‘Carry on Jatta 3’ became the first Punjabi film to become the biggest, leaving this Bollywood movie behind!

Punjabi actor-singer Gippy Grewal’s film ‘Carry on Jatta’ has been released in theaters on Thursday. The trailer of the film has received overwhelming response from the people. In just two days after its release, the film has earned such that all the old records of the Punjabi film industry were seen breaking. ‘Carry on Jatta’ is the most successful franchise of Punjabi films and the third film was considered a big hit even before its release. But the way this film has earned at the box office on the first two days, it is telling that Gippy’s film is going to be a historic hit for the Punjabi industry.

After the lockdown, not only Bollywood, but the entire film industry of India has faced a tough struggle. But cinemas that have been closed for months due to Corona have had the biggest impact on those industries, whose size is not as big as the Hindi-Telugu-Tamil industries. But 2023 has brought new hope for the Punjabi industry. Where the Punjabi industry got two big hits like ‘Jodi’ and ‘Kali Jota’ in the first 6 months of the year. And now this movie of Gippy is going to create a historical record. ‘Carry on Jatta 3’ also stars Sonam Bajwa, Binnu Dhillon, Kavita Kaushik and Gurpreet Ghuggi.

‘Carry On Jatta 3’ hit the theaters on Thursday on the occasion of Eid and the film took the box office by storm on the first day itself. Gippy Grewal’s film had a net India collection of Rs 4.55 crore on its first day. This is the latest opening collection for any Punjabi film ever. This figure is huge for the small scale Punjabi industry compared to the top film industries of the country.

It can be understood that no Punjabi film had an opening of 3 crores before ‘Carry on Jatta 3’. The second biggest opening Punjabi film is ‘Haunsala Rak’, which earned Rs 2.5 crore on its first day. The top 5 biggest opening movies of the Punjabi film industry are now as follows:

1. Carry on Jatta 3 – 4.55 crore rupees
2. Cheer Up – 2.53 crore rupees
3. Shada – 2.40 crore rupees
4. Carry on Jatta – 2.37 crore rupees
5. Sardarji – 2.25 crore rupees

Earnings at the level of major films
‘Carry On Jatta 3’ has collected Rs 10.12 crore worldwide on the first day. On Thursday, when Gippy’s film was released in theaters, Bollywood star Karthik Aryan’s film ‘Sathyaprem Ki Katha’ and Telugu star Nikhil Siddharth’s Pan India film ‘Jasoos’ were also released in theaters. Karthik’s film had a worldwide collection of around Rs 11 crore on the first day. On the other hand, the worldwide collection of Nikhil’s Jasoos was around Rs 10.20 crore on the first day. That is, ‘Carry On Jatta 3’ earned almost as much on the first day as the films, which are the big releases of the major Indian film industries.