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Box Office Report: 'Bhooth Bangla' concludes month-long run with Rs 250 crore worldwide, after solid fifth-weekend business

Directed by Priyadarshan, "Bhooth Bangala" is among the Top 5 highest-grossing films of Akshay Kumar's recent work and 2026's third-highest grossing Bollywood film worldwide

"Bhooth Bangla" has completed its month-long theatrical run with a cumulative gross of Rs 197.66 crore and a net total of Rs 166.70 crore. Its worldwide total has crossed the Rs 250 crore mark.  

The theatrical run of the Akshay Kumar-starrer represents a significant commercial turnaround. The Priyadarshan-directed horror comedy followed a highly lucrative weekend-heavy trajectory typical of family-centric comedies, but also got ample support from remarkably resilient weekday footfalls, while showing superb escalating growth over its weekends.

For instance, in its opening weekend, it jumped from a Rs 12.25 crore Friday opening to a peak of Rs 23.00 crore on Sunday. This standard 85–90% weekend expansion repeated across its second weekend (jumping from Rs 5.75 crore on Friday to Rs 12.50 crore on Sunday) and even its fourth weekend (surging 133% from Friday's Rs 1.75 crore to Sunday's Rs 4.00 crore).

Unlike typical biggies that benefit from front-loaded earnings but then crash 60–70% on their first Monday, "Bhooth Bangla" pulled a steady Rs 6.75 crore on Day 4. Remarkably, it experienced a rare 18.5% mid-week bounce on its first Tuesday, hitting Rs 8.00 crore due to strong spot bookings and night-show occupancies. By its fourth week, it fetched Rs 14.30 crore, proving its exceptional stamina.

As of now, "Bhooth Bangala" is third among the Top 5 list of Akshay Kumar's recent highest-grossing movies, behind "Sooryaavanshi" and "Housefull 5". It completely outperformed his 2024 flops, like "Bade Miyan Chote Miyan" and "Sarfira", within its first four days of release. It has also done better than his 2025 courtroom drama "Kesari Chapter 2 and his aerial thriller "Sky Force".

Remarkably, the fourth-week haul of "Bhooth Bangla" is actually higher than the fourth-week performance of "Sooryavanshi" and "OMG 2".

It currently stands as this year’s third-highest Hindi grosser globally.

Produced on a reported budget of Rs 120 crore, the movie has comfortably generated a substantial return on investment through theatrical business alone, solidifying its hit status. 

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