Despite mixed reports, more towards the negative side, the Hindi version of Saaho managed a fantastic first week. Yet, its heavy cost may not be recoverable from all the versions put together because the public reports aren’t exciting, and also because collections of the Telugu and other South versions are below the mark after the first weekend. The film, made in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil, and dubbed in Malayalam, has cost more than Rs. 350 crore. Of this, a maximum of around Rs. 150 crore has been/will be recovered from satellite, digital and audio rights, leaving over Rs. 200 crore to be recovered from theatrical sources. The film would need to net around Rs. 425 crore in all the languages put together, to break even. This seems rather difficult. It will, therefore, lose part of the investment. The Hindi version netted a phenomenal Rs. 25 crore on the first day. Collections dropped by Rs. 1 crore on Saturday. After collecting Rs. 24 crore on the second day, the film picked up on Sunday but the jump was not huge enough for the film to run to the winning post. It collected only Rs. 29 crore on Sunday. Had the film been a major hit, it should’ve netted over Rs. 40 crore on Sunday. After a weekend total of Rs. 78 crore, collections on the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 14.25 crore (due to Ganesh Chaturthi holiday; but the festival adversely affected collections in parts of Maharashtra mainly), Tuesday – Rs. 9.25 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 6.75 crore, Thursday – Rs. 6.75 crore. In this way, the film added Rs. 37 crore in the weekdays. Its total for the first week was a fantastic Rs. 115 crore. Strange as it may sound, collections of the Hindi version (rather than the Telugu version) in the second week will be a pointer to whether the film makes a huge loss or loses moderately.

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (dubbed) and the English original of the same name did not fare too well in the second week.

Mission Mangal netted Rs. 2.20 crore on the first day of the third weekend, Rs. 3.25 crore on the second day, and Rs. 3.64 crore on the third day. In this way, it collected Rs. 9.09 crore in the third weekend. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.20 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.10 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.20 crore. By adding Rs. 5.50 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, it took its total for the third week to Rs. 14.59 crore. Its grand total for 3 weeks was, therefore, Rs. 192.54 crore.

Batla House collected Rs. 0.60 crore on the first day of the third weekend, Rs. 1.10 crore on the second day, and Rs. 1.50 crore on the third day. Hence, its third weekend’s total was Rs. 3.20 crore. Collections during the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 0.85 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.43 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.45 crore. It, therefore, netted Rs. 2.13 crore in the weekdays, taking the third week’s total to Rs. 5.33 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 85.68 crore.

Early estimates (at the time of going to press) of the first day of SAAHO suggest that it netted a whopping Rs. 24-25 crore!

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (dubbed) and the English original of the same name did average in the first week. It started off the weekend with a net collection of Rs. 0.90 crore on Friday. Collections increased to Rs. 1.90 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 2.20 crore, taking the first weekend’s total to Rs. 5 crore. Collections during the weekdays were dull: Monday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday – Rs. 0.35 crore each. In this way, it collected Rs. 1.45 crore in the weekdays, taking its total for 1st week to Rs. 6.45 crore.

Mission Mangal added almost Rs. 50 crore to its kitty in the second week. It started off the second weekend on a superb note by netting Rs. 7.83 crore on Friday. Collections jumped to Rs. 13.32 crore on Saturday, and to Rs. 15.30 crore on Sunday, taking the second weekend’s total to Rs. 36.45 crore. Collections during the weekdays were also very good: Monday – Rs. 3.87 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.43 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.15 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3.05 crore. By adding Rs. 13.50 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, it collected a total of Rs. 49.95 crore in the second week. Hence its 2-week total went up to Rs. 177.95 crore!

Batla House maintained decently and collected Rs. 22.35 crore in 2nd week. It started its second weekend with a collection of Rs. 3.50 crore on Friday. The jump in collections on Saturday (Rs. 5.75 crore) and further on Sunday (Rs. 6.25 crore) was rather big. After netting Rs. 15.50 crore in the second weekend, the film collected as follows in the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 1.90 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.80 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.65 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.50 crore. Therefore, it added Rs. 6.85 crore to its kitty in the weekdays. In this way, its total for the second week was Rs. 22.35 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 80.35 crore.

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Laal Batti (Marathi) could not do well in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and the other centres of Maharashtra.

Palshichi PT (Marathi) fared miserably in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.

With no new Hindi film this week, the major beneficiary will be MISSION MANGAL, followed by BATLA HOUSE.

Mission Mangal was off to a flying start on Thursday (15th August) with a net total collection of Rs. 29 crore. Collections fell to Rs. 17.28 crore on Friday, as expected, because it was a working day after the national and festive holiday on Thursday owing to Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan. Once again, collections jumped on Saturday (Rs. 23.58 crore), and even more on Sunday so that the day ended at a phenomenal Rs. 27.54 crore. In this way, the film’s first 4-day weekend closed at Rs. 97.40 crore. Collections were excellent during the weekdays too: Monday – Rs. 8.91 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 7.92 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 6.84 crore, Thursday – Rs. 6.93 crore. The film, therefore, netted Rs. 30.60 crore in the weekdays. It joined the Rs. 100-crore club on its fifth day itself. Its total for the 8-day week was Rs. 128 crore! In the second weekend itself, it will cross the Rs. 150-crore mark and thereby become the highest-grossing solo Akshay starrer to-date, breaking the record held by Kesari. Overseas, it grossed an equivalent of Rs. 24.60 crore in the first weekend.

Batla House took a good start on Thursday (15th August) when it netted Rs. 14 crore. Collections dipped to Rs. 7.50 crore on Friday, but picked up on Saturday (Rs. 10 crore) and Sunday (Rs. 12 crore). It, therefore, netted Rs. 43.50 crore in the first 4-day weekend. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 4 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.90 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.50 crore, Thursday – 3.10 crore. Hence, it added Rs. 14.50 crore to its kitty in the weekdays. In this way, its total for the first 8-day week was Rs. 58 crore.

Jabariya Jodi crashed everywhere in the second week.

Fast & Furious: Hobbs And Shaw (dubbed) and the English original of the same name added Rs. 1.50 crore in the third week. Its grand total for 3 weeks was Rs. 69.90 crore.

The Lion King (animation; dubbed) and the English original of the same name collected Rs. 2.20 crore in its fifth week, taking its 5-week total to Rs. 156.12 crore.

The opening of MISSION MANGAL on Thursday (15th August) owing to the holiday for Independence Day as well as Raksha Bandhan was phenomenal. It netted Rs. 29 crore which is the highest an Akshay Kumar starrer has ever collected on the first day. The first day of BATLA HOUSE, also released on Thursday, was good, too, at Rs. 14.50 crore. …..The running films got some advantage of the Bakr Eid holiday on 12th August (Monday).

Jabariya Jodi could not do well in the first week. After a dull start of Rs. 2.75 crore, collections increased to Rs. 3.75 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 4.50 crore on Sunday. The first weekend, therefore, closed at Rs. 11 crore. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 2.50 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.40 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.05 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.35 crore. By adding Rs. 5.30 crore to its kitty in the weekdays, the film took its first week’s total to Rs. 16.30 crore.

Pranaam met with a disastrous fate in 1st week.

Chicken Curry Law! also fared miserably in the first week – that is, wherever it could even complete a week.

Mushkil did not find the going easy in the first week, collecting extremely poorly.

Dangerous Killer failed to make any mark in 1st week.

Fast & Furious: Hobbs And Shaw (dubbed) and the English original of the same name added Rs. 14.65 crore to its kitty in the second week. The second weekend started with a collection of Rs. 2 crore on Friday. The totals for Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 3.35 crore and Rs. 4 crore respectively so that the second weekend closed at Rs. 9.35 crore. Collections during the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 2.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.40 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.25 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.40 crore. In this way, it netted Rs. 5.30 crore in the weekdays. Its total for the second week was, therefore, Rs. 14.65 crore, and its grand total for 2 weeks was Rs. 68.40 crore.

The Lion King (animation; dubbed) and the original English version of the same name crossed the Rs. 150-crore mark in the fourth week. It started its fourth weekend at Rs. 1 crore. Collections increased to Rs. 2.50 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 3.50 crore on Sunday. The total for the third weekend was, therefore, Rs. 7 crore. Collections during the weekdays were pretty steady: Monday – Rs. 2 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.75 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.75 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.70 crore. By adding Rs. 4.20 crore in the weekdays, it took its total for 4th week to Rs. 11.20 crore. Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 153.92 crore.

Super 30 netted Rs. 0.60 crore on the first day of its fifth weekend. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 1.30 crore and Rs. 2.05 crore respectively. After a fifth weekend total of Rs. 3.95 crore, the film collected as follows in the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 1.10 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.50 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.55 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.15 crore. In this way, it netted Rs. 2.30 crore in the weekdays. Total for 5th week: Rs. 6.25 crore. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 145.67 crore.

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Ye Re Ye Re Paisa 2 (Marathi) did well in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and the other stations of Maharashtra.

The opening of FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS AND SHAW (English and Hindi dubbed) this week is very good.

Judgementall Hai Kya started slow, picked up very well on the second day, was fairly nice on Sunday, but collections fell fast and furiously during the weekdays. It netted Rs. 4.50 crore on Friday but collections increased more than 50% on Saturday to close the day at Rs. 6.90 crore. The jump in collections on Sunday was just 10% over Saturday’s total. By netting Rs. 7.60 crore on the third day, the film closed its first weekend at Rs. 19 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 2.05 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.85 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.70 crore. The total for the weekdays was Rs. 7.85 crore. The first week, therefore, closed at Rs. 26.85 crore.

Arjun Patiala met with a disastrous fate except in some centres of East Punjab and Delhi-U.P., where it did fairly well. It started off with a take of Rs. 1.25 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday (Rs. 1.60 crore) and Sunday (Rs. 2 crore) were hardly anything to shout about. The first weekend closed at Rs. 4.85 crore. The film was barely able to hold itself together during the weekdays as the public reports were poor. It netted Rs. 0.50 crore on Monday, Rs. 0.45 crore on Tuesday, Rs. 0.40 crore on Wednesday, and Rs. 0.35 crore on Thursday. By netting Rs. 1.70 crore in the weekdays, the film took its total for the first week to Rs.6.55 crore.

Moksh To Maya proved an unmitigated flop in the first week.

The Lion King (animation; dubbed) and the original English version of the same name continued to score in 2nd week. It joined the Rs. 100-crore club on the 10th day. It collected Rs. 5.25 crore on Friday. Collections jumped to Rs. 12 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 14.50 crore on Sunday. In this way, its second weekend closed at Rs. 31.75 crore! Collections during the weekdays were also good: Monday – Rs. 3.50 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.10 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3 crore, Thursday – Rs. 2.75 crore. By netting Rs. 12.35 crore in the weekdays, it took its 2nd week’s total to Rs. 44.10 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 125.67 crore.

Super 30 held sway at the ticket-windows in the third week also. Like it netted 50% of the first week’s collections in its second week, it netted 50% of the second week’s collections in its third week. The third weekend started with Rs. 2.15 crore on Friday. Collections increased to Rs. 4.40 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 5.50 crore on Sunday. After a weekend total of Rs. 12.05 crore, the film collected Rs. 1.50 crore on each of the four weekdays. In other words, it added Rs. 6 crore to its kitty in the weekdays and thereby took its third week’s total to Rs. 18.05 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 129.87 crore.

Spider-Man: Far From Home (dubbed) and the English original of the same name collected Rs. 1.10 crore in its fourth weekend, and Rs. 0.48 crore during the weekdays. In this way, it netted Rs. 1.58 crore in the fourth week. Total for 4 weeks: Rs. 85.04 crore.

Article 15 added Rs. 1.05 crore to its kitty in 5th week and thereby took its grand total to Rs. 64.61 crore.

Kabir Singh collected Rs. 2.71 crore in 6th week and took its grand total to Rs. 276.96 crore.

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Girlfriend (Marathi) did ordinary in 1st week in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra.

Jhootha Kahin Ka did not do anything substantial at the box-office. It couldn’t manage to collect even Rs. 5 crore in the first week.

Family Of Thakurganj proved to be a debacle at the ticket windows in the first week.

Penalty faced rejection at the turnstiles in the first week all over.

Wig Boss turned out to be a box-office disaster in 1st week.

The Lion King (animation; dubbed) and the English original of the same name as well as the other dubbed versions did phenomenally well in the first week. It took a flying start with a net collection of Rs. 11.06 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday took one of the best jumps for a film which started off in double-digit crores – it netted Rs. 19.15 crore! The figure for Sunday was even higher – Rs. 24.54 crore. After a weekend of Rs. 54.75 crore, collections were very good during the weekdays too: Monday – Rs. 7.90 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 7.02 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 6.25 crore, Thursday Rs. 5.65 crore. In this way, it added Rs. 26.82 crore to its kitty in the weekdays and took its total for the first week to Rs. 81.57 crore. It should join the Rs. 100-crore club this week.

Super 30 fell a little more than 50% in 2nd week. It joined the 100-crore club on day 11. The second weekend started well with a take of Rs. 4.50 crore on Friday. Collections almost doubled on Saturday which closed at Rs. 8.50 crore. The Sunday figure was Rs. 11 crore. In this way, the second weekend closed at Rs. 24 crore. Collections during the weekdays were also steady at medium level: Monday – Rs. 3.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.15 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.10 crore, Thursday – Rs. 2.80 crore. By adding Rs. 12.30 crore in the weekdays, the film took its second week’s total to Rs. 36.30 crore. Its grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 111.82 crore.

Spider-Man: Far From Home (dubbed) and the original English version as also the other dubbed versions jointly collected Rs. 0.65 crore on the first day of the third weekend. Collections increased to Rs. 1.45 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 1.75 crore on Sunday. After a third weekend of Rs. 3.85 crore, it netted the following in the weekdays: Monday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.40 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.35 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.30 crore. It, therefore, collected Rs. 1.45 crore in the weekdays. Its total for the third week was Rs. 5.30 crore. Its grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 83.46 crore.

Article 15 netted Rs. 0.40 crore on the first day of the fourth weekend, Rs. 0.80 crore on the second day, and Rs. 1.10 crore on the third day. The fourth weekend, therefore, closed at Rs. 2.30 crore. Collections on each of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were Rs. 0.30 crore while on Thursday, the collection figure totalled Rs. 0.25 crore. The fourth week, therefore, closed at Rs. 3.45 crore. Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 63.56 crore.

Kabir Singh fared well in its fifth week too. It collected Rs. 1.03 crore on Friday, Rs. 1.65 crore on Saturday, and Rs. 2.30 crore on Sunday. In other words, the total for its fifth weekend was Rs. 4.98 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – Rs. 0.80 crore each, Thursday – Rs. 0.72 crore. By adding Rs. 3.12 crore in the weekdays, the film took its fifth week’s total to Rs. 8.10 crore. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 274.25 crore.

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Smile Please (Marathi) could not fare well in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other centres of Maharashtra.