Mumbai, June 16 -- Sajid Nadiadwala's Housefull 5 has emerged as a clear winner at the box office, reaffirming the strength of well-packaged commercial cinema. With a production budget of film at 225 crore and an additional 15 crore spent on prints and advertising, the film's total cost stood at 240 crore.

Yet, through a smart blend of box office performance and non-theatrical revenues, the film has secured profitability - marking another feather in the cap of Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Housefull 5 had already recovered a substantial 175 crore pre-release through strategic deals:

90 crore from its OTT rights

55 crore from satellite rights

30 crore from music rights

This left the film with 65 crore to recover from its theatric...