Sanju creates history! Ranbir Kapoor-starrer destroys weekend records with Rs 120 crore box office collections

Looks like there’s no stopping for Sanju! The biopic of Bollywood legend Sanjay Dutt starring Ranbir Kapoor has ‘demolished’ the box office records with staggering Rs 120.06 crore collection over the weekend.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter and shared the box office collections. 

‘Sanju creates H-I-S-T-O-R-Y... Records HIGHEST SINGLE DAY for a HINDI film... DEMOLISHES the record held by #Baahubali2 [Hindi]... #Baahubali2 had collected ₹ 46.50 cr on Day 3 [Sun]… #Sanju has surpassed it, collects ₹ 46.71 cr on Day 3 [Sun]. India biz. Boxoffice on (fire),’ Adarsh posted on micro-blogging site. 

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

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 2, 2018

TOP 5 - 2018
Opening Weekend biz...
1. #Sanju ₹ 120.06 cr
2. #Padmavaat ₹ 114 cr [5-day *extended* weekend; select previews on Wed, released on Thu]... Hindi + Tamil + Telugu.
3. #Race3 ₹ 106.47 cr
4. #Baaghi2 ₹ 73.10 cr
5. #Raid ₹ 41.01 cr
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 2, 2018

Sanju is leading in terms of weekend collections followed by Padmavaat, Race3, Baaghi2 and Raid.

With the latest offering, director Rajkumar Hirani has once again proved his mettle as a master story teller. The movei has also given amazing comeback sort to Ranbir Kapoor, who had not seen much of success at the box office. With Sanju, the actor has hit the bullseye and got the smashing hit that he was looking for, post Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. 

Hirani’s Sanju is a tale of a persecuted boy who just needed an excuse to blow up his life. The man shown in the movie is always running scared of his disciplinarian, Gandhian dad, of losing his mother to a terminal illness, of the toxic climate that the Babri Masjid blasts brought, of just about everything. 

And, yet there was an Alpha Male trapped within him - someone who wanted to protect his family, his friendship and his own reputation. The intent behind him keeping an AK-56, his drug addiction, his alcoholism and his caddish ways is not glorified and told faultlessly. 

For those who don’t know Dutt, this movie works as the story of a wayward child who puts his father through hell without realising it. It shows you the callous side of a spoilt brat who indulged his excesses. It’s a tale of repentance and is in equal measure a story of valour and strength. All battles are not fought at the border; some need to overcome their inner demons on a daily basis to emerge victorious.