Box office KGF 2 vs Jersey: Yash-starrer earns Rs 880 cr worldwide, overwhelms Shahid Kapoor sports drama
Tracy J. Chappelle
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Yash-starrer period action thriller KGF Chapter 2 continue to prevail at the box office despite a holdover from last week. The new version, Jersey, the sports drama by Shahid Kapoor, in comparison, proved disappointing for its creators. According to BoxOfficeIndia.com, Jersey, a Gowtam Tinnanuri director, earned Rs 5 to Rs 5.25 crore at the box office.
Jersey’s total box office collection is around Rs 14 crore. KGF 2, meanwhile, earned Rs 880 crore globally. Trade analyst Ramesh Bala tweeted: “Official @comscore Global BO chart for weekend ending April 24th. #KGFChapter2 at No. 5 in the world (it was No. 2 last weekend). Gross total – $114.93 million [Rs 880 Crs].” The film was among the top 5 most watched films in the world.
The Hindi version of KGF 2 absolutely demolished the competition with Rs 22-23 crore in earnings on Sunday, BoxOfficeIndia.com reported. The movie has now grossed Rs 314 crore so far and doesn’t look like it’s going down anytime soon.
Directed by Prasanth Neel, KGF 2 is the sequel to 2018 hit KGF. It also stars Sanjay Dutt, Srinidhi Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Prakash Raj. The film faced mixed to negative reviews for racking up such a huge total.
Indian Express Shubhra Gupta gave it a star and a half. She wrote about the film’s lack of subtlety. “Good guy forced to do bad things by circumstances, or bad guy with a heart of gold? It’s not for us to dwell too finely on this weak distinction, because as far as KGF 2 goes, Rocky is not a ‘gangster’, only the ‘Master who enters and conquers’,” he said. she stated.
The Hindi version of the film is already the biggest pandemic release. It is the tenth film to cross the coveted Rs 300 mark and the first to do so after the onset of Covid-19. The last Hindi film to reach this milestone was War.
Jersey, on the other hand, is a remake of the national award-winning Telugu film of the same name, which was also directed by Tinnanuri. It featured Nani in the lead role and was a huge box office success for the actor.
Shubhra gave Jersey 2.5 stars, writing: “The film comes to life in the sequences between Shahid and his real father who plays his trainer and mentor who never says die. Pankaj Kapoor delivers a nice relaxed performance, which shows the constriction of the son, who seems much more in control as he smashes fours and sixes on the pitch, and too moody.
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