Mirzapur, Sept. 21 -- The Movie has reached Rs 297.39 crore worldwide and Rs 207.16 crore India net by day 16, with India gross at Rs 246.77 crore. The Rs 300 crore mark is now a matter of days rather than of doubt.
The trajectory
Day 15 closed at Rs 206.20 crore India net and Rs 296.14 crore worldwide. Day 16 added under a crore net.
That is the shape of a film in its third week: the worldwide milestone will arrive, and the daily number that carries it there is small. Films cross Rs 300 crore in two ways, quickly on volume or slowly on longevity, and this is the second kind.
Against the opening
Mirzapur opened at Rs 24.47 crore. Reaching Rs 207 crore net from that start is a multiple of roughly 8.5x, which is strong for any Hindi rele...