Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Box Office Collection Day 3 - Akshay Kumar's Film Is Past 51 Crore After 'Awesome' Weekend

New Delhi: Akshay Kumar's Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has rekindled flames the box office, set alight by Baahubali 2 in April and then doused by the under-performance of films such as Tubelight and Jab Harry Met Sejal. Despite being reviewed poorly, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has collected Rs 51.45 crore in its first three days, reports trade analyst Taran Adarsh - this is a better showing than Mr Adarsh's predicted Rs 48 crore opening weekend. Toilet's graph has moved steadily north since Friday - the film scored Rs 13.10 crore on Day 1 and on Saturday, hiked its collections by Rs 4 crores, making a little over Rs 17 crores. Sunday's collection of Rs 21 crore was 'extraordinary,' reports Mr Adarsh. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha co-stars Bhumi Pednekar.

Tuesday (Independence Day) will also be a busy day for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha at the ticket counters, points out Mr Adarsh. "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has an AWESOME weekend... Day-wise growth was PHENOMENAL... Tue [Independence Day] will again witness a big jump in biz," reads his tweet.
 

#ToiletEkPremKatha is EXTRAORDINARY... Fri 13.10 cr, Sat 17.10 cr, Sun 21.25 cr. Total: Rs 51.45 cr. India biz... #TEPK

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 14, 2017

 

#ToiletEkPremKatha has an AWESOME weekend... Day-wise growth was PHENOMENAL... Tue [Independence Day] will again witness a big jump in biz.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 14, 2017

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has improved Akshay Kumar's own performance this year - exceeding the first weekend business of Jolly LLB 2 by a little over a crore. The film has also outperformed the opening collections of Shah Rukh Khan's Jab Harry Met Sejal which released last weekend and made a shade over Rs 45 crore in its first three days.

Akshay Kumar's wife Twinkle Khanna tweeted three cheers in her signature style. "So even the box office needed this Toilet eventually to break free from its constipation. Hit Hit Hooray," she tweeted.
 

So even the box office needed this Toilet eventually to break free from its constipation-#ToiletEkPremKath Hit Hit Hooray! pic.twitter.com/IPXx6DiI24

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) August 14, 2017

Here's an answer to whether Toilet: Ek Prem Katha proved to be a case of box office redemption.
 

#ToiletEkPremKatha has pumped oxygen in the lungs of an ailing film industry... The dry spell at the BO ends finally! #TEPK

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 13, 2017

Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha reflects the theme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - it focusses on the importance of improved sanitation facilities in rural India.