Ajay Devgn-Ileana D'Cruz starrer 'Raid' gets 2nd biggest opening after 'Padmaavat'
Ajay Devgn and Ileana D'Cruz starrer Raid gets a thumbs up at the box office with the recently released film becoming the second highest grosser of 2018.
Earning 41.25 crore in just 3 days, it is second to Sanjay Leela Bhansali's big-ticket film Padmaavat.
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Trade expert Ramesh Bala confirmed Raid's box-office mathematics on Twitter and wrote, "Raid takes the 2nd biggest opening for a Bollywood movie after #Padmaavat. Friday 10.04 crores, Saturday 13.86 crores and Sunday 17.35 crores makes it a total of 41.25 crores."
. @ajaydevgn - @Ileana_Official 's #Raid takes the 2nd Biggest Opening for a #Bollywood movie in 2018 after #Padmaavat ????
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) March 19, 2018
Fri - ₹ 10.04 cr.
Sat - ₹ 13.86 cr.
Sun - ₹ 17.35 cr.
Total - ₹ 41.25 cr.
In an interview with DNA, Ajay Devgn praised his director Rajkumar Gupta and said: "With Raid, I thought Raj Kumar can pull it off, seeing what he has done earlier with Aamir and No One Killed Jessica. Once I started shooting this film, I realised he is very good."
Raid is a period drama set in the early 1980s with Lucknow as the background. It revolves around a true incident of the longest raid in history.