Sam Bahadur Box Office Day 3: Vicky Kaushal Film Sees Slow Growth Amid Animal Clash, Earns Rs 10.30 Cr

Vicky Kaushal impressed the audience with his stellar performance in the film Sam Bahadur. The highly anticipated film was released on Friday, December 1 and faced a tough fight from Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal. While Animal entered the Rs 100 crore club soon after, Sam Bahadur minted Rs 5.50 crore and Rs 9.25 crore on days one and two respectively. Seems like the third day hasn’t been all too different for the film.

According to industry tracker Sacnilk, Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur earned Rs 10.30 crore at the domestic box office on the third day of its release. The film’s total earnings in India now stand at Rs 25.55 crore.

Sam Bahadur’s overall Hindi occupancy was 56.33% on Sunday, December 3. Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi NCR saw the maximum occupancy. As for show timings, the evening shows saw the most footfall at 74.12%, followed by the afternoon shows at 61.38%.

Sam Bahadur is based on the life of India’s first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. His career in the army spanned over four decades and five wars. He was the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and his military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh.

Besides Vicky Kaushal, Sam Bahadur also stars Neeraj Kabi, Edward Sonnenblick (as Lord Mountbatten), Richard Bhakti Klein (as Ambassador Keating), Saqib Ayub (Captain Attiqur Rahman) and Krishna Kant Singh Bundela (as Subedar Gurbaksh Singh) in key roles. It also features Fatima Sana Shaikh as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Sanya Malhotra as Sam’s love interest.

News18 Showsha’s review of the film reads, “Sam Bahadur seamlessly blends duty, patriotism, and determination which are rich fodder for any film. The scale of the meticulously structured period narrative is grand as it shuns the trappings of a Bollywood biopic. But that certainly isn’t the film’s sole strength. The brilliantly lensed biopic also draws power from lead actor Vicky Kaushal who sinks its teeth completely into the character so much so that there are many times you’d feel that you forget the actor and almost feel that late field marshal, Sam Manekshaw himself is on the big screen. Kaushal’s intense and intuitive performance presents an incredible tale of a man who loved his uniform and his army more than anything else. It is the actor’s best performance, even better than Sardar Udham…”