Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Box Office: Kartik Aaryan gets his biggest career opening day collection

The Hindi films had been facing a dry spell on the box office for the past few months. The last Hindi film to have worked commercially was The Kashmir Files in March. The positive buzz around Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani and Tabu-starrer Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 this month had given hope to the audience and the industry of a revival and now that the box office collection of the first day of the film are out, it has proved those expectations right. The film has gathered Kartik’s highest ever first day collection quashing the reports of Bollywood being dead.

According to a report in Box Office India, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 has performed very well at the box office on day one collecting around 13.5-14 crore nett with fantastic business at multiplexes all over India . This also means that it has become Kartik’s biggest opener in his career, surpassing the collection of Love Aaj Kal which collected Rs 11.50 crore nett on Day 1. The report stated, “The collections were very good across the Hindi belts be it Rajasthan, CI or Gujarat / Saurashtra. The opening is second best to Sooryavanshi if we count only original Hindi content and fourth best if we count all the Hindi content which includes KGF 2 and RRR. It has comfortably beaten the numbers of Gangubali Kathiawadi which was a HIT film and a bigger film than Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. It is basically the highest non holiday opening for original Hindi content post the pandemic.”

 

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The positive word-of-mouth around the film is expected to increase the business of the film over the weekend, coming around Rs 50 crore collection in the first weekend. The performance has also given the much-needed push to the Hindi film industry, reviving it at the box office. The report further added, “Most importantly this was badly needed for the industry as it shows that the audience will come out if the film offers entertainment and has a wide appeal. The last two months have seen films bite the dust, with audience not even giving them a chance as they become more selective as to which film to go to the cinema for. The film has given a huge boost to the industry as the audience came for the youthful pairing of Kartik Aryan and Kiara Advani with a huge HIT song and the film also had better marketing by T Series compared to most releases post the pandemic.”

 

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Bollywood Bubble gave the Anees Bazmee directed Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 a rating of 4 stars in its review. An excerpt from the movie review reads: “Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is thrilling and thoroughly entertaining. Though the horror element seems like a cameo, the entire film has a mass appeal. It is Kartik and Tabu who carry the film on their shoulders. His fatafati performance and Tabu’s sheer par excellence work will surely make Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 a blockbuster.”

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