LATEST POSITION | 27 July, 2019
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.
LATEST POSITION | 20 July, 2019
Super 30 did very well in the first week despite an ordinary start. It picked up on Saturday and even more on Sunday. The film opened on Friday with a net total of Rs. 11.83 crore. The Saturday total – Rs. 18.19 crore – was over 50% more than the Friday figure. Collections increased even further on Sunday (Rs. 20.41 crore) in spite of World Cup cricket final. After a weekend total of Rs. 50.43 crore, the film’s collections during the weekdays were good but not excellent. It netted Rs. 6.92 crore on Monday, Rs. 6.39 crore on Tuesday, Rs. 6.16 crore on Wednesday, and Rs. 5.62 crore on Thursday. It, therefore, collected a total of Rs. 25.09 crore in the weekdays, taking its first week’s total to Rs. 75.52 crore. Its performance Overseas was fairly good. The second weekend started on a good note.

Malaal crashed in 2nd week all over.
Spider-Man: Far From Home (dubbed) and the English original of the same name added Rs. 17.10 crore to its kitty in the second week. Its second weekend started with Rs. 2.60 crore on Friday. Collections almost doubled to Rs. 4.70 crore on Saturday. The Sunday total was Rs. 4.80 crore. Thus, the second weekend closed at Rs. 12.10 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.40 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.30 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.20 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.10 crore. By adding Rs. 5 crore in the weekdays, it took its 2nd week’s total to Rs. 17.10 crore. The grand total for 2 weeks was, therefore Rs. 78.16 crore.

Article 15 continued to score well. It netted Rs. 1.15 crore on the first day of the third weekend, Rs. 2.15 crore on the second day, and Rs. 2.25 crore on the third day. Its total for the third weekend was, therefore, Rs. 5.55 crore. It collected Rs. 0.65 crore on each of the four weekdays, taking the total for 4 days to Rs. 2.60 crore. Hence, its total for 3rd week was Rs. 8.15 crore. The grand total for 3 weeks was Rs. 60.11 crore.

Kabir Singh held sway over the box-office despite the opposition of the newly-released Super 30. It started its fourth weekend with a net collection of Rs. 2.50 crore on Friday. Collections increased to Rs. 3.75 crore on Saturday, and even more on Sunday (Rs. 4 crore). In this way, the film netted Rs. 10.25 crore in the fourth weekend. It collected Rs. 1.65 crore on Monday. Collections were super-steady on the balance three days of the week as it netted Rs. 1.55 crore on each of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. By netting Rs. 6.30 crore in the weekdays, the film took its fourth week’s total to Rs. 16.55 crore. Its grand total for 4 weeks went up to Rs. 266.15 crore.

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WhatsApp Love (Marathi) did not fare well in the first week in Bombay, Thane district and other stations of Maharashtra.
Takatak (Marathi) shone at the box-office in its third week too – in Bombay, Thane district and the rest of Maharashtra.