Megastar Akshay Kumar's latest film, "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" has finally done what Bollywood has been waiting for since the past few months. Beating several biggies in terms of box office collection, the social issue driven film raked in Rs. 51.45 crores over the weekend.
The film hit screens last Friday and received mixed to great reviews from critics. The word of mouth was good from the morning shows itself which helped the film draw more audiences to theatres in the evening and night shows. Resultantly, TEPK pulled in Rs. 13.10 crores on its opening day.
On the second day, the collection of the film swelled further as it collected approximately Rs. 17.10 crores on Saturday. With solid growth on Sunday, the film went on to do the unthinkable and earned a whopping Rs. 21.25 crores, taking its first three days collection figure to a massive Rs. 51.45 crores.
"Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" was one of the hotly awaited films of the year. Both the critics and the audience praised the film for its real setting and outstanding performances by all the actors. With Independence Day holiday on 15th August, the movie is expected to make most of the opportunity and pull in an impressive figure.
In all likelihood, "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" is expected to cross the much-coveted Rs. 100 crore club and become Akshay Kumar's second Rs. 100 crore grosser of the year this far.
Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha" also stars Bhumi Pednekar, Divyendu Sharma and Anupam Kher in principal roles.
