Mission Mangal, featuring Akshay Kumar and a large group of female Bollywood actors including Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen, gathered a brilliant reaction during the all-encompassing Independence Day weekend. As per early estimates, the film is said to have recorded the highest Sunday collections of the year at the domestic box office.

As indicated by a report in Boxofficeindia, the film gathered around Rs 27-27.50 crore net on Sunday which takes its aggregate to around Rs 97 crore. Mission Mangal has gotten a mixed reaction from the critics and rotates around India's Mars Orbiter Mission, mostly driven by a group of women scientists. Prior, Shahid Kapoor's Kabir Singh had collected Rs 27.70 crore on its first Sunday.

Directed by Jagan Shakti, the film had risen as Akshay's greatest opener with Rs 29 crore accumulation on the very first day. It is additionally the second most astounding greatest opener of the year after Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif's Bharat which opened at Rs 42.30 crore.

Meanwhile, John Abraham's Batla House additionally discovered takers during the festive weekend. According to the report, it collected around Rs 11.50-12 crore on Sunday. In spite of conflicting with Mission Mangal, it has collected Rs 47 crore in four days. Directed by Nikkhil Advani, the film based on the 2008 Batla House experience case.

Prior, trade analyst Girish Johar had revealed to media, "Both films can survive on their own. The history is proof that if two good films release at the same time, both perform well at the box office. Each film has to fight its own battle. Yes, there is some rub-off between the two but eventually, the better film overpowers the other."