LATEST POSITION | 27 May, 2023
‘THE KERALA STORY’ STILL RULES, ‘FAST X’ SCORES WELL

Fast X (dubbed and the original English versions) fared wonderfully in the first week. The 4-day weekend proved bountiful for the film. It netted Rs. 11.90 crore on Thursday in spite of the odd-day release and no holiday. Collections on Friday went up to Rs. 13.73 crore. They shot up further to Rs. 15.91 crore on Saturday, and even more, to Rs. 16.94 crore, on Sunday. Therefore, the 4-day weekend closed at Rs. 58.48 crore. Collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 6.54 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 5.26 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 4.27 crore, Thursday – Rs. 4.08 crore. Thus, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 20.15 crore. In this way, the first 8-day week closed at Rs. 78.63 crore.

8 A.M. Metro bombed miserably in 1st week.

Chaar Lugaai could do nothing to salvage its position in the first week.

Unlock Zindagi performed poorly in 1st week.

Bheege Honth Tere turned out to be a disaster in the first week.

The Kerala Story is an epic blockbuster. Its third weekend started with a take of Rs. 6.60 crore. Collections shot up to Rs. 9 crore on Saturday, and further to Rs. 11 crore on Sunday. Hence the third weekend closed at a phenomenal Rs. 26.60 crore. Collections for the weekdays were also outstanding: Monday – Rs. 4.25 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.50 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.40 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3 crore. With the total for the weekdays being Rs. 14.15 crore, the third week closed at Rs. 40.75 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 206.85 crore.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (dubbed and the original English versions) is in its last lap. It started the third weekend with a net collection total of Rs. 0.66 crore. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 1.14 crore and Rs. 1.36 crore respectively. After a third weekend total of Rs. 3.16 crore, collections for the weekdays were: Monday – Rs. 0.45 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.44 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.44 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.46 crore. Therefore, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 1.79 crore. In this way, the total for the third week was Rs. 4.95 crore. Grand total for 3 weeks: Rs. 52.34 crore.

Bushirt T-Shirt (Gujarati) continued to score in its third week also, all over Gujarat and Saurashtra.