Despite getting mixed reviews from critics and the audiences, Akshay Kumar starrer Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue is struggling at the box office. On its sixth day i.e October 11, the film registered a drop in its collection and earned Rs 1.30 crore. With this, Mission Raniganj’s total collection in India as of now stands at Rs 16.90 crore.
Released on October 6, Mission Raniganj had opened at the box office with Rs 2.80 crore. It then saw a big jump on its second and third day and earned Rs 4.80 crore and Rs 5 crore respectively. The film then dropped to Rs 1.50 crore on day four and stayed the same on day five too.
Recently, Akshay Kumar also opened up about Mission Raniganj’s underperformance at the box office and mentioned that despite everything, it is his ‘best film’. “I love the fact that I own it. ‘Mission Raniganj’ – the business of the film is not up to the mark. But I openly say, I have done many films. I’ve done 100-150 films, but ‘Mission Raniganj’ is my best film, and that’s a big statement to make. I’m talking about a film which has not done well, but this is my best film. I hope people come out to go and watch it in theatres. It is an honest film. It is a film which I’m very, very, very proud of,” he told India Today.
Mission Raniganj is inspired by a real-life incident and presents the heroic act of the late Shri Jaswant Singh Gill who led Bharat’s coal mine rescue mission. Singh (portrayed by Akshay Kumar) played a significant role in rescuing all the surviving miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Raniganj in November 1989 which is documented to be the world’s largest and successful rescue mission against all odds.
It should be noted that Mission Raniganj was released with Thank You For Coming and Dono, both of which also failed to leave a mark at the box office. While Bhumi Pednekar’s film has earned Rs 5 crore in India so far, Dono is struggling to pass even the Rs 1 crore mark.
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