Ranbir Kapoor in a still from Animal. (Courtesy: YouTube)
New Delhi:
Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Animal’ starring Ranbir Kapoor has had a great start at the box office. The film hit theaters on Friday and clashed with Meghna Gulzar’s Sam Bahadur at the box office. ‘Animal’ collected a whopping Rs 61 crore on the day of its release, Sacnilk reported. Talk about a grand opening. The report states, “Animal earned Rs 61.00 Cr India Net on the first day across all languages.” About the film’s box office collection and utilization on the first day: The Hindi version grossed over Rs 50.50 Crore while the Telugu version grossed Rs 10 crore. As per Sacnilk report, Animal had an overall occupancy of 62.47% in Hindi on Friday.
Last night, Bollywood trade analyst Taran Adarsh published an X post (formerly known as Twitter) about the film’s stellar performance at Indian theater chains.
#Animal Fri / Day 1 at national chains… Update: 10:45 p.m….
#PVRInox: 19.25 cr
#Cinepolis: 5.15 cr
Total: 24.40 Cr#MovieMax: 1.04cr / 10pm; Highest opener of all time… #Jawan was 1.01 cr
#NYCinemas: 42 lacs / 9pmDay 1 of the other biggies at National… pic.twitter.com/r7xMtPTkyA
– Taran Adarsh (@taran_adarsh) December 1, 2023
“Animal” received average reviews from film critics. In his review for NDTV, film critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote: “Ranbir Kapoor delivers a powerful performance, supported by Anil Kapoor with his usual panache. But because the film is mainly driven by problems.” With resources and instincts, the efforts of the two stars can only be exhausted. You want to look away when the two of them are hawking their wares.”
Directed by Arjun Reddy director Sandeep Reddy Vanga, ‘Animal’ also stars Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Triptii Dimrii in pivotal roles. The film clashed with Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur at the box office.