Just
when
one
thought
that
after
Rajkummar
Rao’s
twin
successes
of
Srikanth
and
Mr
&
Mrs
Mahi,
one
would
have
to
wait
for
Kartik
Aaryan’s
Chandu
Champion
to
open
the
floodgates
at
the
box
office,
Munjya
has
done
the
unthinkable.
The
film
has
taken
one
of
the
best
openings
of
the
year
[Rs
4.21
crores/Rs
42.1
million].
It
has
also
grown
right
through
the
weekend
to
bring
in
as
much
as
Rs
19
crores
(Rs
190
million)*.
This
box
office
feat
is
amongst
the
Top
10
weekends
of
2024.
No
one
saw
this
coming
as
Munjya
doesn’t
have
any
star
value
and
the
promotion
and
marketing
was
bare
minimum.
The
songs
had
just
started
getting
noticed
and
the
title
wasn’t
the
kind
that
came
to
everyone’s
lips
easily.
Still,
the
collections
are
there
for
all
to
see
and
in
three
quick
strokes
over
the
weekend,
Munjya
is
already
a
success
with
the
superhit
tag
there
for
the
taking.
With
a
creature
in
the
midst
of
the
plot,
one
is
reminded
of
Ram
Gopal
Varma’s
Phoonk
[2008],
a
film
had
a
crow
hogging
the
limelight
on
the
posters.
Phoonk
surprised
us
all
with
a
lifetime
score
of
Rs
10
crores
(Rs
100
million),
which
was
quite
a
lot
16
years
ago.
One
waits
to
see
where
Munjya
lands
though
rest
assured,
a
lifetime
score
of
over
Rs
50
crores
(Rs
500
million)
is
guaranteed
from
this
point
on.
That
would
be
tremendous
for
this
horror
comedy
which
was
made
on
a
minimum
budget
with
the
costs
spent
on
the
VFX
rather
than
the
starcast.
Working
quite
well
as
a
part
of
Producer
Dinesh
Vijan’s
horror
universe,
it’s
a
worthy
follow
up
to
Stree,
Roohi
and
Bhediya.
The
film’s
opening
and
subsequent
reception
assures
an
excellent
start
for
Stree
2,
which
is
the
next
film
in
Dinesh’s
horror
comedy
universe.
Rajkummar
Rao
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
return
in
the
sequel,
and
one
can
well
imagine
the
kind
of
euphoria
that
Stree
2
would
generate
on
its
release.
*Estimates.
Final
numbers
awaited
Note:
All
collections
as
per
production
and
distribution
sources
