Apparently and quite surprisingly, 'The Jungle Book' box office collections have crushed hit movies like Alia Bhatt's 'Kapoor and Sons' and Sonam Kapoor's 'Neerja' within a week at the BO. Those who have seen the movie are all praise for it – from youngsters to elders, especially the latter who have spoken nostalgically about their recollections of the extremely popular and catchy song 'chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai'. (Photo: YouTube) -
The Jungle Book box office collections, a Jon Favreau's 3D live-animation adventure fantasy film, have gone up to Rs 73.50 crore net with the collections on Thursday beating all other days to go up to the Rs 11 crore mark. WHile Kapoor and Sons collections at end of week 1 were Rs 46.93 crore in India (Lifetime Rs 71.57 cr), those of Neerja were Rs 35.32 crore at end of week 1 (Rs 75.59 cr). (Photo: YouTube)
In fact 'The Jungle Book' is on its way to be the first Hollywood release to cross 100 crore net and to be the highest grossing Hollywood movie in India, ever – both Kapoor and Sons and Neerja could not enter the Rs 100 crore club. (Photo: YouTube) -
Both 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kapoor and Sons' were released on 1500 screens while 'Neerja' was 1000 plus but got a bigger advantage of tax free quite early in a number of states in the country. (Photo: YouTube)
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The Jungle Book is the story of Mowgli (Neel Sethi) a human boy raised by the wolves Raksha (Lupita Nyong'o) and Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) ever since he was a baby and brought to them by Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), the black panther. When the fearsome scarred Bengal tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens his life since man isn't allowed in the jungle, Mowgli leaves his jungle home. Guided by Bagheera and Baloo the bear (Bill Murray), he sets out on a journey of self-discovery while evading the man-hunting Sher Khan. (Photo: YouTube)
