Housefull 5 box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar starrer crosses Rs 50 cr mark despite poor reviews

On Saturday, Housefull 5A, which has been performing better, recorded an overall Hindi occupancy of 37.97%, with morning shows at 15.40%, afternoon at 40.50%, evening at 43.65%, and night shows peaking at 52.32%. Chennai reported the highest regional occupancy. In contrast, Housefull 5B saw a lower overall occupancy at 21.97%.

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Housefull 5’s first day numbers marked the fourth-biggest opening in Akshay Kumar’s career after Mission Mangal (Rs 29.16 crore), Sooryavanshi (Rs 26.29 crore), and Gold (Rs 25.25 crore). The movie has also registered the highest opening when compared to his recent releases. The actor’s patriotic drama Sky Force collected Rs 12.25 crore on day 1 and went on to earn Rs 112 crore. On the other hand, Kesari Chapter 2 started at around Rs 7 crore, and ended up collecting around Rs 92 crore. However, both the films cannot be classified as box office hits because of the high budgets. It would be interesting to see if Housefull 5 is able to check the box.

Housefull 5 is directed by Tarun Mansukhani and produced by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. The film also features Riteish Deshmukh, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Shreyas Talpade, Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff, Dino Morea, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nargis Fakhri, Sonam Bajwa, Chitrangada Singh, Soundarya Sharma, Chunky Pandey, Johnny Lever, and Nikitin Dheer.

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