Manikarnika earns Rs 18.1 cr in single day; creates a record

There's no stopping Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi as the Rani Lakshmibai biopic has gone on to earn Rs 53 crore within just three days of its release. The team of the Queen actress rejoiced the success of her magnum opus as the movie has created history by setting a record for the highest ever single day for a woman-led Bollywood film.

The movie earned Rs 18.1 crore on Day 2 and the official team account took to its Instagram handle to share a post that said, "Manikarnika creates history! Highest ever collection for a female-led film in a single day! India has loved the magnum opus."

While Kangana Ranaut does not herself happen to be at any of the social media platforms, her verified official team account took to Instagram to break the news upon her fans. Also Read | Box-office: Manikarnika, Thackeray and Uri beat Padmaavat to make this Republic Day bigger than last year’s

In another post, sharing the box-office collections made by Kangana's directorial debut, the team said that the movie earned Rs 27 crore within the first two days of release and earned a whopping Rs 16 crore on Sunday. While overseas, the film earned Rs 10 crore as of Day 3.

In spite of Vicky Kaushal, Yami Gautam-starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike refusing to die down at the box office, Manikarnika emerged as the leader of the pack of movies. Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Thackeray clashed with Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi at the box office and also earned decently well with earnings of Rs 23 crore as of Day 3.