Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari and Sharman Joshi starrer Mission Mangal has crossed the Rs 150 crore mark at the domestic box office. The film has fetched a cool Rs 164.61 crore at the box office and is Fox Star Studios' fifth film to cross the coveted Rs 150 crore mark.

Mission Mangal is Akshay's second-fastest film to reach the Rs 150 core after the Hindi version of 2.0 which had achieved this feat in a mere ten days. Mission Mangal did this in eleven days while Kesari had achieved this in twenty-five days. Mission Mangal is Akshay's tenth consecutive hit. The film is based on ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission.

#MissionMangal is displaying strong legs at the BO... Continues to surprise with solid trending on [second] Sat and Sun... No action / commercial trappings, yet the numbers are truly outstanding... [Week 2] Fri 7.83 cr, Sat 13.32 cr, Sun 15.30 cr. Total: 164.61 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

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#MissionMangal biz at a glance...
Week 1: 128.16 cr [8 days]
Weekend 2: 36.45 cr
Total: 164.61 cr
India biz.
SUPER-HIT.#MissionMangal benchmarks...
Crossed 50 cr: Day 3
100 cr: Day 5
150 cr: Day 11
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

Akshay Kumar versus Akshay Kumar... Fastest to reach 150 cr...
2018: #2Point0 [#Hindi]: Day 10 / Thu release [non-holiday]
2019: #MissionMangal: Day 11 / Thu release [#IndependenceDay]
2019: #Kesari: Day 25 / Thu release [#Holi]
India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

#MissionMangal is Fox Star Studios’ fifth film to breach 150 cr mark... In the past, #BangBang, #PRDP [ 200 cr+], #Sanju [ 340 cr+] and #TotalDhamaal had crossed the magical figure. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

On the other hand, John Abraham’s Batla House is also doing very well at the box office. The film is nearing the Rs 100 crore mark and has fetched Rs 83.78 crore by its second Sunday. The film is based on the true encounter that happened at Batla House in New Delhi where a group of terrorists was in hiding.

#BatlaHouse biz at a glance...
Week 1: 65.84 cr [8 days]
Weekend 2: 17.94 cr
Total: 83.78 cr
India biz.
HIT.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

#BatlaHouse has been appreciated and that’s reflecting in its numbers... Additionally, lack of major release + #Janmashtami festivities have helped put up a strong total in Weekend 2... [Week 2] Fri 4.15 cr, Sat 6.58 cr, Sun 7.21 cr. Total: 83.78 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

#BatlaHouse has been appreciated and that’s reflecting in its numbers... Additionally, lack of major release + #Janmashtami festivities have helped put up a strong total in Weekend 2... [Week 2] Fri 4.15 cr, Sat 6.58 cr, Sun 7.21 cr. Total: 83.78 cr. India biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 26, 2019

Batla House also stars Mrunal Thakur in the lead and is directed by Nikkhil Advani.

(Source: Twitter)