 "Gold, Satyameva Jayate box office collection: Akshay Kumar film leads with Rs 71 cr on opening weekend")
Box office collections might actually not be as catastrophic as they are made out be. Akshay Kumar-starrer
Gold
and John Abraham’s
Satyameva Jayate
released simultaneously on Independence Day (15 August) and both the films have been able to milk the
lucrative festive weekend
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Stills from Gold and Satyameva Jayate. Image via Twitter[/caption] On the third, fourth and fifth day of its release (Friday, Saturday and Sunday), Reema Kagti’s sports drama Gold raked in Rs 37.95 crore. Although it opened with a bang on Wednesday (Rs 25.25 crore), it witnessed a substantial dip on the second day (Rs 8.10 crore). However, the multi-starrer was able to redeem itself on the next three days.
Milap Zaveri’s commercial action-drama Satyameva Jayate also earned Rs 28.47 crore over the weekend after recording a Wednesday (15 August) opening of Rs 20.52 crore.
Both the films, despite belonging to different genres, rode the patriotic wave and accumulated a whopping Rs 125 crore during the 5-day weekend, combined.