Akshay, Rajini booster shot: Gold dust on silver screen in first week

Sooryavanshi and Annaatthe have already collected 6% of the industry's 2020 revenue

The movies are back — and how. Sooryavanshi (Hindi) and Annaatthe (Tamil), the two blockbuster Diwali releases, have breathed fresh life into the Indian film industry, which was devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The films have fired up theatres, and in the first week have jointly collected over Rs 400 crore worldwide.

According to latest available numbers, Akshay Kumar-starrer Sooryavanshi, which released on November 5, collected Rs 201.44 crore globally in its first eight days till Friday. And Rajinikanth’s Annaatthe, which hit theatres on Diwali (November 4), collected Rs 211.44 crore worldwide in these nine days. From theatres alone, the