The makers of Ajay Devgn-starrer "Singham Again" said the film managed to gross Rs 65 crore on its opening day worldwide. The action movie, which is directed by filmmaker Rohit Shetty, released in theatres on Thursday, coinciding with the festival of Diwali.
The film's team stated in a press release that the movie, the third part in the "Singham" series after "Singham" and "Singham Returns," has earned Rs 43.7 crore net at the Indian box office.
India's biggest cop franchise 'Singham Again' has thundered off to a record start, setting new Diwali records, minting a whacking day one total of Rs 65 crore worldwide with India net box office at Rs 43.7 crore emerging as the No 1 choice of Diwali, filling theatres to capacity across single screens and multiplexes nationwide," the statement said.
The "Singham" series is part of Shetty's ambitious cop universe that also includes characters played by Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh in "Sooryavanshi" and "Simmba."
The cast for "Singham Again" includes Singh, Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff, and Shweta Tiwari, besides Arjun Kapoor, who essays the role of the antagonist.
Singham Again is produced by Jio Studios in association with Rohit Shetty Picturez and Devgn Films.
President, media and content business, RIL, says, "Singham Again is a full-fledged star-studded spectacle tailor-made for that big screen theatre experience".
"We had committed audiences a mass entertainer apt for Diwali bonanza with the family; that is exactly what they got. The uniformly brilliant performance of our film pan multiplexes and great results in single screens and mass centers have validated to an extent the screen representation of 60 percent that we had commanded for this film," she further averred.
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