The Kashmir Files box office day 3 collection: Vivek Agnihotri’s film sees huge jump, earns ₹27 crore on first weekend

Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files saw a huge jump at the box office on its third day. The film has collected a total of ₹27.15 crore in three days. A major contribution to the box office numbers was from Mumbai, Delhi NCR and East Punjab. The Kashmir Files was released on March 11 and stars actors Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar and Pallavi Joshi. (Read More: Kangana Ranaut criticises Bollywood’s ‘pin drop silence’ on The Kashmir Files: ‘Chamche’ are in shock)

The Kashmir Files earned ₹3.55 crores on its opening day on March 11, on Saturday the film made ₹8.50 crore and on Sunday the numbers saw an extraordinary jump of Rs. 15.10 crore. Movie business analyst Taran Adarsh also shared the figures on Twitter. He tweeted, “#TheKashmirFiles shows phenomenal growth. Grows 325.35% on Day 3 [vis-à-vis Day 1]. New records metros + mass belt, multiplexes + single screens, the *opening weekend biz* is TERRIFIC across the board… Fri 3.55 cr, Sat 8.50 cr, Sun 15.10 cr. Total: ₹ 27.15 cr. #India biz.”

A report on BoxOfficeIndia.com said that the film was going particularly strong in the state of Gujarat. “Mumbai, Delhi and East Punjab lead but slowly the film is pushing in other areas as well and the screen count is going higher. The trend in Gujarat.aurashtra is looking extraordinary on Sunday and it could be that the film easily crosses 1 crore nett in the state which you could not even imagine for a film like this,” the report stated.

The film features the story of the Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus from the Kashmir Valley in the late 80s and early 90s.

The Hindustan Times review of the film read, “Vivek Agnihotri’s research about the tragedy shows in every scene in the film even though the nearly three-hour length of the film doesn’t do it any favours. The non-linear screenplay doesn’t let you get immersed in any one character’s story. Just when you are feeling terrible for what happened to Pushkar and his family, Krishna’s quest to find the truth about his family’s massacre takes over and you immediately switch to present-day. Krishna’s journey and the story of finding the truth about what happened to his family needed more conviction and clarity.”