In the film industry, there is often a trend where the appearance of a major star's film causes all other projects to scale down. However, this situation has drastically changed over the last month and a half. The film 'Hanumanansh,' shot on a modest budget of 20 million rupees, is demonstrating competitiveness against all high-budget films and in some cases even surpasses them.
Whether it is new releases or older movies, 'Hanumanansh' is currently dominating among all presented films.
Last week, 'Hanumanansh' faced off against the film 'Mirzapur Da Movie,' which collected significant box office revenue. But it also had to compete with the movie based on the life of Nim Karoli Baba. These two films fiercely competed against each other. Amidst this competition, the film 'Havam,' starring Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, was released this week but has so far faced an unsuccessful run at the box office.
'Havam' started its run very weakly, collecting only 30 million rupees in net revenue on the first day. The following day, Saturday, saw a sharp drop in collections. On the second day, the film earned only 25 million rupees, bringing the total net collection to 55 million rupees. The average attendance nationwide was 14%. Despite the participation of Akshay and Saif, as well as the direction by Priyadarshan, the film failed to attract an audience. It seems Akshay's star status is gradually weakening.
On the other hand, speaking of 'Hanumanansh' and 'Mirzapur Da Movie,' 'Mirzapur' reached a net collection of 13 million rupees by the second Saturday and showed significant growth. The film's total net revenue reached 171.45 million rupees over 9 days and will soon exceed the 200 million rupee mark.
Meanwhile, 'Hanumanansh' earned 18.50 million rupees on its sixth Saturday, and its total income over 37 days amounted to 192.13 million rupees (net). As for global collections, they have already reached 236.50 million rupees. On Sunday, the film will finally cross the 250 million rupee mark at the box office. This film brought the creators an income 118 times greater than its budget, something no Indian film before it could achieve.