'Sanju' opens to a mega weekend, mints Rs 120.06 crore

ANI  |  Mumbai, (Maharashtra) [India] 

Biopic 'Sanju'- which is based on the life of Sanjay Dutt, rocked the Box Office by earning a whopping Rs 120.06 crore on the opening weekend.

He tweeted, "#sets the BO on ??????... Gets #JaaduKiJhappi from the audience... Collects ? 46.71 cr on Sun, MIND-BOGGLING... Has an EXCEPTIONAL ? ?? cr+ opng weekend... Emerges HIGHEST OPENING WEEKEND of 2018... Fri 34.75 cr, Sat 38.60 cr, Sun 46.71 cr. Total: ? 120.06 cr. biz."

The crushed the opening weekend records of 'Padmavaat' ( Rs 114 crore), 'Race 3' (Rs 106.47 crore), 'Baaghi 2' (Rs 73.10) and 'Raid' (Rs 41.01 crore).

'Sanju' also created history by becoming the highest single day earner with a collection Rs 46.50 crore on Sunday, thereby crushing the record set the SS Rajamouli's magnum opus 'Baahubli 2'.

"#creates H-I-S-T-O-R-Y... Records HIGHEST SINGLE DAY for a HINDI .. DEMOLISHES the record held by #Baahubali2 [Hindi]... #Baahubali2 had collected ? 46.50 cr on Day 3 [Sun]. #has surpassed it, collects ? 46.71 cr on Day 3 [Sun]. biz. Boxoffice on ??????," further tweeted.

Written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, 'Sanju' stars as Sanjay Dutt, with Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, and in pivotal roles.

The much-awaited biopic released on June 29.

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First Published: Mon, July 02 2018. 12:40 IST