Box Office India Trade Network

EK VILLAIN had a very good first week grossing 72.65 crore nett which is the second highest first week collection of the year after JAI HO. The film beat HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY which grossed around 68 crore nett.

The first week was very good but it was mainly due to the weekend as collections showed noticeable falls over the weekdays. It was a due to a mixture of things with Ramadan starting on Monday and the film only catering to the youth audience.

The collections maintained best in Delhi/UP and East Punjab with mass belts like CI, Rajasthan, Nizam and Gujarat falling fast on the weekdays. Still the film easily recovered its domestic theatrical cost with just the weekend business and could become a blockbuster film and the biggest hit of the first half of 2014.
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EK VILLAIN is the second super hit film of the year of 2 STATES though it remains to be seen if it becomes the biggest hit of the year till date by crossing the business of 2 STATES. The top grosser of the first half will remain HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY as EK VILLAIN will not go towards the 110 crore nett mark.

The film collected around 3.50 crore nett on its second Friday which is a fairly big drop of 75% from day one. The film benefited from two weak releases otherwise the drop could have been more.

The film should have solid growth on Saturday and Sunday but is unlikely to challenge the second week figures of films like HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY and  2 STATES. The second week business of JAI HO may also be out of reach for EK VILLAIN. The lifetime business of the film may hit 100 crore nett but that remains to be seen.
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HOLIDAY - A SOLDIER IS NEVER OFF DUTY grossed around 2 crore nett in week four taking its business to 112 crore nett. The film is now comfortably the biggest grosser of the first half of 2014.
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According to Box Office India trade magazine, HUMSHAKALS collected 4.25 crore in it's second week. This takes it's fourteen day collections to 55.30 crore.