Hyderabad: Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ has seen a 70-74% growth in its box-office collections after his arrest in the Sandhya theatre stampede case, which left a woman dead and her minor son critically injured.
As per reports, the film has outperformed ‘Stree 2’, ‘Gadar 2’, ‘Animal’, and ‘Jawan’ to become the highest second-week grosser among Hindi films.
As soon as box-office reports surfaced online, it left the internet divided.
While a section of netizens seemed to be happy that ‘Pushpa 2’ was doing well in theatres despite his arrest, some others stated that box-office collections escalated because of his arrest which was a ‘PR stunt.’
A netizen claimed, “Isiliye to ye sab natak huva tha andaja 100% sale badhane ka tha😂😂😂.”
Another person questioned, “Kahi yeh arrest wala scene scripted toh nahi na 🙌.”
One user stated, “Arrest is all about strategy for hype and collections 😁😁.”
Another comment read, “When he was smiling while getting arrested, I knew it was a PR stunt!”
Referring to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, a user wrote “Bhau to jel jake snjy dutt bn gya 🔥😅,”
Another posted, “Mission jail successful 😂.”
On December 13, Allu was arrested from his Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad in connection to the Sandhya theatre stampede case.
