Despite uproar by some Hindutva organisations demanding a ban on the film for allegedly being anti-Hindu, the box office collection for the film witnessed a steady hike during the weekend.
Released in as many as 5,000 screens in the domestic market and around 600 screens in the international market, the film earned Rs 37 crore on Sunday, while the collections on Friday and Saturday amounted to Rs 26 and Rs 29.50 crore, respectively.
The film has been doing major business in multiplexes across the nation, where it dominated multiple screens.
Single-screen theatres in Mumbai, however, have reportedly decided to discard the screening of PK for the coming two weeks, to protest against premium ticket rates for the multi-starrer Christmas bonanza.
PK is the second joint offering by film-maker Rajkumar Hirani and Aamir, who previously collaborated in 2010’s multiple record-breaking film 3 Idiots.
PK, a satirical film which takes pot-shots at godmen and people’s blind faith on religion, has been facing the ire of several religious organisations.
A love track between an ‘Indian girl’ (Anushka Sharma) and a ‘Pakistani boy’ (Sushant Singh Rajput) has also been looked down upon, by the protesting groups, as an endorsement of love jihad.
And thus, Twitter has been abuzz with posts by a few staunch Hindu groups who have come out to protest against PK, and have been posting derogatory messages against Aamir and Hirani, using now-trending hashtags BoycottPK and GodSavePK.
A few tweets also protested against the hike in PK’s tickets.
Meanwhile, Aamir’s loyal fans have come out in full force to support the actor on Twitter by plugging the film with #WeSupportPK and #PKWinning-Hearts.
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