Six days into its release, Housefull 5 has overtaken the lifetime domestic collections of three more Akshay Kumar-starrers that had earlier entered the Rs 100 crore club, as reported by Indian media.
On Wednesday, Housefull 5 collected Rs 8 crore at the Indian box office, a noticeable drop from Tuesday’s Rs 11.25 crore and Monday’s Rs 13 crore. Over its opening weekend, the film earned Rs 24 crore on Friday, Rs 31 crore on Saturday, and Rs 32.5 crore on Sunday.
According to Indian media, Housefull 5 has so far earned Rs 119.75 crore in India. This total pushes it past the lifetime collections of Kumar’s earlier Rs 100 crore hits: AR Murugadoss’ 2014 action film Holiday – A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (Rs 112.45 crore), Sky Force (Rs 112.75 crore), and Subhash Kapoor’s courtroom comedy Jolly LLB 2 (Rs 117 crore).
Housefull 5 marks Akshay Kumar’s 18th entry into the Rs 100 crore club. Other films in this elite group include Prabhu Deva’s Rowdy Rathore (2012, Rs 133.25 crore), Raja Krishna Menon’s Airlift (2016, Rs 128.1 crore), Shree Narayan Singh’s Toilet – Ek Prem Katha (2017, Rs 134.22 crore), S Shankar’s 2.0 (2018, Rs 189.55 crore), Jagan Shakti’s Mission Mangal (2019, Rs 202.98 crore), Farhad Samji’s Housefull 4 (2019, Rs 194.60 crore), and Raj Mehta’s Good Newwz (2019, Rs 205.14 crore).