Marjaavaan did very well in the first weekend, after which collections were just about fair. It opened to good houses and netted Rs. 7.03 crore on the first day. The increase in collections on Saturday was minimal so that the day closed at Rs. 7.21 crore. But the jump in collections was very good on Sunday due to which the day closed at Rs. 10.18 crore. In this way, the film netted Rs. 24.42 crore. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 4.15 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.61 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.16 crore, Thursday – Rs. 2.53 crore. By adding Rs. 13.45 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, the film took its first week’s total to Rs. 37.87 crore. It will be a good earning proposal, considering that its satellite, digital and audio rights have fetched good revenues.

Motichoor Chaknachoor met with a disastrous fate. It started with a total figure of just Rs. 0.30 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday (Rs. 0.50 crore) and Sunday (Rs. 0.55 crore) were also low. In this way, it netted only Rs. 1.35 crore in the first weekend. It collected Rs. 0.20 crore on each of the four weekdays. With a total collection of Rs. 0.80 crore in the weekdays, it took its grand total for 1st week to a dismal Rs. 2.15 crore.

Marrne Bhi Do Yaaron faced rejection in its first week.

Jhalki could not make any mark whatsoever in the first week.

Bagpat Ka Dulha did poor business in 1st week.

Lafange Nawab fared poorly in the first week in Bombay as well as Delhi-U.P.

Keep Safe Distance recorded miserable collections in the first week in Bombay and Rajasthan circuits.

Charlie’s Angels (dubbed) and the English original of the same name could do ordinary business in its first week.

Bala added Rs. 26.56 crore to its kitty in 2nd week. It started the second weekend with a take of Rs. 3.76 crore on Friday. Collections almost doubled to Rs. 6.73 crore on Saturday. The figure for Sunday was an impressive Rs. 8.01 crore so that the second weekend closed at Rs. 18.50 crore. The figures for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 2.05 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.96 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.80 crore. By adding Rs. 8.06 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, the film took its 2nd week’s total to Rs. 26.56 crore. Therefore, its total for 2 weeks went up to Rs. 98.79 crore. It is one more Ayushmann starrer to be joining the Rs. 100-crore club!

Housefull 4 collected Rs. 2.55 crore in the fourth weekend, thereby joining the Rs. 200-crore club. It netted Rs. 1.25 crore in the weekdays and hence took its total for week 4 to Rs. 3.80 crore. Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 201.92 crore.

War completed 50 days of its run at 57 cinemas of the country on Wednesday, 20th November (as it was released on Wednesday, October 2).

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Fatteshikast (Marathi) did extremely well in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

Raanu (Marathi) failed to impress the public in 1st week in Bombay city.

Khari Biscuit (Marathi) scored well in the third week too in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

Hirkani (Marathi) did excellent in 4th week too. Its collections in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra were superb.

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Hellaro (Gujarati) continued to score very well in 2nd week also, in Gujarat and Saurashtra.

Bala did extremely well in 1st week. It was the widest release of Ayushmann Khurrana and, therefore, it took a bigger opening than his past films. It netted Rs. 10.15 crore on the first day. Collections jumped by 50% on Saturday which closed at Rs. 15.73 crore. The figure for Sunday was even more impressive at Rs. 18.07 crore. After a weekend of Rs. 43.95 crore, the film collected as follows in the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 8.26 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 9.52 crore (Guru Nanak Jayanti partial holiday), Wednesday – Rs. 5.20 crore, Thursday – Rs. 5.30 crore. By netting Rs. 28.28 crore in the weekdays, the film took its total for the first week to Rs. 72.23 crore. The film may not become Ayushmann’s highest-grossing film as it will be difficult for it to cross the Rs. 142-crore mark of his Dream Girl.

Bypass Road met with a disastrous fate in the first week, and, like the hero in the film, the film too met with an ‘accident’ — at the box-office. Its daily collections were in lakhs, not crores.

Satellite Shankar could not do anything worthwhile in 1st week. It netted such poor collections that even Lord Shankar could not save the film from sinking into oblivion.

Mr. Black Mr. White faced rejection at the ticket windows in 1st week.

Ujda Chaman crashed in 2nd week and barely managed to net Rs. 0.30 crore!

Terminator: Dark Fate (dubbed) and the English original of the same name saw collections dip in 2nd week. It barely netted Rs. 1.50 crore in the second week. Total for 2 weeks: Rs. 15 crore.

Housefull 4 will touch the Rs. 200-crore mark in the 4th week! It is now all set to become the highest-grossing film of Akshay Kumar so far. It netted Rs. 9.10 crore in the third weekend, and another Rs. 6.35 crore in the weekdays. By adding Rs. 15.45 crore to its kitty in the third week, it took its 3-week total to Rs. 198.12 crore.

Saand Ki Aankh collected Rs. 1.50 crore in the third weekend, and an additional Rs. 1.11 crore in the weekdays. In other words, it netted Rs. 2.61 crore in the third week. Its grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 22.66 crore.

War netted Rs. 0.76 crore in the sixth week. Total for 6 weeks: Rs. 317.77 crore. Of this, the original Hindi version collected Rs. 303.10 crore whereas the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions jointly collected Rs. 14.67 crore.

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Copy (Marathi) collected poorly in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra.

Bakaal (Marathi) fared badly in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

Koti (Marathi) could not record respectable collections in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

Lucky And Happy (Marathi) failed to make any mark at the turnstiles in the first week in Bombay.

Khari Biscuit (Marathi) continued to score in 2nd week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

Hirkani (Marathi) continued its victory march in 3rd week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra. Hit!

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Hellaro (Gujarati) did tremendous business in 1st week in Gujarat and Saurashtra. The National Award-winning film has been loved by the paying public.

Ujda Chaman could not make a mark in the first week. It started slow and hardly picked up in the weekend. Collections during the week days were, of course, dull. The film netted Rs. 1.75 crore on the first day. The total for Saturday was Rs. 2.50 crore. The increase on Sunday was not much as the day closed at only Rs. 2.75 crore. After a first weekend total of Rs. 7 crore, the collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.90 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.80 crore, Wednesday – 0.70 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.60 crore. In other words, the total for the weekdays was only Rs. 3 crore. Thus, the first week closed at a very ordinary Rs. 10 crore.

Terminator: Dark Fate (dubbed) and the English original of the same name recorded average collections in the first week. It started the first weekend with a total of Rs. 2.85 crore. Collections on Saturday (Rs. 3.25 crore) and Sunday (Rs. 3.50 crore) were not very impressive. The first weekend’s total of Rs. 9.60 crore was also so-so. Collections during the weekdays were as follows. Monday Rs. 1.20 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.05 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.85 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.80 crore. It, therefore, netted Rs. 3.90 crore in the weekdays and thereby took its total for the first week to Rs. 13.50 crore.

Housefull 4 maintained very well in the second weekend. Collections during the weekdays were quite good. Overall, the film’s performance in week 2 was good. The second weekend started with Rs. 8.05 crore on the first day. Collections increased to Rs. 10.10 crore on Saturday. The Sunday total was an excellent Rs. 13.12 crore. In this way, the film netted Rs. 31.27 crore in the second weekend. Collections on the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 5.45 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 4.75 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.80 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3.15 crore. By adding Rs. 17.15 crore to its kitty during the weekdays, the film took its total for 2nd week to Rs. 48.42 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 182.67 crore.

Saand Ki Aankh was steady at medium collections in 2nd week. The second weekend began with a take of Rs. 1.28 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday totalled Rs. 1.89 crore while the total for Sunday was Rs. 2.32 crore. The second weekend, therefore, closed at Rs. 5.49 crore. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 0.80 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.80 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.65 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.63 crore. In this way, the film added Rs. 2.88 crore to its kitty in the weekdays. Its total for the second week was Rs. 8.37 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 20.05 crore.

War added Rs. 1.54 crore to its kitty in the fifth weekend, and another Rs. 0.80 crore in the weekdays. In other words, its total for the fifth week was Rs. 2.34 crore. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 317.01 crore.

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Khari Biscuit (Marathi) did well at the box-office in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

Shri Ram Samarth (Marathi) fared poorly in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra.

Hirkani (Marathi) did very well in the second week. In fact, it did better business in the second week than in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and the other centres of Maharashtra.

Housefull 4 may have started slow because of the pre-Diwali dullness at the box-office in general but collections shot up phenomenally on Monday (New Year’s day), after which it maintained fabulously well. The Diwali advantage was, quite understandably, more pronounced in Gujarat, U.P., Rajasthan, Bihar, C.P. Berar and C.I. The film opened with a net collection total of Rs. 16.50 crore. Collections picked up only marginally on Saturday which closed at Rs. 17 crore. There was actually a drop in collections on Sunday (Rs. 14 crore) due to Laxmi pooja and other festivities in Hindu households. In this way, the first weekend’s total was Rs. 47.50 crore. The jump in collections on Monday was extraordinary as the film collected Rs. 33.50 crore which was more than double the Friday figure. Collections on the other weekdays were: Tuesday – Rs. 24 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 16.25 crore, Thursday – Rs. 13 crore. With a total of Rs. 86.75 crore during the weekdays, the first week’s total was an outstanding Rs. 134.25 crore.

Made In China started very slow, picked up on Monday but not much, and then went back to the below-average level after the festive days. It started with a net total of Rs. 0.90 crore on the first day. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 1.25 crore and Rs. 0.90 crore respectively. It, therefore, netted Rs. 3.05 crore in the first weekend. The dull total was due not only to the dull pre-Diwali period but also because of the poor reports of the film. Collections increased on Monday (Rs. 2.50 crore) and Tuesday (Rs. 1.55 crore) but came down on Wednesday (Rs. 1 crore). Collection on Thursday was Rs. 0.90 crore. Thus, by adding Rs. 5.95 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, the film took its total for the first week to Rs. 9 crore. Although made at a modest budget, the film has turned out to be a disappointment — both, in artistic as well as commercial terms.

Saand Ki Aankh showed a marked growth on New Year’s day, and the positive reports helped the film sustain all through the weekdays. Yet, the film managed an ordinary total for the first week because the first weekend’s total was poor and also because the increase in collections was not phenomenal in absolute terms. Housefull 4 proved a formidable opposition to the film. Saand Ki Aankh netted Rs. 0.48 crore on Friday. Collections more than doubled on Saturday which, therefore, closed at Rs. 1.08 crore. The figure for Sunday was Rs. 0.91 crore. After a weekend total of just Rs. 2.47 crore, collections on Monday and Tuesday were superb, relatively speaking. It collected Rs. 3.19 crore on Monday, and Rs. 2.85 crore on Tuesday. While Wednesday closed at Rs. 1.63 crore, Thursday ended at Rs. 1.54 crore. In other words, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 9.21 crore. The first week’s total, therefore, was Rs. 11.68 crore — very impressive, considering that the first day’s total was only Rs. 0.50 crore, but not too exciting because the figure per se is ordinary.

Laal Kaptaan crashed in the second week — that is, in the very few cinemas where it did run in 2nd week.

Ghost also fared poorly in the second week — of course, in the cinemas where it found playing time!

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (dubbed) and its English original of the same name did below-average business in the second week.

The Sky Is Pink recorded poor collections in 3rd week in the few shows it managed to get.

War collected Rs. 1.80 crore in the fourth weekend, and another Rs. 3.52 crore in the weekdays. In other words, its total for 4th week was Rs. 5.32 crore (Rs. 5.14 crore for the Hindi version; Rs. 0.18 crore for the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions). Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 314.67 crore. Breakup: Hindi version – Rs. 300.14 crore, dubbed versions – Rs. 14.53 crore.

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Hirkani (Marathi) did well in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

Triple Seat (Marathi) did ordinary business in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

Laal Kaptaan met with a disastrous fate in the very first week. If its start was poor, its collections thereafter were no better. It opened with a net collection of Rs. 0.50 crore. Collections on Saturday went up only marginally, to Rs. 0.60 crore. The figure for Sunday was the same, Rs. 0.60 crore, which sealed the film’s fate if it was not already sealed. After a weekend total of Rs. 1.70 crore, collections dipped to Rs. 0.23 crore on Monday. Collections on the remaining days of the week were as follows: Tuesday – Rs. 0.18 crore, Wednesday – 0.14 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.11 crore. By adding Rs. 0.66 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, it took its total for the first week to Rs. 2.36 crore only.

Ghost also fared poorly in the first week. It started on a rather dull note by netting Rs. 0.30 crore on Friday. Collections increased by Rs. 10 lakh on Saturday and another Rs. 10 lakh over Saturday’s total, on Sunday. In other words, the film netted Rs. 0.40 crore on Saturday, and Rs. 0.50 crore on Sunday. Hence its total for the first weekend was Rs. 1.20 crore only. The collections for the weekdays were worse: Monday – Rs. 0.20 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.16 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.11 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.09 crore. In this way, the film collected Rs. 0.56 crore in the weekdays and took its total for the first week to Rs. 1.76 crore.

P Se Pyaar F Se Farraar recorded miserable collections in the first week all over.

Hashtag Yaaram proved to be a disaster in the first week.

Jacqueline I Am Coming proved to be a debacle in the first week.

Junction Varanasi recorded horrendous collections in 1st week.

Life Mein Time Nahi Hai Kisi Ko seemed to prove its title as hardly anyone had the time (and the inclination) to watch it in its first week.

Kirket got out for a duck. It fared very poorly in the first week.

Officer Arjun Singh IPS sank without a trace in its first week.

Love Shots got absolutely no love from the audience in 1st week.

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil (dubbed) and its English original of the same name did average business in the first week. It collected Rs. 0.70 crore on Friday. Collections almost doubled to Rs. 1.35 crore on Saturday, and went up to Rs. 1.60 crore on Sunday, taking its total for the first weekend to Rs. 3.65 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.50 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.35 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.35 crore. By netting Rs. 1.60 crore in the weekdays, its total for the first week went up to Rs. 5.25 crore.

The Sky Is Pink faced a fall of more than 70% in 2nd week. It started the second weekend by collecting Rs. 0.70 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 1.15 crore and Rs. 1.40 crore respectively so that the second weekend’s total went up to Rs. 3.25 crore. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 0.55 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.42 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.38 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.30 crore. By netting Rs. 1.65 crore in the weekdays, the second week’s total went up to Rs. 4.90 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 20.15 crore.

War collected Rs. 21.35 crore in the third week. The third weekend started with a take of Rs. 3.05 crore (for the Hindi and dubbed versions combined). Collections increased to Rs. 4.70 crore on Saturday, and even more, to Rs. 6 crore on Sunday. In this way, the film netted Rs. 13.75 crore in the third weekend. Collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.95 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.80 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.60 crore. By adding Rs. 7.60 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, it took its third week’s total to Rs. 21.35 crore. The break-up: Hindi version – Rs. 19.85 crore, dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions – Rs. 1.50 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 309.35 crore. Breakup: Hindi version – Rs. 295 crore, dubbed versions – Rs. 14.35 crore. This is the third YRF film to cross the Rs. 300-crore mark, the earlier two being Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai.

Dream Girl collected Rs. 0.95 crore in the sixth weekend, and Rs. 0.65 crore in the weekdays. By adding Rs. 1.60 crore to its kitty in the sixth week, the film took its grand total for 6 weeks to Rs. 140.35 crore.

Chhichhore added Rs. 0.38 crore to its kitty in the seventh weekend, and Rs. 0.22 crore in the weekdays. In other words, its total for 7th week was Rs. 0.60 crore. Grand total for 7 weeks: Rs. 147.61 crore.

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Rom Com (Marathi) failed to make any mark at the box-office in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

The Sky Is Pink did average business in the first week. It started slow with a net collection of Rs. 2.40 crore on the first day. Collections picked up on Saturday which, therefore, closed at Rs. 3.95 crore. The increase on Sunday was minuscule (Rs. 4.05 crore). After a weekend total of Rs. 10.40 crore, the film collected as follows during the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 1.30 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.25 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.10 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.20 crore. By adding Rs. 4.85 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, the film took its total for the first week to Rs. 15.25 crore.

War added Rs. 49.65 crore to its kitty in the second week to become the highest-grossing film of the year so far. It surpassed the Rs. 285-crore total of Kabir Singh which held the record for being 2019’s biggest grosser so far. Of the Rs. 49.65 crore, the Hindi version netted Rs. 46.65 crore while the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions netted Rs. 3 crore. It started its second weekend with a total collection of Rs. 7.60 crore on Friday. Collections increased on Saturday (Rs. 11.80 crore) and even more on Sunday (Rs. 13.90 crore). In this way, it netted Rs. 33.30 crore in the second weekend. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 4.75 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 4.20 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.60 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3.80 crore. It, therefore, collected a total of Rs. 16.35 crore in the weekdays. In other words, its total for the second week was Rs. 49.65 crore. The 2-week total went up to Rs. 288 crore. The total for the Hindi version was Rs. 275.15 crore while for the two dubbed versions, it was Rs. 12.85 crore. Overseas, the film has grossed more than Rs. 86 crore in 2 weeks.

Dream Girl collected Rs. 1.75 crore in the fifth weekend, and Rs. 1.05 crore in the weekdays. By adding Rs. 2.80 crore, as above, in the fifth week, it took its 5-week total to Rs. 138.75 crore. It has thereby become the highest-grossing film of Ayushmann Khurrana, surpassing the collections of Badhaai Ho.

Chhichhore added Rs. 0.75 crore to its kitty in the sixth weekend, and an additional Rs. 0.40 crore in the weekdays. Hence, it netted Rs. 1.15 crore in 6th week. Grand total for 6 weeks: Rs. 147.01 crore.

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Appa Ani Bappa (Marathi) did not do well in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.

Man Udhaan Vara (Marathi) met with a disastrous fate in its first week in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

WAR has done astounding business in the first 9-day week and is now all set to, perhaps, enter the Rs. 300-crore club.

After netting Rs. 77.70 crore in the first two days (Wednesday and Thursday), the film collected Rs. 22.45 crore on Friday. Collections jumped to Rs.28.70 crore on Saturday, and zoomed up to Rs. 37.40 crore on Sunday. It, therefore, touched the Rs. 100-crore mark in just 3 days. It netted a total of Rs. 166.25 crore in the 5-day weekend. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 21.50 crore, Tuesday (Dassera holiday) – Rs. 28.90 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 11.90 crore, Thursday – Rs. 9.80 crore. In this way, the film collected Rs. 72.10 crore in the weekdays. The film joined the Rs. 200-crore club on the seventh day (Tuesday). At the end of the 9-day week, it collected Rs. 238.35 crore. Of this, the total of the Hindi version was Rs. 228.50 crore while the total of the two dubbed versions (Tamil and Telugu) was Rs. 9.85 crore. The film has become the highest-collecting Hindi film in 1st week. Its performance abroad was also superb. It grossed an equivalent of Rs. 50 crore in the first 5-day weekend. In the 9-day week, its gross collection total was Rs. 65 crore. The film, which was made, promoted and released by investing Rs. 170 crore, has already yielded a profit of Rs. 100 crore — after taking into account the revenues of Rs. 120 crore from sale of satellite, digital and audio rights.

Syeraa Narasimha Reddy (dubbed) could not do much due to the opposition of War. After the first 2-day (Wednesday and Thursday) total of Rs. 2.35 crore, it collected around Rs. 4.25 crore in the balance 7 days of the 9-day week. In this way, it netted Rs. 6.60 crore in the first week. The original Telugu version did extraordinary business in the first 9-day week.

Dream Girl could manage to collect Rs. 4.70 crore in its 4th week, taking its 4-week total to Rs. 135.95 crore.

Chhichhore added Rs. 2.58 crore to its kitty in the fifth week. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 145.86 crore.

The opening of WAR on Wednesday (Gandhi Jayanti holiday) was historic. SYERAA NARASIMHA REDDY took a phenomenal opening in the South on Wednesday but its dubbed Hindi version was a slow starter.

War created history on 2nd October by netting Rs. 51.60 crore on the first day. The dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions collected a total of Rs. 1.75 crore. In this way, the first day’s total was Rs. 53.35 crore. This was the highest opening ever for a straight Hindi film! Collections on the second day fell by more than 50% as it was still an odd day (Thursday) and also a working day. The original Hindi version netted Rs. 23.10 crore on day 2 while the dubbed versions collected Rs. 1.25 crore. In other words, the total for the second day was Rs. 24.35 crore. Hence its total for the first 2 days was Rs. 77.70 crore (Hindi – Rs. 74.70 crore; dubbed versions – Rs. 3 crore). The film held on best in Delhi-U.P., Eastern circuit and South India. Around 150-200 screens were added on Friday.

Syeraa Narasimha Reddy (dubbed) took a very ordinary start on Wednesday but the original Telugu version killed it at the box-office. The original version collected around Rs. 56.50 crore while the dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam collected a total of Rs. 6.75 crore. The dubbed Hindi version netted Rs. 1.65 crore. In this way, the first day’s total for all the versions was Rs. 64.90 crore. The dubbed Hindi version collected Rs. 0.70 crore on the second day; the drop in collections was pronounced because Thursday was an odd day and a working day. It grossed Rs. 14 crore Overseas on the first day.

Main Zaroor Aaunga fared miserably in 1st week everywhere.

Little Baby proved a damp squib at the box-office in the first week.

Kandy Twist – The Crime Story cut a sorry picture in 1st week.

Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas crashed so badly in its second week that it is now out of the cinemas after a 12-day run.

Prassthanam also nose-dived in 2nd week. It has been discontinued from most cinemas after a 12-day run.

Dream Girl continued to reign in its third week till War arrived, following which its shows were reduced markedly. It collected Rs. 3.35 crore on Friday, Rs. 6 crore on Saturday, and Rs. 5.90 crore on Sunday. After a third weekend total of Rs. 15.25 crore, it collected as follows in the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 1.80 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 2.20 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.80 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.40 crore. By adding Rs. 5.20 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, it took its 3rd week’s total to Rs. 20.45 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 131.25 crore.

Section 375 did fairly well in its 3rd week, in the premium multiplexes of big cities.

Chhichhore did well in the fourth week but only till War came on the scene, after which its shows were drastically reduced. It collected Rs. 2.20 crore on the first day of the fourth weekend. Collections increased to Rs. 4 crore on the second day, and to Rs. 4.05 crore on the third day. It, therefore, netted Rs. 10.25 crore in the fourth weekend. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.38 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.77 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.69 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.39 crore. By collecting Rs. 4.23 crore in the weekdays, it took its total for the fourth week to Rs. 14.48 crore. Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 143.28 crore.

None of the films released this week took any kind of mentionable opening. The weekend will, therefore, belong to DREAM GIRL and CHHICHHORE.

Dream Girl did extraordinarily well in the first week. It was off to a flying start with a net collection of Rs. 10.05 crore on the first day. Collections picked up by 60% on Saturday (Rs. 16.42 crore) and further to Rs. 18.10 crore on Sunday. In this way, it netted Rs. 44.57 crore in the first weekend. The comedy film’s performance during the weekdays was also phenomenal. It collected Rs. 7.43 crore on Monday, Rs. 7.40 crore on Tuesday, Rs. 6.75 crore on Wednesday, and Rs. 6.05 crore on Thursday. By netting Rs. 27.63 crore in the weekdays, it took its first week’s total to an exceptional Rs. 72.20 crore. The film will easily join the Rs. 100-crore club in its second week. It fared well abroad too. Released in 480 screens Overseas, it grossed US $1.7 million in the opening weekend. It stood at no. 1 in the UAE, no. 6 in New Zealand-Fiji, no. 8 in Australia, and no. 11 in the UK as well as in Canada.

Section 375 started slow but picked up in the weekend, and remained steady during the weekdays – all thanks to favourable mouth publicity. It netted Rs. 1 crore on the first day. Collections doubled on Saturday which, therefore, closed at Rs. 2 crore. It netted Rs. 2.35 crore on Sunday, taking the first weekend’s total to Rs. 5.35 crore. Collections on the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.75 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.85 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.80 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.75 crore. In this way, it netted Rs. 3.15 crore in the weekdays. Its total for the first week was Rs. 8.50 crore.

Baadshah Pehlwaan (dubbed) failed to perform in 1st week. The original Kannada version did well but it did not live up to the expectations.

Chhichhore marched forward victoriously in its 2nd week too, joining the Rs. 100-crore club on the 13th day. It netted Rs. 5.25 crore on the first day of the second weekend. Collections took a big jump on Saturday (Rs. 9 crore). The Sunday figure was Rs. 10.25 crore. After a second weekend total of Rs. 24.50 crore, it collected well in the weekdays, too: Monday – Rs. 4 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.90 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.60 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3.25 crore. In this way, the film netted Rs. 14.75 crore in the weekdays. Hence, its total for the second week was Rs. 39.25 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 106.25 crore.

Saaho added Rs. 2.80 crore to its kitty in the third weekend, and Rs. 1.45 crore in the weekdays. By netting Rs. 4.25 crore in the third week, it took its grand total for 3 weeks to Rs. 142.55 crore.

Mission Mangal added Rs. 1.75 crore to its kitty in the fifth week. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 201.91 crore.

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VIP Gadhav (Marathi) fared poorly in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra.