Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 box office collection day 3: Kartik Aaryan’s film crosses Rs 100 cr mark in opening weekend, is 2024’s third highest opener

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 box office collection day 3: The Kartik Aaryan starrer collected a total of Rs 106 crores during its 3-days run at the box office.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: November 4, 2024 11:21 AM IST

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Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 day 3 box office collection Kartik Aaryan films crosses 100 crores (Photo: T-Series / Instagram)

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 box office collection day 3: 2024 seems to be the year for horror comedies to become blockbusters. While Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s Stree 2 is the highest grossing film of the year, Kartik Aaryan and Triptii Dimri’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has also joined the ranks of top grossers in Bollywood in 2024. The Anees Bazmee directorial has crossed the Rs 100 crore mark in its opening weekend. As per industry tracker Sacnilk, on Sunday, the horror-comedy earned Rs 33.5 crores taking the film’s total collection to Rs 106 crores on its opening weekend.

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Even though the film’s earnings on Friday and Saturday dipped almost 10 percent, it managed to make big bucks. On Friday, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 earned Rs 35.5 crores; on Saturday, it raked in Rs 37 crores. The film is the third-highest opener, after Stree 2 and Singham Again. While Stree 2 opened at Rs 55.40 crores, Singham Again’s opening figures were Rs 43.70 crores. The Kartik Aaryan starrer also earned Rs 55.30 crores worldwide on its first day.

Being part of a hit franchise already, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 surprisingly had a slow start. Its screen space was less as compared to Singham Again. However, as per the latest reports, the film has gotten late-night shows at 1 am and 3 am in several cities. With this, the film’s overall occupancy on Sunday was 67.27 percent, with evening shows seeing the maximum footfalls.

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Chennai has had the highest occupancy of 84.25 percent for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 with just 56 shows. With 177 shows, Lucknow had the second-highest occupancy of 79. 75 percent, and Mumbai follows in the third place with 77. 75 percent and 826 shows. With the maximum number of shows, that is 1010, the occupancy at Delhi NCR was 63.75 percent, and Hyderabad had the lowest occupancy of 56.50 percent with 207 shows. Until Saturday, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 had 4294 shows, on Sunday the film had 4397 shows.

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has been directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by T-Series and Cine1 Studios. Other than Kartik Aaryan and Triptii Dimri, the film also stars Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit Nene, and Rajpal Yadav in important roles.

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