Dunki met with a mixed response. Youngsters generally gave it the thumbs down while people in the over-40 age group are finding it fairly good. But the Rajkumar Hirani film still managed decent collections in the first 8-day week. The Shah Rukh Khan starrer netted Rs. 29.20 crore on the first day (Thursday, December 21). Collections decreased to Rs. 20.12 crore on Friday but picked up again on Saturday (Rs. 25.61 crore) and even more on Sunday (Rs. 30.70 crore). Therefore, the 4-day weekend closed at Rs. 105.63 crore. Collections on Monday (Christmas) totalled Rs. 24.32 crore so that the 5-day weekend closed at Rs. 129.95 crore. Collections dropped dramatically during the balance three days: Tuesday – Rs. 11.56 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 10.50 crore, Thursday – Rs. 10 crore. Hence the total for the last 3 days was Rs. 32.06 crore. In this way, the first 8-day week closed at Rs. 162.01 crore.
Salaar (dubbed) did very well in centres where action films rule but average at other places in the first week. The film netted Rs. 18 crore on the first day. Collections on Saturday were also Rs. 18 crore while on Sunday, they increased to Rs. 21 crore. The total for Monday (Christmas) was Rs. 15.50 crore. Hence the three-day weekend closed at Rs. 57 crore while the total for the 4-day weekend was Rs. 72.50 crore. The collections for the balance three days were: Tuesday – Rs. 10 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 9.25 crore, Thursday – Rs. 7.75 crore. Therefore, the total for the 3 days was Rs. 27 crore, and for the first week was Rs. 99.50 crore.
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom (dubbed and the original English versions) did fairly well in its first 8-day week. (Only the original English version was released on Thursday; the dubbed versions opened on Friday.) The film netted Rs. 1.89 crore on the first day (Thursday). In spite of the dubbed versions opening on Friday, the total for the film was Rs. 1.35 crore. Collections on Saturday jumped to Rs. 2.42 crore and further on Sunday to Rs. 2.92 crore. The total for Monday (Christmas) was Rs. 2.49 crore so that the 5-day weekend total was Rs. 11.07 crore. Collections on the balance three days of the week were: Tuesday – Rs. 1.24 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 1.10 crore, Thursday – Rs. 1 crore. In this way, the total for the first 8-day week was Rs. 14.41 crore.
Animal collections dropped dramatically in 4th week because of the opposition of the two new releases — Dunki and Salaar (dubbed). The original Hindi version netted Rs. 6 crore in the fourth 4-day weekend and another Rs. 3.26 crore during the balance three days. In this way, the Hindi version collected Rs. 9.26 crore in 4th week. The dubbed versions collected Rs. 0.88 crore in the fourth week. Grand total for 4 weeks (Hindi version only): Rs. 482.72 crore. Grand total for the dubbed versions for 4 weeks: Rs. 60.19 crore. Hence the grand total for 4 weeks for all the versions was Rs. 542.91 crore.
Sam Bahadur faced a remarkable drop in 4th week owing to the release of two new films. It netted Rs. 5 crore in the fourth week, taking the grand total for 4 weeks to Rs. 84.95 crore.
