Despite facing criticism, Ranbir Kapoor’s film Animal continues to have a successful run at the box office. After a strong first weekend, the film is dominating the box office through its second weekend as well. On its second Saturday, Animal earned Rs 34.74 crore at the domestic box office, according to industry tracker Sacnilk.
With this, Animal has garnered a total domestic collection of Rs 395.27 crore. Globally, the film has made Rs 660.89 crore, as per the production company T-Series. The film held an overall 49.12 percent Hindi occupancy on Saturday, with a significant crowd attending night shows, accounting for 62.29 percent of the Hindi-language screenings. In addition, the movie attained a 40.36 percent Telugu occupancy and a 33.25 percent Tamil occupancy.
The Sandeep Reddy Vanga film has surpassed the lifetime collections of Salman Khan’s Tiger Zinda Hai and has secured a spot in the top 10 list of all-time highest-grossing films worldwide. Despite maintaining momentum, it is yet to cross the collections of the highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan earned Rs 464.8 Cr in its first week and in comparison, Animal earned Rs 337.58 crore in its debut week. Although it managed to surpass the first week collections of other major hits such as SRK’s Pathaan (Rs 318.50 crore) and Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 (Rs 284.63 crore).
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Animal has also crossed the collections of all-time grosser Dangal which earned Rs 387.38 crore in the domestic market back when it released in 2016.
The movie also features Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, and Anil Kapoor in significant roles. It is anticipated to maintain its strong performance until the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki in theatres on December 21. In the southern states, Animal is expected to face competition as Prabhas’ Salaar, which is also scheduled for release on the same date.
Rashmika recently took to social media to defend Animal and share insights about her character Gitanjali in the film. She wrote, “She is pure, real, unfiltered, strong and raw.. At times as an actor, I would question some of Gitanjali’s actions.. And I remember my director telling me – this was their story.. Ranvijay’s & Gitanjali’s.. it was their love and passion, their families and their lives – this is who they are.” Animal has been facing a lot of criticism from critics and the audience for glorifying toxic masculinity and for being excessively violent and gory.
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Animal box office collection day 9: Ranbir Kapoor-starrer breaks Dangal’s record in India, earns over Rs 395 crore – The Indian Express
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