‘M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story’ completes successful first week at the Box Office
Oct 7, 2016 at 11:49 AM
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s biographical film has now completed one week at the Box Office. The much-awaited movie hit the theatres on September 30 and justified all the hype and anticipation surrounding it. The movie has received an overwhelming response from the audiences across the country and has made a massive collection after the end of its first week at the Box Office.
The motivational crux of the movie has left the fans awestruck. The plot is very well complimented by the actor especially by Sushant Singh Rajput who is playing Dhoni’s character. The actor is receiving huge accolades for his acting and his beautiful portrayal of Dhoni’s is one of the biggest reasons for the film’s success. Another reason that has contributed to the film’s immense success is India’s most decorated skipper’s popularity across the country. The movie has been released in other languages too and it has contributed to the movie’s whopping collection.
As expected, the movie shattered several records on its opening day and left behind the likes of Fan and Houseful 3 in terms of opening day collection and recorded a total of Rs 21.30 crores followed by Rs 20.60 crores on Saturday and 24.10 crores on Sunday. It also did a promising business in overseas too and collected Rs 21.96 crores till Sunday.
After a good performance at the weekend, the movie entered the weekdays and there were speculations that it might get a lukewarm response. However, so far it has done a commendable job at the Box Office and looking at its performance one can say that it is in line to enter Bollywood’s much coveted 100-crore club.
On Monday, it collected Rs 8.51 crores followed by Rs 7.52 crores on Tuesday and 6.60 crores on Wednesday. On the last day of week i.e. Thursday, the movie registered a further decline in its collection and collected Rs 5.80 crores* to its account. With this, the movie has made a net collection of around Rs 94.43 crores* on domestic box office after the first week. It has also done a fair business in overseas too and has collected around Rs 35 crores in a week.