Animal’ is on a rampage!
The Ranbir Kapoor-starrer is currently unstoppable at the box-office.
The gory action drama has finally entered into the hallowed ‘400-crore club’!
On Tuesday, the official Twitter handle for ‘Animal’ revealed that the film had crossed Rs 425 crore, at the global box-office within four days of release.
Trade analyst Ramesh Bala reported that the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial has crossed $8 million in North America and has become Kapoor’s highest-earning film, surpassing the Rajkumar Hirani movie ‘Sanju’ within just 5 days.
“#Animal becomes #RanbirKapoor’s highest grossing film in North America crossing #Brahmastra within 5 days. The box office mayhem continues and it is chasing many more records. REMEMBER, THE NAME IS RANVIJAY SINGH BALBIR!!!” reads the post.
The movie has been having a dream run at the domestic box-office as well.
As per a Sacnilk.com report, the film has earned a staggering Rs 284 crore in just five days of release. The film also passed the ‘First Monday’ test with flying colours, minting an impressive Rs 43.96 crore. On Tuesday, it remained rock-solid at the BO, earning Rs 39 crore.
Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga (of ‘Kabir Singh’ fame), ‘Animal’ narrates the story of an immensely wealthy, yet dysfunctional family in Delhi. It focuses on the all-consuming love of a son towards his absentee father.
Aside from Ranbir, the movie also stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandana, and Tripti Dimri in pivotal roles.
The movie is said to be inspired by the Hollywood classic ‘The Godfather’.
Upon release, the movie received mixed reviews as well as widespread criticism for rampant misogyny and glorification of violence and