{"id":331212,"date":"2026-05-08T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331212"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T06:55:23","slug":"overtakes-aamir-khans-only-successful-film-in-the-post-covid-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/overtakes-aamir-khans-only-successful-film-in-the-post-covid-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Overtakes Aamir Khan&#8217;s Only Successful Film In The Post-COVID Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1279202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1279202\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1279202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bhooth Bangla Box Office Collection Day 21: Surpasses Aamir Khan\u2019s Sitaare Zameen Par (Photo Credit: Balaji Motion Pictures\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akshay Kumar\u2019s Bhooth Bangla had an excellent third week on the Indian box office. In the primary two weeks, it did very well, and attributable to an absence of major Hindi releases, it saw good traction with audiences within the third week as well. Overall, the film has moved closer to the 170 crore mark and, within the meantime, has surpassed the lifetime collection of Aamir Khan\u2019s only successful film within the post-COVID era. Keep reading for an in depth collection report of day 21!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How much did Bhooth Bangla earn on the Indian box office in 21 days?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bollywood horror-comedy entertainer began its third week by scoring <strong>4.75 crore<\/strong> on its third Friday, day 15. It was followed by <strong>4.6 crore<\/strong> on day 16 and <strong>5.75 crore<\/strong> on day 17. On day 18, it earned <strong>2 crore<\/strong>, while on day 19, it minted <strong>2.5 crore.<\/strong> On day 20, it scored <strong>1.75 crore<\/strong>, followed by <strong>1.75 crore<\/strong> on day 21. Overall, it earned <strong>23.1 crore<\/strong> within the third week, a 52.1% drop from week 2\u2019s <strong>48.23 crore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In total, Bhooth Bangla has earned <strong>167.01 crore<\/strong> net on the Indian box office in 21 days, which equals <strong>197.07 crore<\/strong> gross. Considering the absence of huge Hindi releases in the approaching days, the film will proceed to enjoy audience attention and has a shot on the 180 crore net mark.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Here\u2019s the week-wise collection breakdown:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Week 1 \u2013 <strong>95.68 crore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Week 2 \u2013 <strong>48.23 crore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Week 3 \u2013 <strong>23.1 crore<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Total \u2013 <strong>167.01 crore<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bhooth Bangla beats Sitaare Zameen Par!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With 167.01 crore, Bhooth Bangla has surpassed Aamir Khan\u2019s only successful film within the post-COVID era, Sitaare Zameen Par. A spiritual sequel to Taare Zameen Par earned <strong>166.58 crore<\/strong> net in its lifetime run, and the Akshay Kumar starrer has comfortably crossed it on its twenty first day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tomorrow, on day 23, the horror-comedy film will overtake Salman Khan\u2019s Race 3 (<strong>169 crore<\/strong>), and over the following few days, even Ajay Devgn\u2019s Raid 2 (<strong>179.3 crore<\/strong>) might be surpassed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stay tuned to Koimoi for more box office updates!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Must Read:<\/strong> Vaazha 2 Worldwide Box Office Day 36: Knocks Down Thudarum To Turn out to be Mollywood\u2019s 4th Highest-Grossing Film!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Follow Us:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/koimoidotcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/koimoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Koimoi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/Koimoi4Bollywood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIwo7yAqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhooth Bangla Box Office Collection Day 21: Surpasses Aamir Khan\u2019s Sitaare Zameen Par (Photo Credit: Balaji Motion Pictures\/Instagram) Akshay Kumar\u2019s Bhooth Bangla had an excellent third week on the Indian box office. In the primary two weeks, it did very well, and attributable to an absence of major Hindi releases, it saw good traction with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20659],"tags":[6889,3217,2184,6890,27023,18034,471],"class_list":["post-331212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bollywood","tag-aamir","tag-era","tag-film","tag-khans","tag-overtakes","tag-postcovid","tag-successful"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331215,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331212\/revisions\/331215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}