it could be even more on Tuesday. It will be the second Friday which will tell where the film will go." Gully Boy Box Office: Here's How Ranveer Singh's New Film Performed Compared to Simmba and Padmaavat After The Opening Weekend.
So far Gully Boy has had a smooth run at the ticket windows despite Vicky Kaushal's Uri: The Surgical Strike still getting cash registers ringing. However, Ajay Devgn, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Anil Kapoor, and Riteish Deshmukh starrer Total Dhamaal is arriving in theatres this week and that could change things at the box office. Since the adventure comedy is a family entertainer, it could good give Gully Boy some tough time at the BO.
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