Gully Boy BO collection day 4: The Zoya Akhtar directorial sees excellent 1st weekend
The film starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in lead roles has opened to great reviews from both film critics and audiences.
Mumbai: Director Zoya Akhtar's ‘Gully Boy’ starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt has struck the right chords owing to its powerful dialogues and the raw acting prowess of the lead pair. The film minted Rs. 72.45 crore in its first weekend.
Indian film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter handle to share the box office collection of the movie. He wrote, “#GullyBoy has excellent *extended* weekend… Will cross ₹ 75 cr today [Mon]… Metros are exceptional… Mumbai circuit terrific… Tier-2 cities pick up… Metros to trend strongly on weekdays… Thu 19.40 cr, Fri 13.10 cr, Sat 18.65 cr, Sun 21.30 cr. Total: ₹ 72.45 cr. India biz.”
#GullyBoy benchmarks...
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 18, 2019
Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 3
₹ 75 cr: Will cross on Day 5 [Mon]
Will cross *lifetime biz* of Zoya Akhtar’s #DilDhadakneDo [₹ 76.88 cr] on Day 5 and #ZindagiNaMilegiDobara [₹ 90.27 cr; Zoya’s highest grossing film] in Week 1 itself. India biz.
‘Gully Boy’ earned Rs. 19.40 crore on Thursday but the collections saw a slight dip on Friday with the film minting Rs. 13.10 crore. The film made Rs. 18.65 on Saturday and continued to rule the ticket windows on Sunday, earning Rs. 21.30 crore, taking its total collection to Rs. 72.45 crore.
The film is doing exceptionally well in metro cities, especially Mumbai.
‘Gully Boy’ opened to great reviews from both film critics and audiences. It first premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival. Many of the international publications gave the film a good review.
Even Hollywood actor Will Smith became a fan of Ranveer and shared a video on his Instagram account, praising Ranveer’s rapping skills.
‘Gully Boy’ is inspired by the lives of Mumbai street rappers Vivian Fernandes aka Divine and Naved Shaikh aka Naezy. The film is directed and co-produced by Zoya Akhtar and released on Valentine’s Day, February 14.
The film revolves around the underground rap movement in India and all the songs of the film have become extremely popular.