Mission Mangal box office collection Day 9: After mere 8 days of its box office journey, this Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan film is Rs 128.16 crore strong. It had released on the Independence Day.


Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan starrer Mission Mangal is continuing its dream run at the box office as it has already earned Rs 135.99 crore at the box office.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “#MissionMangal witnesses growth on [second] Fri… Got a boost due to #Janmashtami festivities… Will hit ₹ 150 cr + cross *lifetime biz* of #Kesari *this weekend* [Akshay Kumar’s second highest grossing film]… [Week 2] Fri 7.83 cr. Total: ₹ 135.99 cr. India biz.”

He also shared, “Akshay Kumar’s highest grossing films… 1. #2Point0 [#Hindi] 2. #Kesari 3. #MissionMangal ⭐️ #MissionMangal will stake claim on No 2 position *this weekend*… Will #MissionMangal dethrone #2Point0 [#Hindi] from No 1 spot, only time will tell. India biz.”

The film, a Jagan Shakti directorial, had released on the Independence Day.


Mission Mangal is about the Mars Orbiter Mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Also called the Mangalyaan, it is a space probe and has been orbiting Mars since 2014. The film fictionalises the events leading up to the successful launch.

Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi, HG Dattatreya, Vikram Gokhale and Sonakshi Sinha also star in the film.

Mission Mangal also received positive reviews. The Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta gave the film 2.5 stars in her review. She wrote, “The human interactions are the best part of the film. The downer is the science bits, clearly crafted for dummies. And it doesn’t help that the computer-graphics feel a tad tacky: after years of watching stunning space visuals in Hollywood films, the scenes here seem sub-par. But the clunkiness sort of fits too: our early space agers, Vikram Sarabhai and Abdul Kalam carried their instruments on the back of bullock-carts.”

She added, “Too much polish would maybe have been out of place, especially when you have a top-flight scientist conjure up the winning idea of using less fuel for the Mangal yaan by watching ‘pooris’ fluffing up even when the gas is switched off.”