Mission Mangal crosses Rs 200 crore mark at the Box Office

A still from the movie Mission Mangal (Picture courtesy/Youtube channel of Fox Star Hindi)

Mission Mangal, which revolves around the story of India's Mangalyaan or the Mars Orbiter Mission, has made it to the Rs 200 crore benchmark at the Box Office. The film, in the fourth week, made a business of Rs. 7.02 crore in total. On its 4th Friday, it earned Rs 73 lakh, on Saturday it collected Rs 1.40 crore, on Sunday it earned Rs 2.10 crore, on Monday it raked in Rs 61 lakh, on Tuesday it managed to 1.01 crore, on Wednesday it collected Rs 54 lakh, and yesterday (Thursday) Rs 63 lakh. Mission Mangal now stands at a total Box Office collection of Rs 200.16 crore, thus becoming the fourth movie of 2019 to have entered the 200-crore club.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh stated on social media that Mission Mangal has set another record by emerging as the highest-grossing Independence Day release. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif's Ek Tha Tiger earlier held the record of being the Top Independence Day grosser at the Box Office.

Here are some of the milestones Mission Mangal has set in its 29-days run at the Box Office:

Directed by Jagan Shakti, "Mission Mangal" also stars Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Taapsee Pannu and Nithya Menen.

Akshay had earlier said: "I've made this film mainly for children, so that they feel encouraged to become scientists. Scientist as a profession is not very likeable, but now after ISRO's launch of the Chandrayaan, people are gradually becoming more aware of it and taking interest in it. I hope this film helps to spread the fact that what a great profession it is."

Mission Mangal's week-wise collections are as follows:

1st-week collections: Rs 128.16 crore [extended week - 8 Days]

2nd-week collections: Rs 49.95 crore

3rd-week collections: Rs 15.03 crore

4th-week collections: Rs 7.02 crore

Rakesh Dhawan (Akshay) and Tara Shinde (Vidya) lead a team of scientists who overcome their personal challenges and failures to serve as the brains behind one of the greatest missions in history: The launch of India's first satellite to Mars. The movie, based on a true story of India's mission to Mars, is about ordinary people achieving the extraordinary. The film is co-produced by 'PadMan' director R Balki which released on the occasion of Independence Day.

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