Driven by Akshay Kumar’s star power and word of mouth, courtroom drama Jolly LLB 2 powered through its second weekend in India in a close-run race with first-time writer-director Sankalp Reddy’s true-life war drama The Ghazi Attack. Writer-director Subhash Kapoor's Jolly LLB sequel had a narrow lead over its challenger on Friday/Saturday and, given the 53% jump in the Saturday takings, may well have had enough momentum to win the weekend. 1 U.S. title, grossing 17.7 crore ($2.6 million) on 240 screens, which was 138% bigger than the debut of The Lego Movie. Jolly LLB 2 is doing well because Akshay Kumar is a bigger star and strong word-of-mouth attracted more audience in the second weekend," he told me. He added, "Running Shaadi had some good promotion, however that wasn't reflected in the B.O.

Source: Forbes February 19, 2017 22:30 UTC