Box-Office Report: Sachin: A Billion Dreams Mints Rs 17.60 Crores In 2 Days
Docu-dramas are not known to set the cash registers ringing but Sachin Tendulkar’s fans are queuing up to watch Sachin: A Billion Dreams
Sachin: A Billion Dreams, the docu-drama based on the
life of living legend Sachin Tendulkar has received a thumbs-up from the
audience.
Trade Expert Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to announce the
figures.
#SachinABillionDreams shows an UPWARD TREND... Fri 8.40 cr, Sat 9.20 cr. Total: ₹ 17.60 cr [all languages]... FANTASTIC for a docu-drama.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) 28 May 2017
He tweeted: "#SachinABillionDreams shows an UPWARD
TREND... Fri 8.40 cr, Sat 9.20 Cr. Total: ₹ 17.60 cr. [all languages]...
FANTASTIC for a docu-drama (sic)."
On its opening day, the film had collected Rs 8.40 crore.
Sachin: A Billion Dreams thus created history by becoming the first docu-drama
to get the biggest opening in the genre.
The film has been announced as tax-free too in some
states including Maharashtra.
With the release of Sachin: A Billion Dreams, Sachin
Tendulkar became the first Indian to have a biographical drama on his life
where he is portraying his own self.
Director, James Erskine has beautifully encapsulated the
emotion of an entire nation in Sachin: A Billion Dreams which takes fans on the
epic life journey of Sachin Tendulkar, from another cricket loving kid to a
sports legend adored by a billion people.
We had earlier told you that the first show for Sachin: A
Billion Dreams started at 9 am on Friday and there were shows
starting almost every half hour in many multiplexes.
Many young families had brought their children along but
the most energetic members of the audience were the youngsters who stepped out
of the theatre chanting ‘Sachin! Sachin!’
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