Emergency box office day 2: Kangana Ranaut film sees growth, earns Rs 6 crore

Kangana Ranaut’s biographical, historical drama Emergency was released in theatres on Friday. Though the film struggled to pull people to theatres on its opening day, it managed to achieve better footfall on Saturday.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Emergency, directed, co-produced, and starring Kangana, earned approximately Rs 3.50 crore nett in India on Saturday. It had a total Hindi occupancy of 15.41 per cent in theatres, with the maximum audience attending the night shows.

This brings the total earnings of Emergency after two days to Rs 6 crore. The film hit theatres alongside Azaad, a film starring Ajay Devgn’s nephew Amaan Devgan and Raveena Tandon’s daughter, Rasha Thadani. However, Azaad seems to be no competition for Kangana’s film as it is struggling to attract an audience.

On its second day, Saturday, Azaad earned Rs 1.50 crore, similar to what it earned on Friday. The film’s total earnings are half of what Emergency has earned in two days.

Emergency marks an important film in Kangana’s career, as she hasn’t had a hit for a long time now. The actor’s last few releases, Thalaivii, Dhaakad, and Tejas, failed to earn big at the box office.

However, the film hasn’t impressed the audience significantly. India Today’s Sana Farzeen gave the film a 2.5-star rating.

A section of her review read, “The pacing tests your patience as there are times when you want to know more. Unless you are a GK enthusiast, you would also spend more time Googling the happenings on screen. The songs are an unnecessary distraction, and a couple of them are even picturised as dramatic musicals, which makes it unintentionally funny. The violence, on the other hand, is gory and seems like Kangana enjoys close-ups as faces keep zooming in on the screen.”

Emergency, also starring Anupam Kher and Shreyas Talpade in pivotal roles, chronicles the period of 1975–1977, when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed Emergency in the country.