Stree beats Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se to top box office, earns Rs 60.39 cr in opening week

Amar Kaushik’s horror comedy  Stree, crossed the Rs 50 crore mark on Wednesday, 5 September, as was reported earlier. On Thursday, the film amassed Rs 5.50 crores, taking its total earnings  to Rs 60.39 cr across 1950 screens. [caption id=“attachment_5136121” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] From (left-right) Poster pf Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se, Stree and Gali Guleiyan[/caption]

With its performance on Week 1, noted critic and business analyst Taran Adarsh conjectures that the Rajkummar Rao-Shraddha Kapoor-starrer film would fare well even in the second week of its run, even though it will be facing box office competition from new Friday releases Paltan , Laila Majnu , The Nun and Gali Guleiyan.

Meanwhile, Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol’s  Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se , which released on 30 August along with Stree, had earned Rs 8.97 cr till Wednesday, as per Bollywood Hungama . On the other hand, Reema Kagti’s  historical sports-drama  Gold , which is currently in its third week after of release, managed to rake Rs 35 lakhs as of Tuesday, making its total earning Rs 107. 37 cr.