Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani's film Kabir Singh is on a record-breaking spree at the Indian box office. The intense love story, which is a remake of Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy, is in its second week and is still minting big money at the ticket windows without any trouble. After surpassing the lifetime business of quite a few biggies of this year and becoming the third highest grossing film of 2019, Kabir Singh is now set to enter the coveted Rs 200 crore club. Yes, Shahid starrer will achieve this milestone today itself. And guess what? Kabir Singh will be the first A-certified Hindi movie to do so. Now that's a big achievement, right? Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 11: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani's Romantic Drama Is Racing Towards the Rs 200 Crore Club, Collects Rs 190.64 Crore
Announcing this good news along with the updated figures, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to the microblogging site Twitter a while back and wrote, "#KabirSingh continues to sparkle... Occupancy/footfalls on [second] Tue indicates it’s poised for a fantastic Week 2 total [₹ 80 cr +/-]... Will set a new benchmark today [Wed]: First *A-certified* #Hindi film to cross ₹ 200 cr mark."
He then tweeted, "#KabirSingh will cruise past ₹ 200 cr mark today [Day 13]... Will challenge *lifetime biz* of #Uri [in Week 3] and emerge the highest grossing #Hindi film of 2019... [Week 2] Fri 12.21 cr, Sat 17.10 cr, Sun 17.84 cr, Mon 9.07 cr, Tue 8.31 cr. Total: ₹ 198.95 cr. India biz." Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 10: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani's Film Fares Brilliantly on Sunday Despite India's World Cup Match, Mints Rs 181.57 Crore
Interestingly, Shahid and Kiara's first movie together will also beat Salman Khan's Bharat at the box office pretty soon. The lifetime collection of Khan's Eid release stands at Rs 210.68 crore as per BollywoodHungama. Kabir Singh will comfortably surpass this figure by end of this week, making it the second highest grossing film of 2019.
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