Both the major Diwali releases, RAM SETU and THANK GOD, proved to be poor shows at the turnstiles.
Ram Setu took a fair opening on Tuesday (25th October) and netted Rs. 15.26 crore but it became clear the very next day that the fair collections were because of the Diwali holiday and festive spirit more than for the merits of the film, which were almost conspicuous by their absence. Collections dropped on Wednesday (Rs. 11.40 crore) and further on Thursday (Rs. 8.78 crore). The 3-day first week’s total was a dull Rs. 35.44 crore. The drop on Friday was even more pronounced. It fared poorly Overseas too.
Thank God also failed to find appreciation. After a dull start (considering that it was a Diwali release on Tuesday, 25th October) of Rs. 7.30 crore, collections fell fast and furiously on the balance two days of the first week. With net collections being Rs. 5.30 crore on the second day, and Rs. 3.35 crore on the third day, the 3-day first week’s total was a poor Rs. 15.95 crore. The second weekend started on an even more dismal note. Its collections Overseas were also rather poor.
High Tide bombed miserably in first week.
Ginna Bhai (dubbed) fared very poorly in 1st week.
Har Har Mahadev (dubbed) did not do well in the first 3-day week. It opened on Tuesday (25th October) to dull houses and did not improve thereafter too. The original Marathi version (see below), on the other hand, did very well in its first week.
Black Adam (dubbed and original English versions) did quite well in the first week of 8 days. In spite of pre-Diwali release, that too on an odd day (Thursday), the film netted Rs. 6.74 crore on day 1. Collections dropped on the second day which closed at Rs. 4.80 crore. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were better at Rs. 6.02 crore and Rs. 5.70 crore respectively. The first 4-day weekend, therefore, closed at Rs. 23.26 crore. Collections during the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 3.40 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 3.09 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 2.39 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1.75 crore. In this way, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 10.63 crore. Hence the total for the first 8-day week was Rs. 33.89 crore.
Kantara (dubbed) continued to do well in its second week despite the release of new films Black Adam, Ram Setu and Thank God. The Hindi dubbed version and the original Kannada versions together netted Rs. 2.05 crore on the first day of the second weekend in North India. Collections on Saturday and Sunday were Rs. 3.15 crore and Rs. 2.81 crore respectively. Therefore, the second weekend’s total was Rs. 8.01 crore. Collections of North India for the weekdays were as follows: Monday – Rs. 2.16 crore, Tuesday – Rs. 2.56 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 3.03 crore, Thursday – Rs. 3.18 crore. The total for the weekdays was Rs. 10.93 crore, underlining the Diwali advantage the film got. Therefore, the total for the second week was Rs. 18.94 crore. Grand total for 2 weeks: Rs. 33.94 crore.
Har Har Mahadev (Marathi) has done extremely well in the first week all over Maharashtra.