Filmmaker Amar Kaushik’s Stree 2 starring Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor has turned out to be the biggest surprise of the year at the box office. There were expectations from the film after the first one in the series Stree (2018) being a hit. But not many would have expected the movie to near the huge milestone of Rs. 600 crores at the India box office.
Stree 2 recently completed its fifth weekend, and this has ensured that the film has crossed another major milestone. The Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer has broken the record of the highest fifth weekend score at the India box office as the movie made a strong Rs. 16 crores in that period.
In doing so, Stree 2 has overtaken some of the biggest blockbusters. The previous record for the fifth weekend was held by Uri: The Surgical Strike with Rs. 12.50 crores. Stree 2 and Uri are the only two films on the list to have scored in double figures in the fifth weekend. These two films are followed by Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (Rs. 7.36 crores), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (Hindi, Rs. 6.97 crores), Jawan (Rs. 6.45 crores), KGF: Chapter 2 (Hindi version, Rs. 6.35 crores) and Kantara (Hindi, Rs. 6.25 crores).
Produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films and Jio Studious and also starring Aparshakti Khurana, Pankaj Tripathi and Abhishek Banerjee, the current score of Stree 2 is a humongous Rs. 580.18 crores.
Highest 5th weekend grossers at a glance:
Stree 2 – Rs. 16 crores
Uri: The Surgical Strike – Rs. 12.50 crores
Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior – Rs. 7.36 crores
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion – Rs. 6.97 crores
Jawan – Rs. 6.45 crores
KGF Chapter 2 – Rs. 6.35 crores
Kantara – Rs. 6.25 crores
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