Singham Again vs Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 box office records: Both films on winning spree

Both Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 made Diwali special for movie lovers in India. The films are performing fabulously at the box office, and setting new records for their actors and directors. Check out the list of a few major box office records set by the two films so far.

In Short

• Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 earned Rs 227 crore nett in three days
• Both films delivered biggest single-day business of Rs 80.50 crore on November 2
• The films face the real test now as they aim to sustain the audience's interest on weekdays

Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, the two big Bollywood Diwali releases, have set the box office on fire. Despite the clash, both films managed to attract audiences to theatres, especially during their opening weekend, and registered a combined business of around Rs 227 crore nett in three days. While the cop-drama achieved new records for both its director and the lead actor, the horror-comedy also rewrote history for the makers.

Check out the box office records set by Singham Again in three days:

• Biggest opener for Ajay Devgn: Singham Again surpassed the opening day business of Singham Returns (2014) to emerge as the biggest opener of the actor's career. Singham Returns collected Rs 32.10 crore nett on its first day while Singham Again opened at Rs 43.5 crore nett.
• Biggest opener for Rohit Shetty: Singham Again has achieved the same record for Rohit Shetty as well. It has surpassed the opening day business of Singham Returns to emerge as the director's biggest opener at the box office.
• Biggest opening weekend for Ajay Devgn: Singham Again broke the eight-year-old record of Golmaal Again (2017) and registered the biggest opening weekend of Ajay Devgn's career. Rohit Shetty's horror-comedy earned around Rs 87.60 crore in three days, while Singham Again earned Rs 121 crore nett in the first weekend (3 days).
• 2nd biggest opening weekend for a Bollywood film in 2024: Singham Again has registered the second-biggest opening weekend for a Bollywood film in India this year. Stree 2 remains on top by collecting Rs 191.45 crore in four days during its opening weekend in India.
• Biggest film in Rohit Shetty's cop-verse: Singham Again has not just registered the biggest opening among all the films from Rohit Shetty's cop-verse, but is also on its way to becoming the biggest film of the universe. Here's what the rest of the films collected on the first day:

1. Singham Returns: Rs 32.10 crore
2. Sooryavanshi: Rs 26.29 crore
3. Simmba: Rs 20.72 crore
4. Singham: Rs 8.9 crore

Check out the box office records set by Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 in three days:

• Biggest opener for Kartik Aaryan: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has emerged as the biggest opener of Kartik Aaryan's career (Rs 35.5 crore), by surpassing Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, his previous biggest opener, which minted Rs 13.45 crore on its first day. It is also his first Rs 30 crore opener at the domestic box office.
• First Rs 100 crore opening weekend for Kartik Aaryan: The actor has been setting new records every day with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. This is for the first time that he has tasted Rs 100 crore in the opening weekend itself. The film is currently running at Rs 106 crore after three days.
• Biggest opening weekend in the Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is not the biggest opener in its franchise, but has also registered the biggest opening weekend (Rs 106 crore) in the horror-comedy franchise.
• Combined with Singham Again, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 has delivered the biggest single-day business by a Hindi film at the box office. On November 2, the two films delivered a total single-day business of around Rs 80.50 crore. No other Hindi film/ films released on a single day managed to achieve this much at the domestic box office.

Both Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 are now looking at keeping their run steady at the ticket window. The real test for the films begins today, and it will be interesting to see how they manage to keep attracting the audience to theatres on the weekdays.