Airlift has done the unthinkable. The Akshay Kumar starrer has surpassed its Sunday business by collecting Rs 17.8 crore on the Republic Day holiday, taking its 5-day total to Rs 72.52 crore.
The collections of Airlift is now more than the combined business of the other two releases of 2016 (Wazir – 40 crore and Kya Kool Hai Hum 3 currently at 26.75 crore).
Airlift is certain to cross the 85 crore mark in its first week and could get close to 90 crore net business - which would be more than the lifetime collections of Akshay’s 2015 films like Gabbar Is Back, Brothers and Singh Is Bling.
Mastizaade is the only release next week and that film is targeted at the single-screen audience, much like Kya Kool Hai Hum 3 this week. Airlift will remain unaffected at multiplexes, what with some exhibitors already planning to increase the shows of the film in Week 2.
The word-of-mouth is phenomenal in cities, with a section of the trade calling it the best received Akshay Kumar film of all time.
The lifetime business could go anywhere from here – 100 crore business is a certainty and Airlift is more than likely to be Akshay’s highest grosser ever (beating the long standing Rs 133 crore total of Rowdy Rathore). It also has a chance to surpass the 150 crore mark (keep an eye on the comparison with Tanu Weds Manu Returns) and also topple the lifetime business of Shah Rukh Khan’s Christmas release ‘Dilwale’.
More importantly, the month of January hasn’t been great for the industry over the years. But Akshay is now making the Republic Day weekend his own. Airlift will be the all-time biggest grosser of the month, beating the lifetime total of Agneepath (122 crore) and Jai Ho (112 crore).
| Day | Airlift |
|---|---|
| Day 1 (Friday) | 12.35 |
| Day 2 (Saturday) | 14.60 |
| Day 3 (Sunday) | 17.35 |
| Day 4 (Monday) | 10.40 |
| Day 5 (Tuesday) | 17.80 |
| Day 6 (Wednesday) | 6.0 |
| Day 7 (Thursday) | 5.0 |
| First Week | 83.5 crore |
| Day 8 (2nd Friday) | 4.5 |
| Day 9 (2nd Saturday) | 6.5 |
| Day 10 (2nd Sunday) | 8.26 |
| Day 11 (2nd Monday) | 2.53 |
| Day 12 (2nd Tuesday) | 2.61 |
| Day 13 (2nd Wednesday) | 2.40 |
| Day 14 (2nd Thursday) | 1.99 |
| Second Week | 28.79 crore |
| Day 15 (3rd Friday) | 2.03 |
| Day 16 (3rd Saturday) | 3.04 |
| Day 17 (3rd Sunday) | 3.34 |
| Day 18 (3rd Monday) | 1.04 |
| Day 19 (3rd Tuesday) | 0.91 |
| Day 20 (3rd Wednesday) | 0.81 |
| Day 21 (3rd Thursday) | 0.80 |
| Third Week | 11.97 |
| Remaining Weeks | 3.66 crore |
| Total Collections | 127.92 crore |
Ultron : Stop bashing Akshay and Airlift. Not all Salman fans hate him. Airlift is a good movies, stop comparing with a movie like mastizaade or underestimating it !!!!!!!!!
the credit goes to the brillient script. don’t give too much credit to akshay as if january belongs to him only. it will beat 4 years old record of agneepath so what’s so big deal. the price increase every year and so does the screens. hrithik held the january record for 4 long years which even our megastar couldn’t come close by. lOl.