Emraan
Hashmi-John
Abraham's
latest
release
Mumbai
Saga
is
having
a
steady
run
at
the
box
office
despite
the
surge
in
the
COVID-19
cases
in
the
country.
After
Rajkummar
Rao,
Janhvi
Kapoor
and
Varun
Sharma's
Roohi,
Mumbai
Saga
is
the
second
mainstream
release
in
Bollywood
after
almost
a
year
of
shutdown
of
theatres
owing
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
Talking
about
Mumbai
Saga's
box
office
performance
on
Day
5,
the
film
collected
Rs
1.47
crore
on
Tuesday.
Earlier,
the
gangster
film
had
an
opening
collection
of
Rs
2.82
crore.
This
was
followed
by
Rs
2.40
crore
on
Saturday,
Rs.
3.52
crore
on
Sunday
and
Rs.
1.49
crore
on
Monday.
The
total
five-day
box
office
collection
now
stands
at
Rs.
11.70
crore.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
#MumbaiSaga
remains
steady
on
Day
5...
In
fact,
Day
5
is
almost
at
par
with
Day
4...
Fri
2.82
cr,
Sat
2.40
cr,
Sun
3.52
cr,
Mon
1.49
cr,
Tue
1.47
cr.
Total:
₹
11.70
cr.
#India
biz."
Earlier,
John
Abraham
had
opened
up
about
the
makers
opting
for
a
theatrical
release
for
Mumbai
Saga
and
called
it
'gutsy'.
The
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
by
ETimes,
"Whether
you
see
it
as
a
first-mover
advantage
or
in
any
other
way,
we
decided
to
have
a
theatrical
release
because
this
film
deserves
to
be
seen
on
the
big
screen.
A
lot
of
actors
are
always
worried
about
their
filmography
in
terms
of
box
office
and
how
it
will
look
eventually.
I
would
say
we
are
gutsy
as
a
team
to
release
our
film
in
theatres.
Yes,
we're
aware
that
cases
are
on
the
rise
again.
We
don't
know
what
is
going
to
happen
in
the
next
24
hours,
but
we
decided
to
release
the
film
where
it
deserves
to
be
seen.
Emraan
saw
the
movie
before
me,
and
he
told
me
that,
'John,
this
should
go
to
the
big
screen.'
I
don't
see
it
any
other
way
either.
It
has
heroism
that
people
are
missing.
I
would
urge
people
to
be
responsible
when
they
visit
cinemas,
but
they
should
watch
this
film
on
a
big
screen."
Helmed
by
Sanjay
Gupta,
Mumbai
Saga
has
Emraan
Hashmi
essaying
the
role
of
a
cop
who
is
on
a
mission
to
nab
a
gangster
played
by
John
Abraham.