The very ordinary initial of DEVARA PART 1 (dubbed) yesterday (27th September) shocked the trade. More than the poor collections in the shows of the earlier part of the day (which, incidentally, picked up as the day progressed), it was the weak public report which was disturbing for the trade. The first day closed at Rs. 7 crore plus.
Yudhra fared badly in the first week. It netted Rs. 4.52 crore on the first day as it got the benefit of the National Cinema Day when ticket prices were low. However, collections on Saturday (Rs. 1.79 crore) and Sunday (Rs. 2.15 crore) were dull. After a weekend total of Rs. 8.46 crore, collections on the weekdays were dismal: Monday – Rs. 0.74 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 0.67 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 0.61 crore, Thursday – Rs. 0.58 crore. In this way, the total for the weekdays was only Rs. 2.60 crore. Hence the first week closed at only Rs. 11.06 crore.
Kahan Shuru Kahan Khatam fared miserably in the first week all over, collecting only Rs. 2.35 crore.
Dhaaak met with a disastrous fate at the box-office in 1st week.
Transformers One (animation, dubbed and the original English versions) performed poorly in 1st week. Its total for the first week was only Rs. 3 crore.
The Buckingham Murders (English-Hindi and dubbed Hindi versions) netted terribly poor collections in the second week, falling more than 70%. Netting only Rs. 2.30 crore in 2nd week, it took its grand total for 2 weeks to Rs. 10.65 crore.
Stree 2 almost touched the Rs. 600-crore mark in its sixth week! It started the sixth weekend with a take of Rs. 5.20 crore on Friday. The National Cinema Day helped the film. Collections on Saturday were Rs. 3.80 crore while on Sunday, they totalled Rs. 5.32 crore. Therefore, the sixth weekend closed at Rs. 14.32 crore. Collections for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 1.50 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 1.35 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.30 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.25 crore. With the total for the weekdays being Rs. 5.40 crore, the sixth week closed at Rs. 19.72 crore. Grand total for 6 weeks: Rs. 595.52 crore. This makes it the biggest blockbuster of Hindi cinema if only the Hindi version’s collections of Jawan (Rs. 580.04 crore) are considered. However, if collections of the Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions are also taken into account, Jawan had netted Rs. 640.35 crore which Stree 2 may not be able to touch.
Khel Khel Mein is on its last lap. It collected Rs. 1.05 crore in 6th week. Grand total for 6 weeks: Rs. 43.65 crore.
Navra Maza Navsacha 2 (Marathi) scored excellently in the first week all over Maharashtra.
Ova (Marathi) bombed at the box-office in Maharashtra in 1st week.