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Suparn Verma’s courtroom drama Haq, inspired by the landmark Shah Bano case, starring Yami Gautam and Emraan Hashmi, witnessed a minor improvement in its earnings at the domestic box office on its first Sunday. After three days, its current domestic office collection stands at Rs 8.85 crore. It’s most likely to hit the double digits on its first Monday, whether or not it surpasses the crucial Monday test with flying colours.
Haq released last Friday on November 7. It opened at Rs 1.75 crore on Friday (day 1), but saw a 100% growth on Saturday (day 2) by earning Rs 3.35 crore, as per Sacnilk. However, the growth on Sunday (day 3) wasn’t drastic by any stretch. While the earnings are expected to drop on Monday (day 4), the magnitude in decline would set the course for the film’s domestic box office performance for the rest of the week.
Haq doesn’t have any major competition in the current week, but this Friday on November 14, it’ll encounter a fresh contender in Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh-starrer romantic comedy sequel De De Pyaar De 2. So, it has four days to make the most of its competition-free position before new players enter the market.
When compared to Hashmi’s last solo release, Haq has surpassed the lifetime domestic box office collection of Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar’s action thriller Ground Zero from earlier this year, which earned Rs 5.20 in its opening weekend and Rs 6.70 crore in its lifetime run of less than a week.
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Meanwhile, Haq has earned less than half of the opening weekend domestic box office earnings of Yami’s last theatrical release, Aditya Suhas Jambhale’s action thriller Article 370 from last year. That film earned Rs 22.50 crore in its first three days, and went on to garner Rs 77.97 crore across its lifetime run of eight weeks. Interestingly, both Ground Zero and Article 370 were military action thrillers set in Kashmir, based on real-life incidents.
Haq also revolves around a murky, real life-based landmark court case. It is reportedly inspired by Shah Bano’s legal battle, which became a landmark case in 1985 when the Supreme Court granted divorced Muslim women the right to maintenance. While Bano passed away in 1992, her daughter filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which argued that the portrayal of her mother in Haq infringed upon personal and familial rights. She sought a stay on the film’s release.
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