Thursday Box Office Report: Akshay's 'Haiwaan' Crashes in Week 1, 'Hanuman Ansh' Hits ₹300 Cr
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The theatrical landscape witnessed a dramatic clash of fortunes on Thursday, September 17, 2026, highlighting a historic split between star-led spectacles and content-driven sleeper sensations. While lavishly mounted releases struggled to sustain footfalls during weekday runs, lower-budget wonders continued their unstoppable march across multiplexes and single screens. The latest box office numbers compiled by Sacnilk show sharp contrasts as Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's multi-starrer Haiwaan plummeted dramatically in its opening week, while the shoestring-budget phenomenon Hanuman Ansh created history alongside the steady box office run of Mirzapur: The Movie and Ravi Teja's Irumudi.
Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan's 'Haiwaan' Collapses to Lakhs on Day 7
Marking a high-profile on-screen reunion directed by Priyadarshan with Akshay Kumar essaying an antagonistic villainous role, Haiwaan suffered a crushing commercial fate just seven days after hitting screens on September 11, 2026. Following an underwhelming opening day netting ₹3.00 crore, the film's business deteriorated steadily through the week, logging ₹2.50 crore on Day 2, slipping to ₹1.85 crore on Day 4, ₹1.70 lakh on Day 5, and ₹1.55 lakh on Day 6. By Thursday, Day 7, daily earnings trickled down to a dismal ₹0.55 lakh. With this steep weekday crash, Haiwaan concluded its disastrous first week with a total domestic net collection of just ₹9.85 crore and an aggregate worldwide gross of ₹14.36 crore, cementing it as a major box office failure.
₹2 Crore Budget Wonder 'Hanuman Ansh' Storms Past ₹300 Crore Worldwide
Defying traditional trade dynamics, Hanuman Ansh, headlined by Shobhinav Satya in the revered role of Neem Karoli Baba, has turned into an all-time cinematic juggernaut. Produced on an ultra-modest shoestring budget of just ₹2 crore and released on August 7, the spiritual drama posted a quiet opening day of merely ₹10 lakh and crawled with ₹1.08 lakh in its opening week and ₹0.40 lakh in Week 2 before explosive word-of-mouth ignited business from its third week onward. The film skyrocketed to ₹10.40 crore in Week 3, ₹61.00 crore in Week 4, and an astonishing ₹90.25 crore in Week 5. On Thursday, marking Day 42 of its theatrical run, the sleeper giant hauled in an additional ₹6.25 crore, pushing its total domestic net earnings to ₹243.38 crore and conquering the prestigious ₹300 crore worldwide gross benchmark across six glorious weeks.
'Mirzapur: The Movie' Crosses ₹200 Crore While Ravi Teja's 'Irumudi' Slows Down
Continuing its dominant two-week theatrical run since releasing on September 4, Mirzapur: The Movie remains a formidable box office draw. Reintroducing fan-favorite characters alongside impactful new faces, the crime saga opened with a thunderous ₹25.75 crore and concluded its second full week on Thursday by adding ₹3.75 crore. This takes the film's total domestic net tally past the double-century mark to ₹203.20 crore, while worldwide gross figures surged to approximately ₹286.64 crore. Meanwhile, Ravi Teja's mass actioner Irumudi completed four full weeks on the big screen following an impressive initial surge of ₹15.30 crore on opening day, ₹92.15 crore in Week 1, ₹57.60 crore in Week 2, and ₹24.70 crore in Week 3. Adding ₹11.65 crore across its fourth week, the film recorded ₹0.95 lakh on Day 28, taking its cumulative India net earnings to ₹186.10 crore and lifetime global gross to ₹237.55 crore as weekday momentum settled.
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