Box Office collections of cricket movies
The day has finally come. MS Dhoni The Untold Story is set to be released in 4500 screens across 60 Countries, which is the widest release for an Indian movie.
As fans around the world gear up for the much-awaited biopic on India’s most successful captain, the inner critic in us is bound to wonder about how the movie would perform at the box office and how much money it would make. The success the film receives is based on the amount it collects in the box office, and as MS Dhoni is universally loved, fans would be hoping for a huge box office collection.
With cricket being the most beloved sport in our country, there have been numerous movies based which have revolved around the game.
In this list, we take a look the Box Office collections of all the cricket based movies which have been released over the years.
#8 Azhar (2016)
As the title says, Azhar was a movie based the life of India’s former captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film follows the match fixing controversies which he was involved in and his fight for innocence. Azhar was accused of match fixing in the year 2000 with a London-based bookie. The scandal led to him being banned for life by the BCCI. After a successful fight for innocence, Azhar was cleared of all charges in the year 2012.
The movie received a lukewarm response from the audience and fans expected a lot more from it.
Box Office collection: Rs. 53.5 crore.
IMDb rating: 6.1