Kabir Singh starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in lead roles has turned out to be big at the box office. The film made it to 100 crores in its first week itself and it has been breaking records ever since. The film is already inching towards the 150 crore mark and has become one of the biggest films of Shahid's career. Entering its second weekend now, the film is still going strong and if it continues its steady run ahead, the film may even make it to the 100 crore mark. On its second Friday, Kabir Singh raked in Rs 12.21 crores. This number is huge for a second Friday and in fact the highest so far in 2019. The film now stands with a collection of Rs 146.63 crores at the India box office.
Among other successful films of 2019 such as Total Dhamaal, Gully Boy, Uri Bharat etc, Kabir Singh tops the list. What's amazing is that Kabir Singh has managed to pull off a double-digit number on a second Friday which is extremely rare and is the only film to achieve it this year so far. Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 7: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani’s Film Rakes In Rs 134.42 Crore.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the official collections of the film on his Twitter account. The tweet mentioned, "#KabirSingh has the best *second Friday* of 2019... Scores higher numbers than *all* films released this year... Second Friday biz... #KabirSingh ₹ 12.21 cr #Uri ₹ 7.66 cr #TotalDhamaal ₹ 4.75 cr #Kesari ₹ 4.45 cr #Bharat ₹ 4.30 cr #Badla ₹ 4.05 cr #GullyBoy ₹ 3.90 cr. #DDPD ₹ 3.58 cr #Manikarnika ₹ 3.50 cr [#Hindi #Tamil #Telugu] #LukaChuppi ₹ 3.15 cr."
Check out Taran Adarsh's tweet:
#KabirSingh has the best *second Friday* of 2019... Scores higher numbers than *all* films released this year... Second Friday biz...#KabirSingh ₹ 12.21 cr#Uri ₹ 7.66 cr#TotalDhamaal ₹ 4.75 cr#Kesari ₹ 4.45 cr#Bharat ₹ 4.30 cr#Badla ₹ 4.05 cr#GullyBoy ₹ 3.90 cr
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 29, 2019
It's amazing how Kabir Singh despite receiving mixed reviews from the audiences over its content has managed to rake in such good numbers. In its opening weekend itself, the romantic drama had raked in 70 crores which shows how it took off to a splendid start. Kabir Singh is expected to cross the 150 crore mark by its second Saturday.
Kabir Singh is the Hindi remake of Telugu hit Arjun Reddy. The original film starred Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey in lead roles and was directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga who has also helmed the Hindi remake. The film traces the life of a surgeon whose life slips into a downward spiral of alcohol and drugs after he gets separated from the love of his life. Kabir Singh is currently running in theatres.
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