DUNKI and SALAAR (dubbed) opened on Thursday (December 21) and Friday (December 22) respectively to good houses. None of the two new releases took bumper initials. The trade had expected DUNKI to net more than Rs. 30 crore on the first day but the day closed at Rs. 29.20 crore. Of course, DUNKI could never have repeated the initials of the last two films of Shah Rukh Khan because while both those films (PATHAAN and JAWAN) were high-octane action films, DUNKI was a social film. Collections of the Shah Rukh Khan starrer on Friday totalled Rs. 20 crore (approximately), taking the 2-day total to more than Rs. 49 crore. SALAAR (dubbed) netted Rs. 18 crore on the first day. The figure of 18 includes the collections of the Hindi dubbed version in South circuits.
Kaisi Ye Dor bombed miserably in 1st week all over.
Mangalvaar (dubbed) failed to generate public interest in 1st week all over.
Animal continued its victory march in 3rd week also, emerging as the second-biggest blockbuster ever, next only to Jawan (Rs. 629.56 crore). The third weekend of the Hindi version started with a take of Rs. 7.75 crore on Friday. Collections jumped to Rs. 11.50 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 12.75 crore on Sunday. In this way, the third weekend of the Hindi version closed at Rs. 32 crore. Collections for the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 5 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 4.50 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 4.25 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.65 crore. Collections dropped dramatically on Thursday because of the release of Dunki. Therefore, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 15.40 crore. In this way, the total for the third week was Rs. 47.40 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks for the Hindi version: Rs. 473.46 crore. The dubbed versions netted Rs. 4.71 crore in 3rd week, taking the 3-week total to Rs. 59.31 crore. Hence, the grand total of 3 weeks for all the versions put together was an astounding Rs. 532.77 crore!
Sam Bahadur started its third weekend with a net collection of Rs. 2.50 crore on Friday. Collections for Saturday doubled to Rs. 5 crore, and the total on Sunday was Rs. 5.50 crore. So the third weekend closed at Rs. 13 crore. Collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.60 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.50 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.40 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.60 crore (dropped a lot on Thursday due to the release of Dunki). With the total for the weekdays being Rs. 5.10 crore, the third week closed at Rs. 18.10 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 79.95 crore.
12th Fail was steady in 8th week at low collections. It added Rs. 1.35 crore to its kitty in the eighth week, taking the grand total for 8 weeks to Rs. 52.58 crore.
Chhapa Kaata (Marathi) performed poorly in 1st week all over Maharashtra.
Pillu Bachelor (Marathi) fared badly in the first week in the whole of Maharashtra.
Lai Jhakaas (Marathi) could not do anything worthwhile anywhere in Maharashtra in 1st week.
Club 52 (Marathi) met with a disastrous fate in the first week in entire Maharashtra.
Songya (Marathi) failed terribly in 1st week all over Maharashtra.
Jhimma (Marathi) performed well in the fourth week too, in Maharashtra.
