Bollywood
Box Office: YRF's 'Bunty Aur Babli 2's' Poor Opening Helps 'Sooryavanshi' To Regain Momentum
Mumbai, November 20 - Yash Raj Productions' "Bunty Aur Babli 2" has had a poor opening at the box office. A sequel to the 2005's film netted just Rs. 2.60 crores [3.05 crore gross on Friday (November 19). ## Starring Saif Ali Khan, and Rani Mukerji reprising their roles from the original film alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Sharvari Wagh as a new edition, the comedy, however, was expected to open in the range of 4-5 crores, but negative reviews and word of mouth dent its chances big time. ## Overseas, Varun V. Sharma-directed grossed approx Rs. 1.25 crores, for its total worldwide gross to a decent Rs. 4.30 crores on the first day. However, the poor show of YRF's film helped "Sooryavasnhi", which is going super strong at the box office, to regain the momentum at the Indian box office. The Akshay Kumar-starrer jumped 3.16% on its 3rd Friday for Rs. 3.26 crores. This takes "Sooryavanshi's" total India net collection to a nice Rs. 169.50 crores after 15 days. ## At the worldwide box office, Rohit Shetty-directed has grossed Rs. 254 crores so far, including Rs. 54 in overseas markets. With "Bunty Aur Babli 2" is not looking to challenge much, "Sooryavanshi" eyes to earn approx Rs. 12 crores during its 3rd weekend. It is currently Akshay's 5th highest-grossing film at the India box office. To enter the top 3, it needs to beat "2.0" (190.48 cr.), and "Mission Mangal" (203.08 cr.). ## Produced by Reliance Entertainment, Rohit Shetty Picturez, Dharma Productions, and Cape of Good Films, "Sooryavanshi" is the 4th film in Shetty's cop universe. It also stars Ajay Devgn and Ranveer Singh in the extended cameos as Singham and Simmba, respectively.## Stay tuned...