Problem Toh Hai was nothing but a can of problems as it failed to do anything worthwhile anywhere, in the first week.
Alien: Romulus (dubbed and the original English versions) fared poorly in the first week. It started the first week with a take of Rs. 0.74 crore. Despite the slow start, collections did not shoot up in the weekend. The total for Saturday was Rs. 1.10 crore while that for Sunday was almost the same at Rs. 1.07 crore. After a first weekend total of Rs. 2.91 crore, collections for the weekdays were quite low: Monday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.30 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.29 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.24 crore. Therefore, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 1.23 crore. In this way, the first week closed at Rs. 4.14 crore.
Stree 2 continued its sway over the public in 2nd week too. Young and old, classes and masses, guys and girls, men and women, everyone seems to be smitten by the Stree sequel. In just 2 weeks, the film joined the Rs. 400-crore club and is now approaching the Rs. 450-crore mark. In Gurgaon, it became the first film to net Rs. 1.20 crore on the second week’s Saturday! Records like the above were broken by the dozen in different cities and cinemas. It started its second weekend with a net collection of Rs. 19.30 crore on Friday. Collections soared to Rs. 33.80 crore on Saturday while the total for Sunday was a whopping Rs. 40.75 crore. With the total for the second weekend being Rs. 93.85 crore, the film’s total for 11 days had crossed the Rs. 350-crore mark and was, in fact, approaching the Rs. 400-crore mark. Collections for the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 20.20 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 12.25 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 10.40 crore, Thursday – Rs. 9.10 crore. Hence the total for the weekdays was Rs. 51.95 crore. In this way, the total for 2nd week was an astounding Rs. 145.80 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 439.50 crore.
Khel Khel Mein dropped around 65% in 2nd week after a dull first week. It netted only Rs. 7.85 crore in 2nd week. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 30.35 crore.
Vedaa crashed in the second week after a dismal first week. It collected just Rs. 2.55 crore in the second week. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 20.55 crore.
Raghuveer (Marathi) could not do much in the first week all over Maharashtra.
Fakt Purusho Maate (Gujarati) scored wonderfully in the first week. The saatam-aattham partial holidays aided the film’s performance. It started with a net collection of Rs. 0.53 crore. Collections increased almost 40% on Saturday which, therefore, closed at Rs. 0.73 crore. The jump on Sunday was immense as the film netted Rs. 1.81 crore, taking the first weekend’s total to Rs. 3.07 crore. Collections on the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 1.13 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.79 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.50 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.34 crore. With the total for the weekdays being Rs. 2.76 crore, the first week closed at Rs. 5.83 crore.
