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.
