Kabir Singh box office collection: Shahid Kapoor's film emerges 10th highest grossing Bollywood movie of all time

Even 19 days after its release on 21 June, Kabir Singh  has continues to strike gold at the box office. The film minted Rs 3. 20 crore on Tuesday (9 July), despite the ICC World Cup India vs New Zealand cricket match. [caption id=“attachment_6839571” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Shahid Kapoor (left) and Kiara Advani in a still from Kabir Singh.[/caption] With Rs 243.17 crore in its kitty, the Shahid Kapoor-Kiara Advani-starrer has surpassed the lifetime earnings of this highest earning film of the year so far, Uri: The Surgical Strike , to emerge as the 10th highest grossing Hindi film ever. It has already overtaken the lifetime earnings of blockbusters Kick and Chennai Express. Check out Kabir Singh’s box office figures here 

On the first day of its release, the romantic drama raked in  Rs 20.21 crore , making it the biggest opener in Kapoor’s career so far. Despite the film being  leaked online by Tamilrockers  just hours after it hit the theatres, its earnings have not been affected drastically. Kabir Singh is a remake of Telugu blockbuster  Arjun Reddy , starring  Vijay Deverakonda  and Shalini Pandey. Kabir Singh follows a young, successful surgeon played by Kapoor, who turns to a life of drugs and alcohol after his college sweetheart marries another man. The film also stars Kamini Kaushal, Suresh Oberoi, Arjan Bajwa and Adil Hussain. Despite the tremendous performance at the box office, the film has been criticised for its blunt endorsement of misogyny and patriarchy. Kabir Singh has also received flak for normalising  violence against women. Defending his film against such criticism, Vanga  said  in a recent interview, “If you can’t slap, if you can’t touch your woman wherever you want, if you can’t kiss, I don’t see emotion there.” He added that critics are “parasites  who are the real threat to the film industry.”