Bala released two weeks back and is still earning a lot of money at the box office. In fact, we noticed that the film is following the similar trending as Stree. Both these movies are directed by Amar Kaushik and it seems his films follow the same pattern of becoming a Rs 100 crore film. In 13 days, Bala has earned Rs 97 crore and in 14 days, Stree had earned Rs 95.53 crore. In fact, Stree's weekday figures were slightly better than Bala. Bala Box Office: 5 Reasons Why Ayushmann Khurrana’s Film Made a Bigger Impact Than Sunny Singh’s Ujda Chaman
It is a known fact that Stree was offered to Ayushmann Khurrana before and he had rejected it. Speaking on a chat show recently, he regretted rejecting the film. But he need not worry as all his recent releases have been big hits. Now coming to the box office numbers, check out how Stree and Bala trended almost in a similar way at the box office.
#Bala [Week 2] Fri 3.76 cr, Sat 6.73 cr, Sun 8.01 cr, Mon 2.25 cr, Tue 2.05 cr, Wed 1.96 cr. Total: ₹ 97 cr. #India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 21, 2019
Stree however did get the Ganpati Festival to cash in on during its run.
#Stree scores in Week 2... Gets a boost on second Thu due to #GaneshChaturthi holiday... Will cross ₹ 100 cr in Weekend 3... [Week 2] Fri 4.39 cr, Sat 7.63 cr, Sun 9.88 cr, Mon 3.31 cr, Tue 3.22 cr, Wed 2.95 cr, Thu 3.76 cr. Total: ₹ 95.53 cr. India biz.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) September 14, 2018
Amar Kaushik must be really happy and thinking of yet another success story. Well, success of such movies does make the Hindi film industry a better place to work in, we are pretty sure. And for that, the audience needs to be appreciated who have changed their choices and how!
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