‘Ranbir Kapoor’s’ gangster-saga movie ‘Animal’ is superbly gliding at the box office. The ‘Sandeep Reddy Vanga’ directorial has officially entered the ‘Rs. 300 Crore Club’ today just within 7 days of its release; minting a massive total of ‘Rs. 300.81 crores’ net (Hindi) and ‘Rs. 338.63 crores’ net (Including South Regional Languages). The ferocious film has also grabbed the- ‘highest grossing: A certification film title’, escalating its journey to reach the ‘Rs. 500 crore Club’ much easily. According to statistical estimations of movie trade analysts, Animal may cruise over the box office collection figures of all time blockbuster hits released this year (2023) like ‘Pathaan’, ‘Gadar-2’ and ‘Jawan’.
The mega movie was released last Friday on the 1st of December, clashing with ‘Vicky Kaushal’ starrer war-genre autobiography ‘Sam Bahadur’. Despite garnering immense praises and appreciation from critics and fans the ‘Meghna Gulzar’ creation just managed to collect decent digits at theatrical windows totaling upto ‘Rs. 35.55 crores’. On the other hand Animal is attracting astonishing levels of hype and footfalls by the masses and classes. However, a certain segment of audiences and cinema critics have lashed out at the same for being extremely violent and brutal bloodshed in turn accusing it for promoting misogyny and hatred.
Backed by ‘T-series films’, Animal flaunts a star-studded cast including tremendous talents like ‘Bobby Deol’, ‘Anil Kapoor’, ‘Rashmika Mandanna’, ‘Shakti Kapoor’ and ‘Suresh Oberoi’. A special mention to ace actress ‘Tripti Dhimri’ who has infectiously mesmerised film fanatics with her charismatic cameo portrayal as ‘Bhabi -2’, emerging as the new ‘National Crush’ of our country. As per reports, the monstrous storyline of this latest blockbuster of tinseltown will be further continued at silver screens with its upcoming sequel: ‘Animal Park’.
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