Sorry Deepika Padukone, Tiger Zinda Hai Box Office Collection with Katrina Kaif is Way Ahead of Padmaavat's Box Office Report

Deepika Padukone is one happy person at the moment. The 32-year-old has proven her mettle with the success of Padmaavat – her toughest film till date. The portrayal of Rani Padmavati not only tested Deepika’s acting skills but also the mental strength of a star who was subjected to umpteen threats by fringe groups. However, all said and done, Deepika’s third collaboration with noted filmmaker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has passed the big box office test with flying colours. The film in three weeks of its release has collected around Rs 245 crores, the highest-grossing movie of Deepika Padukone’s career. Howbeit, she is still far behind Katrina Kaif in the race to be the reigning Box Office Queen. The box office collection of Kat’s Tiger Zinda Hai with Salman Khan is way ahead of Padmaavat box office report, giving Katrina an edge over Deepika!

After days of speculations, controversy-laden Bhansali’s epic-period Padmaavat finally saw the light of the day on January 25 – however, many as four states had banned the film. But film proved to be successful in bringing audiences to theatres especially after Akshay Kumar and makers of Padman decided to back out of the clash and letting Padmaavat enjoy a solo release on the long Republic Day weekend.

Keeping all factors (non-stop protests, political agendas and of course Swara Bhaskar and alike’s opinion), the film braved its way to take the box office by storm. Keeping aside the collections earned via paid previews a day before the official release, Padmaavat’s opening day collection reads Rs 19 crores. The film zoomed past one record after another to enter Rs 250 crores after week 3. Padmaavat Becomes Seventh Deepika Padukone Movie to Cross 100-Crore: Here's a List of Other Films of the Bollywood Actress.

This was the journey of Deepika Padukone’s Padmaavat. Now, let us check the smooth success story of Katrina Kaif with Tiger Zinda Hai. The action-film with Indo-Pak relations and espionage theme at its heart released on December 22 over. Like Padmaavat, it also enjoyed a long holiday weekend with Christmas falling on Monday. The reunion of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif on the silver screen got movie buffs flocking theatres. Tiger Zinda Hai collected nearly Rs 34 crores on its opening day to become the sixth highest grosser.

A Look at Padmaavat vs Tiger Zinda Hai at the Box Office

For Tiger Zinda Hai, there was no stopping with the film entering into the 200-crore club in its first week. It went on to hit a triple century in BO collection of crores in the third week. While one can argue Padmaavat is female-oriented while TZH is eventually a Salman Khan film. Well, despite the 2017-action movie being headlined by Salman, it was Katrina who won both fans and critics’ hearts with a power-packed performance. Katrina Kaif’s Highest Grossing Movies: Tiger Zinda Hai with Salman Khan Replaces Dhoom 3 as the Box Office Winner.

Padmaavat and Tiger Zinda Hai have become the most successful movies for Deepika and Katrina respectively. And in the process, they have elbowed each other in records list. Starting with DP, she is the only actress in Bollywood to have the most number (seven) of films grossing over Rs 100 crores at the box office. However, when it comes to the overall highest grossing films, Katrina leaves Deepika far behind in the race. Two of her films, Tiger Zinda Hai (Rs 339.08 crores) and Dhoom 3 (Rs 280.25 crores) is in the list while Deepika’s highest is Padmaavat with Rs 245.80* crores. Well, looks like the Mastani of Bollywood has to wait to take the crown off Kat’s head!

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