Updated March 20th, 2021 at 14:56 IST
'Mumbai Saga' has good Day 1 box office; John-Emraan film greeted with 'houseful' board
Sanjay Gupta's 'Mumbai Saga' had a good Day 1 box office considering the 50 per cent occupancy rule. The John Abraham-Emraan Hashmir movie went 'houseful'.
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Second week into Bollywood's attempt at a turnaround in the COVID-era has started off brightly with Mumbai Saga hitting the theatres on Friday. After release of Roohi last week, this John Abraham-Emraan Hashmi starrer has once again renewed hopes for a revival of the film industry. The Sanjay Gupta action film had a good day 1 at the box office, earning close to Rs 3 crore, amid the 50 per cent occupancy rule in the theatres.
Mumbai Saga box office
Mumbai Saga earned Rs 2.82 crore on Friday. The opening day figures was termed as 'victorious' by RJ-host Siddharth Kannan, who called the movie as the 'biggest entertainment saga.' With the collections, the movie went on to record the biggest non-holiday collections in a day, after the government rule on just 50 per cent occupancy in theatres.
With reviews largely positive, the movie is looking at a promising growth on Saturday and Sunday. Another reason for the chances of a healthy weekend tally is that the film went 'housefull' at many theatres, like in Pune.
#MumbaiSaga is the biggest entertainment saga amidst the pandemic; emerges VICTORIOUS on day 1. Friday collection of *2.82 CR* is the biggest non-holiday collections with 50% occupancy limitations in a few regions. The weekend looks bigger at the box office. pic.twitter.com/DEazok1VLW
— Siddharth Kannan (@sidkannan) March 20, 2021
Mumbai Saga is the first 'massy' film hitting theatres in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is about the face-off between a don named Amartya Rao and police officer named Vijay Savarkar. The visuals of the high octane action sequences and some 'masala' one-liners had raised the excitement among fans.
And upon release, the scene was similar as videos of audiences cheering in the audiences went viral. John, on the other hand, was seen selling tickets at a theatre.
Mumbai Saga also stars Suniel Shetty, Kajal Aggarwal, Rohit Roy, Anjana Sukhani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Prateik Babbar, Gulshan Grover, Amole Gupte, Samir Soni and Shaad Randhawa
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Published March 20th, 2021 at 14:56 IST
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