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HEROPANTI had a good first day as it collected around 6.50-6.75 crore nett on its first day. The collections were the fifth highest for an opening day for 2014.

The film put up some very strong numbers in mass circuits. Rajasthan was best as it collected a huge 58 lakhs nett which is the third highest opening day of 2014 in that circuit. CP Berar, CI and Bihar were also very good while Mumbai circuit was good.

South India had competition in forms of two big films in Tamil and Telugu so collections were expected to be a bit lower. It was North India which did not quite hit the mark for the film as Delhi city and big cities of Punjab did not collect too well. The film will just need to hold these collections on Saturday to emerge a winner as Sunday should see growth.
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HEROPANTI did well on Saturday with collections in the same range as Friday.  The film grossed around 6.50 crore nett on Friday and was around 6.25 crore nett on Saturday taking the two day total to 12.75 crore nett.

Considering the good start at single screens on Friday, it would have  been expected for single screens to drop a bit but the collections were in the same range at most places. The film is doing good business outside the big metros where collections are average. The metros which were not as strong on Friday did not witness much growth.

The film should go to 7 crore nett on Sunday for a 20 crore nett weekend and this will ensure the film is a success and then the weekdays will determine how big a success it can emerge.
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HEROPANTI had a very good Sunday as it grossed around 8 crore nett taking it's weekend business to around 20.75 crore nett. The business on Sunday was good practically all over, even the places which did not start of too well.

The film had collected around 6.50 crore nett on Friday, 6.25 crore nett on Saturday and 8 crore nett on Sunday giving it a very good 20% plus jump on Sunday.

The figures are very solid as in the South it has been hit by the Rajinikanth  starrer KOCHADAIIYAAN and at high end multiplexes by X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. So for a non cast film to go over 20 crore nett for the weekend with competition is a good result. HEROPANTI should hold over the weekdays and has an little competition in week two so can have a good run for two weeks.
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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST had decent weekend of around 15.50 crore nett over the Fri-Sunday period. The film had paid previews which were around 50 lakhs nett. The collections are just about fair as these sort of Hollywood films should be doing more initially.

These Hollywood biggies are aiming at a 20 crore nett plus weekend but it seems business is stagnating for Hollywood releases as many biggies are missing this mark and by quite a bit. Friday collections were 4.25 crore and the growth on Saturday was also not that big as has been with some Hollywood releases though it was hit in the South by KOCHADAIIYAAN.

The three day weekend of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST is the ninth highest ever. It is lower than a film like 2012 released in 2009 and just slightly higher than AVATAR also released in 2009. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN  released in 2012 tops the charts with a 25 crore nett approx three day weekend.