May 27 – Newcomer Tiger Shroff’s ability to perform daredevil stunts has been the talk of tinsel town for a while, but he was in a different battlefield when his debut film Heropanti released alongside mammoth star Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiiyaan and popular Hollywood franchise X-Men.
But we must say, Tiger gave tough competition to both the films and the audiences have expressed their fondness for the young actor by helping his debut film Heropanti collect Rs.21.33 crore on its opening weekend.
Presented by UTV Motion Pictures and Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, the movie also launched Kriti Sanon as the film’s leading lady.
The film collected Rs.6.63 crore on Friday, Rs.6.42 crore on Saturday and witnessed a huge jump on Sunday with an earning of Rs.8.28 crore. Sajid Nadiadwala is happy with the response that the film has garnered in the country and abroad.
“As a maker, we always feel we can do better, but the last two to three days (before a film’s release) are such that we lose perspective and we don’t know what will be the collection,” Sajid said at the success party of the film.
“But we are very happy that the film has not only been accepted here in the country, but overseas also,” he added. Tiger is also happy with the response and thanks the audience.
“It is a good news, especially for the newcomers like us, after all we were working so hard for this only. I’m feeling very happy and I’m very thankful,” Tiger said. Talking about superstar Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiiyaan, as expected the film has done huge business in South India but the film got tough competition from Heropanti in northern circuit.
The film has collected Rs.42 crore gross worldwide on its opening weekend. It’s domestic collection is Rs.30 crore and internationally the film managed to earn Rs.12 crore in three days.
Hollywood release, X-Men: Days of Future Past also got steady jump over the weekend and has collected Rs.16.60 crore so far . The film collected Rs.60 lacs in preview, Rs.4.50 crore on Friday, Rs.5.40 crore on Saturday and Rs.6.10 crore on Sunday.
Directed by Bryan Singer it is the seventh film in the X-Men film series and the third X-Men film directed by Singer after 2000’s X-Men and 2003’s X2. It stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Nicholas Hoult, Shawn Ashmore, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
-INDIA TODAY
