Filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s much-debated film, Animal has earned big at the box office. The film’s current domestic box office collection is Rs 539.02 crore domestically and it is still running well in cinema halls despite competition from Prabhas’ Salaar and Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki. The film’s producer and director Sandeep’s brother, Pranay Reddy Vanga recently shared that the entire team of Animal is happy with the film’s success, though they could have earned more had the film been a little shorter in length. He also revealed that before the film’s release, Ranbir Kapoor, who plays the lead role in the movie, asked everyone to predict the film’s box office.
While speaking with Pinkvilla, Sandeep shared, “We had a discussion in Hyderabad. RK was asking everyone when we were in a meeting, he asked AK (Anil Kapoor) sir, ‘How much will the box office be as per you?’ While Anil predicted a collection of Rs 350 crore for the movie, he said he would be happy if it earned Rs 400 crore. Rashmika predicted a collection of Rs 300 crore but T-Series’ head honcho Bhushan Kumar preferred not to say anything.
“Then he asked me, I said, ‘For the kind of effort we have put in the last three years, I won’t be happy if it would be anything less than Rs 500 cr. Then RK was very happy on hearing Rs 500 crore and now it has become a reality, we are very happy,” Pranay Reddy said.
While celebrating his film’s success, Pranay highlighted that the film managed to earn over Rs 500 crore in India and over Rs 850 crore globally despite being three and a half hours long and ‘A’ rated. He said, “The things we need to mention here is the film is three and a half hours long, including introduction and interval, it’s an ‘A’ rated movie, it was released on a non-long weekend holiday and we were sharing some theatres with Sam Bahadur. Our ticket prices were like Rs 250, which people are saying is less in comparison to other movies. So, with all this, we pulled it till Rs 850 crore.”
Animal was originally 3 hours and 30 minutes long, excluding the interval and introduction. But Sandeep had to trim it by 8-9 minutes “due to pressure”, though he regretted it later. Even Pranay said that they were “never behind big numbers” and only wanted to make a good film.
“We lost Rs 30-40 crore because of the length of the film, if it had a little shorter duration, we could have gone for five shows. We also tried to cut it short, but the feel was getting lost,” Pranay said while explaining why the 20-25 minutes after the interval witnessed a dip. He added, “Most of them complained about the 20-25 minutes after the interval but Sandeep felt there should be a dip before Bobby Sir’s wedding celebration scene. We couldn’t bring Bobby sir’s celebration right after the interval.”
Bobby Deol’s entry scene in Animal has garnered the actor a lot of praise. Even the song “Jamal Kudu” has become a rage among the masses.
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‘Ranbir Kapoor asked co-stars to predict how much Animal would earn, Anil Kapoor said Rs 350 cr’: Producer Pranay Reddy Vanga on film’s box office success – The Indian Express
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