Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw: Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham’s film is minting moolah at the box office, inches closer to Rs 50 crore mark

By Vandana Srivastawa

on August 06, 2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in the lead is the first spinoff of the Fast & Furious franchise. The film, like its parent film, is ruling the Indian box office and has earned a cool Rs 42.90 crore in its opening week steamrolling all the recent Hindi releases in its wake. Released on August 2, the film raked in Rs 13.15 crore on its opening day, Rs 13.25 on Day 2 and Rs 16 crore on Day 3, i.e. Sunday. The film is minting money at the box office and is all set to cross the Rs 50 crore mark soon.

With the great run that the film is witnessing in the country, India has emerged as the Top 5 markets worldwide for Hobbs & Shaw followed by US, Russia, UK and Indonesia. The film has become the second biggest Hollywood opener of 2019 in India after Avengers: Endgame which earned Rs 53.10 crore.

#FastAndFurious: #HobbsAndShaw - a popular franchise in #India - packs a solid total... Witnesses good growth on Day 3... Will be interesting to see how it performs on weekdays... Fri 13.15 cr, Sat 13.75 cr, Sun 16 cr. Total: 42.90 cr Nett BOC. India biz. All versions.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 5, 2019

#India emerges in Top 5 markets worldwide for #HobbsAndShaw: USA, Russia, UK, Indonesia and India... China, France and Korea - other strong markets - to open later this month.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 5, 2019

#Hollywood films in #India... Top 5 *Day 1* biz - 2019 releases...
1. #AvengersEndgame 53.60 cr
2. #FastAndFurious: #HobbsAndShaw 13.15 cr
3. #CaptainMarvel 13.01 cr
4. #TheLionKing 11.06 cr
5. #SpiderManFarFromHome 10.05 cr [Thu]
NBOC. India biz.
All versions.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 3, 2019

#Hollywood films are having a dream run... #FastAndFurious: #HobbsAndShaw embarks on a flying start on Day 1, braving torrential rains [several parts of the country]... Second biggest #Hollywood opener of 2019... Fri 13.15 cr Nett BOC. India biz. All versions.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 3, 2019

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is released in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages in a whopping 2,100 screens across India. Johnson reprises his role of Luke Hobbs who works for the US Diplomatic Security Service while Statham plays Deckard Shaw, a former UK Special Forces assassin-turned-mercenary. The film also stars Idris Elba, Vanessa Kirby and Helen Mirren. The film is directed by David Leitch.

(Source: Twitter)