Still Haunting Theatres in Week 5 — Bhooth Bangla Closes In on ₹160 Crore and It’s Not Done Yet

Five weeks in. Most Bollywood films are long gone from theatres by now. Bhooth Bangla is still collecting. And that, in itself, tells you everything.

Bhooth Bangla : Week-by-Week Box Office Collections

Directed by Priyadarshan, Bhooth Bangla added an estimated ₹1.25 crore on its 5th Saturday — a 48% jump over 5th Friday — taking its cumulative total to ₹156.60 crore at the Indian box office.

Where Is It Headed?

The horror comedy is expected to wrap up the 5th weekend around ₹3.50 crore, pushing the cume to approximately ₹158 crore. It should comfortably cross the ₹160 crore mark by the end of this week, with the final theatrical lifetime projected around ₹165 crore.

An interesting benchmark looms: it remains to be seen whether Bhooth Bangla can surpass the lifetime cume of Housefull 5, which closed at ₹168 crore. That’s now within striking distance — and a psychological milestone worth watching.

For detailed Bollywood box office tracking and updates, visit TechnoSports.

Why This Hit Matters for Akshay — and Bollywood

Akshay Kumar endured a prolonged rough patch at the box office post-pandemic, with a string of underperformers. Last year saw three films perform decently, but none qualified as outright hits — making Bhooth Bangla his first proper HIT in a while.

The broader point raised by trade analysts is worth noting: the Indian box office is star-driven, and it stays healthy only when leading actors deliver films regularly. Akshay Kumar is one of the rare stars, alongside Ajay Devgn, who maintains a consistent output — and that consistency matters enormously for the health of the industry.

The horror comedy genre has proven to be a reliable crowd-puller in Indian cinema — blending scares with laughs in a way that keeps families, friends, and multiplex audiences coming back. Bhooth Bangla is a textbook example of how the formula works when executed right

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