Two weeks after its near-miraculous revival at the box office, devotional film Hanuman Ansh has crossed ₹ 100 crore in net domestic box office collections. The film, based on the life of Neem Karoli Baba , is the smallest Hindi film (in terms of scale) ever to enter the 100-crore club. The film is on course to register its biggest weekend yet, in its fifth week in theatres.
Hanuman Ansh opened on a dismal note, earning only ₹ 10 lakh on its opening day, and closing its first two weeks with a net haul of just ₹ 1.48 crore. It minted ₹ 61 crore in its fourth week alone. The upward trend continued into its fifth weekend, with the film netting ₹ 10 crore on Friday and ₹ 16.50 crore on Saturday. This took its domestic haul to just above ₹ 99 crore. On Sunday morning, the morning shows took Hanuman Ansh past the ₹ 100-crore mark. With a budget of ₹ 2 crore, Hanuman Ansh is the smallest Hindi film to enter this famed club, beating The Kashmir Files ( ₹ 15 crore) by a substantial margin. As of 1 PM on Sunday, the film’s domestic collection stands at just over ₹ 105 crore. On Sunday, it soared past the lifetime haul of sports drama 83 ( ₹ 104 crore), Salman Khan’s Sikandar ( ₹ 103 crore), Ajay Devgn’s Singham ( ₹ 100 crore), and the Hindi version of Allu Arjun’s Pushpa The Rise ( ₹ 105 crore).
On its 16th day in theatres, the film saw a sizable jump in earnings. As word of mouth spread, Hanuman Ansh saw record-breaking third and fourth weeks at the box office. It is now the 143rd Hindi film to cross the mark. This has helped the devotional film beat the final collections of several films much bigger than itself. The film is primed to do better with its international release this month. The film stars Shobhinaw Satya in the lead role alongside Vihaan Shedge, Chandan K Anand, Purnima Tiwari, Anil Rastogi, Gulshan Pandey and Bhagvandas Patel.
