'Sooryavanshi': Akshay-Katrina's cop drama mints Rs 26.29 crore on opening day

Despite curtailed occupancy of 50 per cent in the large parts of India Rohit Shettys latest multistarrer Sooryavanshi has shattered the box office by earning Rs 2629 crores on its opening day nationallyIndian film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the figures on Twitter He said the movie has the potential to grow over the weekendSooryavanshi ROARS on Day 1 REVIVES biz Records EXCELLENT numbers despite 50 per cent occupancy in the largest market Maharashtra Day 2 is SUPERSTRONG Has potential to grow over the weekend CINEMAS AND CINEGOERS ARE BACK Fri Rs 2629 cr India biz Diwali he tweetedSooryavanshi ROARS on Day 1hellip REVIVES bizhellip Records EXCELLENT numbers despite 5037 occupancy in the largest market Maharashtrahellip Day 2 is SUPERSTRONGhellip Has potential to grow over the weekendhellip CINEMAS AND CINEGOERS ARE BACKhellip Fri 2629 cr India biz Diwali pictwittercomJhZbIxxqApmdash taran adarsh taran_adarsh November 6 2021After facing several hardships filmmaker Rohit Shettys Sooryavanshi was finally released in theatres on Friday On Thursday night Rohit took to Instagram to share that his cop drama is releasing across all multiplexes and single screens all over the countryFor the unversed the advance bookings were not opened for the Akshay Kumarstarrer till Thursday night due to a tiff between the producers and exhibitors on revenue sharing Reportedly the producers of the film demanded a 60 per cent revenue share in the first week and also wanted theatre owners to provide a maximum number of shows to SooryavanshiThankfully the stalemate between multiplex chains and the producers of Sooryavanshi Reliance Entertainment finally endedThe cop drama was originally slated to release on March 24 last year but was delayed due to the COVID19 pandemic which led to the shutting down of cinema hallsSooryavanshi is a continuation of the cop action Singham universe which began with the Ajay Devgn starrer Singam and Singham Returns then expanded with Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Devgn and now is going forward with Akshay Kumars character Apart from Akshay Sooryavanshi also features Katrina Kaif in the lead roleIn Sooryavanshi Akshay portrays the role of a DSP who fights crime Katrina plays the role of Akshays love interest in the film The movie also features special cameos by Ajay Devgn Singham and Ranveer Singh SimmbaAlso read Priyadarshan on Aila re aila remix Rohit Shetty asked for my opinionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever