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.
All the new films released this week, including KUTTEY, VARISU (dubbed) and WALTAIR VEERAYYA (dubbed), opened to poor houses.
The Y failed to do anything even remotely worthwhile in 1st week.
Jaidevaa bombed miserably in the first week.
Neki Kar Fajita Le proved a debacle in the first week.
Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs (dubbed and the original English versions) turned out to be a disaster in 1st week.
Avatar: The Way Of Water (dubbed and the original English versions) is on its way to becoming the biggest Hollywood grosser to-date in India. Its fourth weekend started with a collection of Rs. 2.93 crore on Friday. Collections on Saturday and Sunday showed a huge jump. The Saturday net total was Rs. 5.69 crore while the Sunday figure was Rs. 7.06 crore. Therefore, the fourth weekend closed at Rs. 15.68 crore. Collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.87 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.45 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.27 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.24 crore. With the total for the weekdays being Rs. 5.83 crore, the fourth week closed at Rs. 21.51 crore. Grand total for 4 weeks: Rs. 357.64 crore. It is short of the Avengers: End Game total by a little less than Rs. 10 crore.
Drishyam 2 netted Rs. 1.91 crore in the eighth weekend, and another Rs. 0.93 crore during the weekdays. Hence it added Rs. 2.84 crore to its kitty in 8th week. Grand total for 8 weeks: Rs. 239.59 crore.
Surya (Marathi) could not do anything substantive in 1st week in Maharashtra.
Tiffin Time (Marathi) met with a disastrous fate in the first week in Maharashtra.
Ved (Marathi) was rock-steady in 2nd week all over Maharashtra, adding Rs. 19.58 crore to its kitty. The second weekend started with a take of Rs. 2.49 crore which was more than the first day’s total. Collections on the second day of the second week were Rs. 4.39 crore, again far more than those of the second day of 1st week. The total for Sunday was an extraordinary Rs. 5.59 crore (as against Rs. 4.50 crore on the first Sunday). The Sunday collection was the highest ever for a Marathi film on a single day. The previous record holder was Sairat (which had collected Rs. 4.61 crore). In this way, the second weekend closed at Rs 12.47 crore. The first weekend had closed at Rs. 10 crore. Collections for the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 2.30 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.61 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.70 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.50 crore. Hence the total for the weekdays was a robust Rs. 7.11 crore. In this way, the second week closed at Rs. 19.58 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 40.25 crore. It surpassed the lifetime collections of Lai Bhaari in 11 days only.