This week’s THE BATMAN (Hindi dubbed and original English version) started slow in the morning shows yesterday (March 4) but collections picked up well as the day progressed. On the other hand, football film JHUND failed to score a goal anywhere.
Gangubai Kathiawadi has done exceptionally well in the first week, considering that normalcy is yet to return and also given that the film rests on the shoulders of a female character and does not have a hero. It started off well with a take of Rs. 9.75 crore on Friday. Collections jumped by Rs. 3 crore on Saturday which closed at Rs. 12.75 crore. The figure for Sunday was a phenomenal Rs. 15.25 crore, taking the first weekend’s total to Rs. 37.75 crore. Collections for the weekdays were also very good: Monday – Rs. 8.25 crore, Tuesday (partial holiday for Shivratri) – Rs. 9.25 crore, Wednesday – Rs. 6.25 crore, Thursday – Rs. 5.50 crore. In this way, the total for the weekdays was Rs. 29.25 crore. Total for 1st week: Rs. 67 crore. The second weekend is expected to be superb in spite of the opposition of this week’s The Batman, because of the 100% capacity now permitted in cinemas of Maharashtra and Delhi also.
Valimai (dubbed), as expected, proved a damp squib in the first week all over. The death-defying action scenes could not save the dubbed version from doom because the youth among the Hindi film-going audience is done with action of the kind shown in the film, more so if the content in the film is weak (as it was in the present case).
Uncharted (dubbed) did quite well in 2nd week too. The original English version continued to do better business in the second week.
Luck Down (Marathi) did very ordinary business in 1st week all over Maharashtra.
Pondicherry (Marathi) failed miserably in the first week all over Maharashtra.
Chabuk (Marathi) met with a disastrous fate in 1st week all over Maharashtra.
Pawankhind (Marathi) continued its victory march in the second week also. Its collections all over Maharashtra were outstanding.