Chandu Champion box office collection day 6: Kartik Aaryan starrer crosses Rs 30 crore mark

Kartik Aryan returned to the big screen with Chandu Champion after a gap of one full year, his last release was Sameer Vidwans’s Satyaprem Ki Katha. This time around, Kartik stepped into the shoes of Padma Shri award winner and India’s first paralympic gold medallist Murlikant Petkar. The biopic is directed by Kabir Khan and backed by Sajid Nadiadwala.
Chandu Champion has witnessed a roller coaster ride ever since its release, it opened with Rs 4.75 crore, despite ticket prices being slashed to Rs 150. The film then jumped on weekends to collect Rs 7 crore on Saturday and Rs 9.75 crore on Sunday. Chandu Champion then dropped to Rs 5 crore on Monday and on Tuesday it dropped even more, collecting Rs 3.25 crore. On Wednesday, the film found a steady ground as it added another Rs 3 crore to its kitty, as per early estimates by Sacnilk. With these numbers, Chandu Champion has now crossed Rs 30 crore mark, taking the overall collection of the film to Rs 32.75 crore. The present trend suggests that the film will cross Rs 35 crore mark in its first week and its lifetime run at the box office will depend on upcoming releases like Ishq Vishq Rebound and Kalki 2898AD’s performance at the box office.
Kartik will now be seen in Anees Bazmee’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, where he will be sharing screen space with Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Triptii Dimrii. The film is slated to release during Diwali and will clash with Rohit Shetty and Ajay Devgn's Singham Again, which was earlier scheduled for release on August 15.