Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 5: Shahid Kapoor scores his first solo century

#KabirSingh versus the biggies... Days taken to reach cr... 2019 releases [screen count in brackets]...
#Bharat: Day 4 [4700]
#KabirSingh: Day 5 [3123]
#Kesari: Day 7 [3600]
#GullyBoy: Day 8 [3350]
#TotalDhamaal: Day 9 [3700]
Nett BOC. India biz.

taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 26, 2019

Moreover, the box office collection of Kabir Singh has also surpassed Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat to become Shahid's biggest-ever opener.

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According to trade analyst and movie critic Taran Adarsh,  Kabir Singh is gradually eyeing a Rs 200 crore haul, and may also challenge box office numbers of Vicky Kaushal-starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike, which is the highest grossing film of 2019 till now.

Top 10 first Sunday collection of Bollywood films in 2019

1 #KabirSingh 27.75cr
2 #Bharat 25.54cr
3 #TotalDhamaal 25.21cr
4. #Kesari 20.92cr
5 #GullyBoy 20.51cr
6 #UriTheSurgicalStrike 15.26cr
7 #Manikarnika 14.66cr
8 #DeDePyaarDe 13.97cr
9 #LukaChuppi 13.88cr
10 #SOTY2 12.15cr pic.twitter.com/Gin4xEtPDW

BOX OFFICE INDIA (@Box_OfficeIndia) June 24, 2019

Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga of Telugu film  'Arjun Reddy' fame, Kabir Singh is the third take on the story, which was also remade in Tamil as 'Adithya Varma'.

However, despite Kabir Singh's success at the box office, the film's all three versions have drawn criticism for their depiction of toxic misogyny as the central character, a surgeon, descends into self-destruction and alcoholism following a heartbreak.

Censor board member Vani Tripathi Tikoo has blasted Kabir Singh's team for glorifying violence against women, labeling the film as 'terribly misogynistic'.

Previously, singer Sona Mohapatra had criticised the film.

#KabirSingh is sensational... 17.5 cr+ on a working day [Mon]? Most biggies don't collect that on a Sun... Eyes 200 cr... May challenge #Uri [highest grossing #Hindi film of 2019]... Fri 20.21 cr, Sat 22.71 cr, Sun 27.91 cr, Mon 17.54 cr. Total: 88.37 cr. India biz.

taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) June 25, 2019

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