Tere Ishk Mein box office collection day 5: Dhanush, Kriti Sanon’s film crosses Rs 70 cr, surpasses Idli Kadai earning

As per Sacnilk, the current box office collection of Tere Ishk Mein after five days in India stands at Rs 71 crore. Thus, it’s crossed the Rs 70 crore mark a day after surpassing the lifetime domestic box office earnings of Raanjhanaa (2013), its spiritual predecessor, which was also helmed by Rai and starred Dhanush in the lead role of a jilted, unrequited lover.

Despite the presence of Dhanush, a Tamil superstar, and the score of AR Rahman, the share of its dubbed Tamil version in Tere Ishk Mein’s total domestic box office collection is quite low, at around Rs 3.75 crore. Thus, the original Hindi version accounts for about Rs 67.25 crore so far. However, it’s surpassed the lifetime domestic earnings of Dhanush’s last Tamil release, Idli Kadai, which he also directed and which earned Rs 50.48 crore at the Tamil and Telugu box office earlier this year.

Tere Ishk Mein has another couple of days to perform sans any major competition at the box office. On Friday, it’s sure to face fresh and stiff competition from Aditya Dhar’s action thriller Dhurandhar, starring Ranveer Singh in the lead role, which is riding on tremendous pre-release buzz. If Dhanush and Kriti Sanon’s film sustains its current momentum, it’ll at least surpass the lifetime domestic earnings of her last theatrical release, Rajesh A Krishnan’s 2023 heist comedy Crew, which stands at Rs 81.7 crore.

Tere Ishk Mein has already surpassed the lifetime domestic earnings of Aanand L Rai’s 2022 family drama Raksha Bandhan, starring Akshay Kumar, which concluded its theatrical run at Rs 48.63 crore. Rai’s last collaboration with Dhanush, Atrangi Re (2021), also starred Kumar but it dropped directly on JioHotstar during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Tere Ishk Mein belongs to “the world of Raanjhanaa” as it revolves around Kriti’s character determined to do a research on violence with her toxic lover, Dhanush’s character, as her subject. Written by Himanshu Sharma, it’s backed by Rai’s banner Colour Yellow Productions. Rai and Sharma have previously delivered hits like Raanjhanaa and the Tanu Weds Manu franchise.