Like last year, 2019 also looks to be a great year for Bollywood as the films released this month are doing roaring business at the box office. Vicky Kaushal’s URI: The Surgical Strike and Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi are raking in the moolah at the box office. However, while going by the box office collections of the opening weekend Kangana’a Manikarnika on January 25 has overshadowed Vicky’s URI that released on January 11.

According to media reports, Manikarnika has collected Rs 8.75 crore on Day 1, Rs 18.1 crore on Day 2 and Rs 15.70 crore on Day 3- taking the total to Rs 42.55 crore. The film is doing exceptionally well in the Hindi belt of Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan. Gujarat saw more than 100 percent growth over the weekend.

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[caption id="attachment_203418" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Kangana Ranaut in a still from Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_202144" align="aligncenter" width="647"] A still from the film URI: The Surgical Strike[/caption]

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is winning the international market as well and is doing great business overseas too. As a result, the film has zoomed past URI to register the highest opening of 2019. URI had made Rs 35.73 crore in three days but Manikarnika made Rs 42.55 crore in its first weekend itself.

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Manikarnika also stars Ankita Lokhande, Atul Kulkarni, Vaibhav Tatwawaadi, Jisshu Sengupta, Nihaar Pandya, and Danny Denzongpa.