Mirzapur The Movie didn't just clear the century mark. It sprinted there.

The film opened to Rs 24.47 crore on day one, then climbed on Saturday and Sunday with Rs 31.30 crore and Rs 35.18 crore respectively, taking its weekend total to Rs 90.95 crore. Monday, typically the day a film's real strength gets tested once the holiday crowd goes back to work, brought in over Rs 10 crore more. That put the lifetime total past Rs 100 crore in just four days, according to numbers reported by Bollywood Hungama.

Trade veteran Taran Adarsh called the Monday hold significant given it came right after a long weekend, though he stopped short of guaranteeing a Rs 200 crore finish. "It can but all it depends on how Haiwaan performs and opens," he said, pointing to the upcoming release as the real test of how much room Mirzapur has left to run unopposed.

Distributor and exhibitor Raj Bansal was more bullish. "The way it's going, it can easily enter the Rs 200 crore club," he said, adding that Haiwaan isn't likely to eat into Mirzapur's audience since it's "meant for a different audience." Trade analyst Atul Mohan agreed a Rs 200 crore lifetime is within reach.

Producer and business analyst Girish Johar was more cautious about the arithmetic but not about the moment itself. "It's too early," he said, before adding that the scale of these numbers, without a star name to lean on, deserves recognition regardless of where the final tally lands.

That's the part trade circles keep circling back to. Neither Mirzapur nor Hanuman Ansh, the other film currently pulling crowds, is carrying a big star on its poster. Adarsh noted that around Rs 140 crore has come in over the weekend from the two films combined, and said it's a number that should make the industry sit up. "It's great news for the industry," he said, while also flagging that this kind of box office should be the norm, not the exception, for Hindi cinema going forward.

Bansal went further, arguing that the pattern isn't a coincidence. Awarapan 2 had Emraan Hashmi and still couldn't crack it. Saiyaara last year worked without a marquee name. Hanuman Ansh, made on a reported budget of Rs 2 crore, is now deep into a run trade watchers didn't see coming. "When people wholeheartedly accept a film, there's no stopping it," Bansal said, framing bloated budgets and foreign shoots as the actual liability star vehicles carry into a release.

What happens next depends largely on Haiwaan's opening weekend and whether Mirzapur The Movie can keep drawing walk-ins once the festival crowd thins out. If Adarsh's math holds, the answer to whether this becomes a Rs 200 crore film should be clear within the next couple of weeks.