Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju inches towards 200-crore mark and slowly to blockbuster status

Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Sanju’, continuing its dream run at the box office, has collected 18.90 crore taking the total collections to 186.41 crore nett in India.

It has surpassed Salman Khan starrer ‘Race 3’s lifetime collection of Rs 175.77 crores, and thus entered as the second highest grosser of the year after ‘Padmaavat’.

At a time when ‘Race 3’ witnessed a downward trend due to negative reviews, from Rs 39 plus crores on Sunday to 14 on Monday, and fell to single-digit figures in the same week, ‘Sanju’ is still going strong.

‘Sanju’ dropped only marginally by Monday and Tuesday standards, minting Rs 25.35 crores and Rs 22.10 crores and the fall on Wednesday, to 18.90 crore, is also minuscule.

‘Sanju’ is now Ranbir Kapoor’s highest grossing film and is all set to cross 200 crore mark in its first week.

With the buzz generated before release and largely positive reviews flowing in, can ‘Sanju’ give records set by ‘Dangal’ and ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ a run for their money?