It’s been long-awaited and finally here; Sooryavanshi starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif and Ranveer Singh released worldwide today. With the success of other movies such as Singham or Simmba, Sooryavanshi too was met with huge anticipation prior to its release.
Today it had an opening day’s collection of 44 crores ($6 million) at India’s box office alone followed by $10 million in overseas markets. At the Australian Box Office there was a spike of 41% (compared to Monday). These figures show that Indian cinema is starting to grow globally when it comes to popularity and profitability alike so expect many more releases like these for fans across the world!
Day 1
Australia box office
Day 1 – 97,061 USD [Rs. 71.01 lacs] from 92 screens
Day 2 – 137,360 USD [Rs. 1.01 cr.] from 93 screens
Day 3 – 143,891 USD [Rs. 1.06 cr.] from 94 screens
Weekend Total – 378,312 USD
New Zealand box office
Day 1 – 15,037 USD [Rs. 11.15 lacs] from 18 screens
Day 2 – 24,412 USD [Rs. 18.11 lacs] from 22 screens
Day 3 – 25,463 USD [Rs. 18.89 lacs] from 25 screens
Weekend Total – 64,912 USD