NEW DELHI: 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' starring Kartik Aaryan, Tabu, Kiara Advani and Rajpal Yadav has emerged as a box office winner, raking in Rs 171.17 crore in India so far.


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The film, which released on May 20, collected Rs 3.45 crore on its 24th day bailing Bollywood out of troubled waters as very few Hindi films have managed to put up good numbers on the box office in recent times except for the runaway success of 'The Kashmir Files'.


 



The legacy of its first part 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa' which came out in 2007, gave 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' an early thrust akin to nitro boost on the box office race track.


And finally, Sumit credits Kartik's growing fandom and stardom behind the impressive performance of the film as he says, "Kartik Aaryan's stardom came into play. He is quite popular among youth and family audiences."


 



Youth because of films like 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' and 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety', and family audience because of films like 'Luka Chuppi' and 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' remake.


While 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' continues to grow, it has cut down the vital oxygen supply of the recent Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Samrat Prithviraj' as the latter has been washed off at the box office in front of 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2', trilingual film 'Major' and the Kamal Haasan-starrer pan-India film 'Vikram'.