Sumeru did not do well at all in the first week.

Safaibaaz – The Scavenger has been rejected in the first week itself.

No Time To Die (English and dubbed versions) did fairly well in the first weekend (mainly Saturday and Sunday) but collections dropped from Monday onwards.

Chal Mera Putt 3 (Punjabi) did phenomenally well in the first week. Its collections in East Punjab on Friday were Rs. 1.15 crore. Saturday closed at Rs. 1.33 crore while Sunday ended at Rs. 1.42 crore. In this way, the first weekend closed at Rs. 3.90 crore. Collections during the weekdays were also excellent: Monday – Rs. 0.69 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.51 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.33 crore. Therefore, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 1.93 crore. The grand total for the first week in East Punjab was, therefore, Rs. 5.83 crore. Additionally, the comedy film netted Rs. 1.22 crore from the rest of India, taking the all-India total to Rs. 7.05 crore. The biggest opposition to the film proved to be Qismat 2 (Punjabi) which was running successfully in 2nd week. Because of that, Chal Mera Putt 3 got lesser number of shows than it deserved.

Qismat 2 (Punjabi) continued to score in 2nd week. In East Punjab circuit, it netted Rs. 0.44 crore on the first day of the second week. Collections on Saturday increased to Rs. 0.69 crore. On Sunday, it netted Rs. 0.72 crore, taking the second weekend’s total to Rs. 1.85 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.28 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.25 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.21 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.19 crore. In this way, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 0.93 crore. The second week, therefore, closed at Rs. 2.78 crore. In the rest of India, the film netted Rs. 1.57 crore in the second week, taking the all-India total of the second week to Rs. 4.35 crore. Grand all-India total for 2 weeks: Rs. 14.83 crore.

The week gone by belonged to two regional films — Telugu LOVE STORY and Punjabi QISMAT 2. Both the films smashed old box-office records and created new ones in spite of lockdown restrictions on cinemas. On the other hand, success continued to elude Bollywood.

Dilli Kaand was a resounding flop, as was expected. The film collected such dismal figures that only the rape in the film was more horrific than them.

Jungle Cruise (English and dubbed versions) did well only in select multiplexes and high-end single-screen cinemas. Otherwise, collections were below the mark.

Love Story (Telugu) has done amazingly well in the first week. It has yielded a share of Rs. 22.23 crore from Andhra, Nizam and Ceded. Break-up: Nizam – Rs. 10.58 crore, Ceded – Rs. 3.56 crore, Upper Andhra – Rs. 2.48 crore, East Godavari – Rs. 1.35 crore, West Godavari – Rs. 1.13 crore, Guntur – Rs. 1.30 crore, Krishna – Rs. 1.12 crore, Nellore – Rs. 0.71 crore.

Qismat 2 (Punjabi) is a bigger hit than even the recent Chal Mera Putt 2 (Punjabi). It netted Rs. 0.92 crore in East Punjab circuit on the first day (Thursday). Collections increased to Rs. 0.95 crore on the second day. Collections on Saturday shot up to Rs. 1.29 crore. They shot up further on Sunday which closed at an unbelievable Rs. 1.73 crore. The first four-day weekend total was, therefore, an out-of-the-world Rs. 4.89 crore! Collections during the weekdays were also extraordinary: Monday – Rs. 0.73 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.71 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.63 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.52 crore. In this way, the film netted Rs. 2.59 crore during the four weekdays, taking the first 8-day week’s total to Rs. 7.48 crore! In the rest of India, the film netted Rs. 3 crore in the first 8-day week. Its all-India total was, therefore, an extraordinary Rs. 10.48 crore!!

None of the releases of last week made a mark at the ticket windows. The dull box-office was matched only by the dull spirits of the trade at this juncture.

Punjabi film Qismat 2 opened on Thursday (23rd September) to an absolutely phenomenal start. It netted Rs. 1.21 crore on the first day from East Punjab, Delhi and other places where it released. The second day’s (Friday) collections are said to have been as fantastic as the first day, perhaps, slightly better!! Not only are the collections in Punjab exceptional but the film has recorded wonderful collections in Haryana and Delhi too. The Qismat sequel is set for a long and hugely profitable run as public reports are also terrific.

Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? proved a damp squib in the first week. It recorded dull collections almost everywhere. The only place where collections were slightly decent was in some single-screen cinemas in North India because of the advantage of title value.

Free Guy (English and the dubbed versions) did not do well in 1st week.

Don’t Breathe 2 (English and dubbed versions) also fared poorly in the first week.

Old (English and dubbed versions) bombed at the box-office in 1st week.

Thalaivii could not do anything substantive in its 2nd week.

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (English and dubbed versions) netted Rs. 1.85 crore in the third weekend, and another Rs. 0.94 crore during the weekdays. In this way, its total for the third week was Rs. 2.79 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 24.36 crore.

Notwithstanding the good public reports, the first week’s box-office collections of Thalaivii were miserable, to say the least. The Kangana starrer managed to net only around Rs. 1.75 crore in the first week. Collections of the Tamil version were better but not as good as they ought to have been. It netted about Rs. 6.50 crore in the first week. As for the Telugu dubbed version, it bombed right from the word ‘go’.

Intezaar proved to be a resounding flop in the first week itself.

Malignant (dubbed and original English version) could hardly make a mark in the first week.

The Croods: A New Age (dubbed and original English version) failed to leave its footprints at the box-office in the first week.

Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga (English and dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu) did fair in 2nd week. The Hindi dubbed version scored better in the non-metropolitan cities. Business in towns was better than in the cities. The second week’s total for all the versions put together was about Rs. 5 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: approximately Rs. 17 crore.

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (English and dubbed versions) continued to score decently in 2nd week. It collected Rs. 1.10 crore on the first day of the second weekend. Collections on day 2 and day 3 of the second weekend were Rs. 1.43 crore and Rs. 1.75 crore respectively. In this way, the net collection total for the second weekend was Rs. 4.28 crore. In the balance four days of the second week, the film netted as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.58 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.52 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.49 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.42 crore. The total for the weekdays, therefore, was Rs. 2.01 crore. Total for 2nd week: Rs. 6.29 crore. Its business came more from the big cities. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 21.57 crore.

Fast & Furious 9: The Fast Saga (English and dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu) did well in the first week. The Hindi dubbed version scored better in the 8-day week but the original English version was not upto the mark mainly because the pirated version of the original film was available in India since a few weeks. Even otherwise, the film was not liked as much as the earlier films in the franchise. The first week’s total for all the versions was approximately Rs. 12 crore.

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (English and dubbed versions) did very well in the first week. It netted Rs. 2.97 crore on the first day. Collections on Saturday and Sunday increased to Rs. 3.33 crore and Rs. 4.31 crore respectively, giving a first weekend figure of Rs. 10.61 crore. Collections on the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.53 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.22 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.06 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.86 crore. In this way, the total for the four weekdays was Rs. 4.67 crore. Grand total for week 1: Rs. 15.28 crore. Considering that cinemas in Maharashtra are still closed and also considering that there are restrictions on capacities and number of shows in other states due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the figure of Rs. 15.28 crore in the first week is very promising. The original English version of the film has done better than the original English version of F9.

Bell Bottom could manage to net only about Rs. 4 crore in the third week. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 32 crore.

Chal Mera Putt 2 (Punjabi) continued its victory march in the second week too. In East Punjab circuit, it netted Rs. 44.93 lakh on the first day. Collections increased by 50% on Saturday which, therefore, closed at Rs. 66.55 lakh. Sunday saw a huge jump so that the total figure for the day was more than double that of Friday. With a total of Rs. 95.86 lakh on Sunday, the second weekend collected Rs. 2.07 crore. Collections on the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 40.51 lakh, Tuesday – Rs. 34.72 lakh, Wednesday – Rs. 29.68 lakh, Thursday – Rs. 26.76 lakh. Hence the film netted Rs. 1.32 crore. The total for the entire second week was, therefore Rs. 3.39 crore. The collections in the second week from the rest of India was Rs. 20 lakh. In other words, the all-India total for week 2 was Rs. 3.59 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 10.41 crore.