LATEST POSITION | 16 September, 2023
‘JAWAN’ SMASHES RECORDS GALORE

Jawan smashed records galore in the first week. It recorded the highest first-day colllections, the biggest weekend, and the best 8-day week ever in the history of Hindi films. Released on Thursday, it set the box-office on fire with a take of Rs. 73 crore (Hindi version Rs. 63 crore, Tamil dubbed version Rs. 6 crore, Telugu dubbed version Rs. 4 crore). The total for Friday was Rs.53.10 crore (Hindi Rs. 47 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 4.35 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 1.75 crore). Collections shot up on Saturday so that the day closed at Rs. 76.10 crore (Hindi Rs. 69 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 5.55 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 1.55 crore). The total for Sunday was Rs. 82.20 crore (Hindi Rs. 73.75 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 6.15 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 2.30 crore). In this way, the film netted Rs. 284.40 crore in the first 4-day weekend (Hindi Rs. 252.75 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 22.05 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 9.60 crore). Collections for the weekdays were also phenomenal: Monday – Rs. 34.05 crore (Hindi Rs. 30.25 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 2.50 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 1.25 crore), Tuesday – Rs. 27.07 crore (Hindi Rs. 24 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 2.05 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 1.02 crore), Wednesday – Rs. 23.54 crore (Hindi Rs. 21 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 1.78 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 0.76 crore), Thursday – Rs. 22.27 crore (Hindi Rs. 20 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 1.77 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 0.50 crore). Therefore, the total for the weekdays was an astounding Rs. 106.93 crore (Hindi Rs. 95.25 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 8.15 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 3.53 crore). In this way, the film netted Rs. 391.33 crore in its first 8-day week (Hindi Rs. 348 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 30.20 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 13.13 crore). Given the above collections, it seems that Jawan will easily supercede the lifetime collections of the biggest blockbuster so far, Pathaan. The second weekend of Jawan started with a take of Rs. 19 crore (Hindi Rs. 18 crore, Tamil dubbed Rs. 0.70 crore, Telugu dubbed Rs. 0.30 crore).

The Nun II (dubbed and the original English versions) did extremely well in the first week. It started the first weekend with a take of Rs. 2.51 crore on Thursday. Collections on Friday increased to Rs. 2.83 crore. The jump in collections on Saturday and Sunday was more pronounced so that the day closed at Rs. 4.49 crore and Rs. 4.65 crore respectively. After a first weekend total of Rs. 14.48 crore, collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.13 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 2.01 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.97 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.74 crore. Therefore, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 7.85 crore. In this way, the first 8-day week closed at Rs. 22.33 crore.

Dream Girl 2 is set to join the Rs. 100-crore club in the coming days. It collected Rs. 4 crore in the third weekend, and another Rs. 2 crore during the weekdays. Hence the total for the fourth week was Rs. 7 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 96.25 crore.

Gadar 2 is slowly but surely inching its way to becoming the biggest Hindi blockbuster so far as it is short of only Rs. 6 crore to outdo Pathaan, the biggest so far. It netted Rs. 5.03 crore in its fifth weekend, and another Rs. 2.25 crore during the weekdays, taking its total for the fifth week to Rs. 7.28 crore. Grand total for 5 weeks: Rs. 517.28 crore.

Subhedar (Marathi) did well in Maharashtra in the third week too.

3 Ekka (Gujarati) did quite well in the third week in spite of the formidable opposition of Jawan. It collected Rs. 0.78 crore on the first day of the third weekend. Collections increased 15% on Saturday so that the day closed at Rs. 0.90 crore. The total for Sunday (Rs. 0.98 crore) was just short of Rs. 1 crore. After the third weekend’s total of Rs. 2.66 crore, collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 0.29 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.32 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.26 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.20 crore. Given that the total for the weekdays was Rs. 1.07 crore, the third week closed at Rs. 3.73 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 26.02 crore.

Mastaney (Punjabi) added Rs. 2 crore to its kitty in 3rd week, taking its grnad total for 3 weeks to Rs. 26.25 crore.