- By James Kuanal
- Wed, 16 Oct 2019 12:55 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran Entertainment Desk: Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff starrer on Tuesday took the Bollywood by storm by becoming the highest engrossing film of 2019. As per early estimates, the Siddharth Anand directorial added nearly Rs 4 crore to reach Rs 280 crore on day 14 at the box office to go past Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh that had engrossed Rs 277 crore at the domestic box office.
The film had opened to a collection of Rs 53.35 crore on Gandhi Jayanti and went on to break several records, becoming the highest engrosser of Hrithik Roshan (Krrish 3) and Tiger Shroff's (Baaghi 3) career. It also became the fourth highest grosser of the production house 'Yash Raj studio film', after Tiger Zinda Hai, Sultan and Dhoom 3.
If 'War' continues to perform better, it is likely to break Aamir's PK and Dangal that had collected Rs 337 crore and Rs 387 crore at the domestic box office as Housefull 4 will be released on October 26. The Worldwide collection of the film already reached Rs 400 crore mark on day 14.
The film is based on the story of a RAW agent Kabir (played by Hrithik) who is on a mission to save his country. He is joined by his student Khalid (played by Tiger Shroff) who joins him on his mission. Apart from Tiger and Hrithik, the star cast of 'War' includes Vaani Kapoor (Hrithik's love interest), Ashutosh Rana, Arif Zakaria and Soni Razdan.
Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix's 'Joker' entered Rs 50 crore club on Monday. The Todd Phillips directorial had made an opening day collection of over Rs 5 crore on October 2 after clashing with War and Sye Narasimha Rao. Among other films, Sye Raa Narasimha Rao starring Chiranjeevi minted nearly Rs 230 crore in worldwide box office collection. However, Shonali Bose's emotional drama 'The Sky is Pink' featuring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar failed to attract audiences on day 5 managing to earn just 1 crore.
