Advantage Akshay in ‘Rustom’ vs. ‘Mohenjo Daro’ clash

WINNING TEAM: Indian Bollywood actors Ileana D’Cruz, Akshay Kumar and Esha Gupta pose during a promotional event for ‘Rustom’ in Mumbai. (AFP)

MUMBAI: Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rustom’ and Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Mohenjo Daro’ box office clash has turned out to be advantage Akshay. The film has made Rs 14.11 crore on day one and is likely to add over Rs 18 crore on day 2. The film is likely to follow the success of Akshay’s ‘Housefull 3’. ‘Mohenjo Daro’ opened box office collection on Friday with Rs 8.8 crore and was expected to earn around Rs 10 crore on Saturday.
’Mohenjo Daro,’ the Ashutosh Gowariker directorial has incurred $472,000 in the Gulf region, while in North America, the film is estimated to close at $250,000 (currently at $207,000 with 46 screens yet to report).
’Mohenjo Daro’ is Hrithik’s second collaboration with the filmmaker after the 2008 film ‘Jodhaa Akbar’.
Mohenjo Daro also stars Pooja Hegde and Kabir Bedi.
On the other hand, it’s a great news for ‘Rustom’ which is released on lesser number of screens than ‘Mohenjo Daro’. Compared to ‘Mohenjo Daro’s’ 2700 screens, ‘Rustom’ got only 2500 screens.
’Rustom’s’ upper hand was expected in this battle, but the numbers are unexpected.











This has also made ‘Rustom’ the 4th highest opener of 2016.
’Mohenjo Daro’ lagged on day 1, but it has also managed to enter the top 10 big openers of this year.