It has been a splendid year for Ranveer Singh in all term. The star got two biggest openers of his career (Simmba and Padmaavat), won over the critics with his performance in both films, and off course, tied knots with co-actor Deepika Padukon.
Rohit Shetty’s Simmba, a cop drama, starring Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Sonu Sood in the lead roles, garnered a whopping Rs 20.72 crore on its opening day.
According to early estimates, the movie witnessed a boost on its second day and raked in around Rs 25 crore. The film is expected to continue its winning streak, as there is no big Bollywood release until January 11.
Simmba has managed to earn $372k and $520k on Thursday and Friday respectively in UAE and GCC. Simmba has grossed $488k in the USA and Canada, $144k in Australia and Fiji and $87k in the United Kingdom.
An official remake of the Telugu hit Temper, Simmba revolves around a dishonest cop named Sangram Bhalerao (Ranveer), who falls in love with Shagun (Sara), who runs a catering service near his police station. Everything is going swimmingly, until the woman he considers his younger sister, 19-year-old medical student Aakruti Dave, gets brutally raped and killed.
Simmba, which features Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and the team of Golmaal – Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade and Arshad Warsi – in special appearances, has already decimated last week’s release, Aanand L Rai’s Zero.