Vicky Kaushal's Uri - The Surgical Strike is no longer the highest grossing film of the year. Yes, Shahid Kapoor starrer Kabir Singh has toppled the military drama and become the biggest hit of the year. What's even more remarkable is the fact that Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Hindi directorial debut only took 20 days to achieve this milestone. Kabir Singh, which co-stars Kiara Advani and television actress Nikita Dutta, released on June 21 and garnered mixed reviews from the critics. Though the film has been called out by many for being misogynistic, it has been performing well at the ticket windows since day 1. And now its even heading towards the Rs 250 crore mark in India. Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 19: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani's Film to Surpass the Lifetime Business of Uri - The Surgical Strike, Mints Rs 243.17 Crore

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to the microblogging site Twitter a while back and revealed the updated figures saying,  "#KabirSingh emerges the highest grossing #Hindi film of 2019... Inches closer to ₹ 250 cr mark... Fri 5.40 cr, Sat 7.51 cr, Sun 9.61 cr, Mon 4.25 cr, Tue 3.20 cr, Wed 3.11 cr. Total: ₹ 246.28 cr. India biz. ALL TIME BLOCKBUSTER."

He also tweeted, "Top 5 highest grossing films... 2019 releases...1. #KabirSingh [still running], 2. #Uri, 3. #Bharat, 4. #Kesari, 5. #TotalDhamaal..[BO ranking as on 10 July 2019] India biz." Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 18: Shahid Kapoor's Romantic Drama Eyeing to Beat Ranveer Singh's Simmba, Earns Rs 239.97 Crore

Also, now that India is out of the world cup tournament, there's a possibility that Shahid's romantic drama could reach the Rs 300 crore mark at the domestic box office. However, Hrithik Roshan's Super 30 is arriving in cinema halls tomorrow and since the movie is receiving good reviews from the critics, it could affect the business off Kabir Singh at the ticket windows.

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