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Ahmed Khan’s ensemble comedy ‘Welcome to the Jungle’, directed by Akshay KumarSuniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, has closed a solid opening week at the box office and is now entering its second week of release. After comfortably crossing the domestic mark of Rs 90 crore by the end of Day 7, the chaotic slapstick entertainer now faces its toughest test yet, a head-to-head clash with YRF’s blockbuster release ‘Alpha’ starring Alia BhattBobby Deol and Sharvari, which opens from Friday and is expected to dominate the screen count across the country.Coming on the 8th, the film is expected to see a heavy Second Friday style drop as ‘Alpha’ hits the theaters and starts commanding a large chunk of screens and multiple attention. The film is likely to settle in between Rs 2-3 crore per day, a significant step up from its week 1 midweek numbers. The film could add around Rs 8-12 crore in its second week, which could push its overall domestic net to the range of Rs 100-105 crore by the end of week 2.
“Welcome to the Jungle” Day 1-7 earnings.
“Welcome to the Jungle” delivered a robust domestic network opening weekend of Rs. 63.75 crore and Rs. 93.45 crore gross worldwide, driven by strong weekend growth which peaked on Sunday at Rs. 24.75 million. After a standard Monday drop of Rs. 8.50 crore with a surprise 8.8% Tuesday rise to record Rs. 9.25 million. Despite entering a mid-week slide, it fell more than 30% on Wednesday to secure Rs. 6.15 crore and was further reduced to Rs. 5.50 crore from 9,917 shows on Thursday, the multi-starrer closed its first week with a robust collection.
Live coverage of ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ Day 8
As the 8th day collections come in, ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ is running in a reduced 2,288 shows and has added Rs 0.35 crore nett so far.This takes the total India gross collection to approximately Rs 111.33 crore and the total India net collection to approximately Rs 93.50 crore, with the final numbers from day 8 still awaited.
Daily Collections for “Welcome to the Jungle”
Week 1: Rs. 93.51 millionDay 8 [LIVE]: Rs. 0.35 million
TOTAL: Rs. 93.50 million
More about “Welcome to the Jungle”
Produced under the banner of Firoz Nadiadwala and directed by Ahmed Khan, “Welcome to the Jungle” is a sequel to the “Welcome” franchise that has a cast of over 30 actors including Arshad Warsi, Raveena Tandon and Disha Patani along with leads Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Shetty.The chaotic plot follows an eccentric billionaire who stages a fake, multi-crore film production deep in a remote jungle as an elaborate cover-up scheme. Things come to a head when the hilariously dysfunctional acting team is mistaken for an actual military unit during a real terrorist threat.DISCLAIMER: Box office numbers and data for this article are compiled from various public and industry sources. All figures are approximate unless explicitly stated, providing a fair representation of the film’s box office performance. These totals may change as official study data is updated or additional international market reports are completed. This data is provided for informational and entertainment purposes only.