Akshay Kumar’s courtroom drama ‘
Jolly LLB 2
’ has collected an estimated total of Rs 107 crore nett at the Indian
box-office within the fifth week of its release, according to a report on Boxofficeindia.com. The report also says that the film has claimed the number two spot in the list of top grossing films of 2017, after
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’.
‘Jolly LLB 2’ opened to a collection of an estimated Rs 72.98 crore in the first week. It was followed by estimated collections of Rs 23.77 crore in the second week, Rs 7.73 crore in the third week and Rs 2.26 crore during the fourth week. On an international front, the film has amassed a little under $5 million overseas, thus taking its worldwide gross collections to an estimated Rs 180 crore.
Happy with the success of the film, the makers announced that they will soon be working on ‘
Jolly LLB 3
’, the third installment of the franchise. The first installment in the movie series, 'Jolly LLB' released in 2013 and had Arshad Warsi playing the title role.
Akshay Kumar stepped in to replace Arshad for the second film, and it has not yet been confirmed if he will reprise his role for the third film.