Brahmastra 3rd Saturday BO update: Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt film expected to cross Rs 250 crore at ticket windows

Ayan Mukerji directorial Brahmastra opened at theatres on September 9 and has since then gone on to break several box office records. The Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt film also shattered advance booking records with nearly six lakh tickets sold at three national chains already for National Cinema Day on Friday, when tickets are priced at Rs 75. And as per latest reports, the film excellent collections of 5.50 crore nett on its third Saturday after the huge 8.50 crore nett on cinema day.

For the unversed, the film also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna in pivotal roles. Apart from that, Brahmastra also has an extended cameo by Shah Rukh Khan. The cameo has become so popular that fans are now petitioning for the film to have a sequel with Shah Rukh Khan's character.

Meanwhile, earlier today, trade analyst Sumit Kadel took to Twitter to share the film's third Saturday business, writing, "#Brahmastra 3rd Saturday- ₹ 5.70 cr nett ( All Lang )..Total - ₹ 243 cr nett.. Film will cross ₹ 250 cr by today or tomorrow ( monday ) !!"

As per a report in Box office India, the film had taken a hit on Saturday outside big centres as collections fell there quite a bit, but the places did so well on Friday that they got an extra audience due to lower rates. The report added that ven if the growth does not come on Sunday it will still be a very good third weekend of 19.50 crore nett. The film now stands at 207 crore nett and should be around 213 crore nett after its third weekend.

Meanwhile, in an interaction with Indian Express, Ayan opened up on Shah Rukh's camero stating that if the audience looks closely at SRK’s scenes, they’d release that their ‘tone is a bit like Iron Man-like’.