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MARDAANI trended well in week one and managed to gross around 23 crore nett. The major contribution came from the multiplexes in metros. The film got tax exemption in UP and MP and although the film was not really collecting in these areas, the tax exemption helped it maintain, though at low levels.

The film will also get a tax exemption in Maharastra but the way business is today, you need tax exemption from day one to help in a big way. The best business came in Mumbai circuit which was around 8.75 crore nett and West Bengal which grossed close to 1.50 crore nett.

The film has enough screenings in week two to help it go above the 30 crore nett mark which will be a fair result for the film.
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MARDAANI had decent eighth day figures as it grossed in the 1.25-1.50 crore nett which is pretty good as it is not a huge drop from Thursday and there was a major release like RAJA NATWARLAL.

The film should show solid growth over the weekend and has chances of putting up a near 5 crore nett weekend or even more if it can have a really big jump on Saturday which has happened to some of these content type of films on second Saturday. The film is all set to cross 30 crore nett in two weeks.

The not so good response to RAJA NATWARLAL will also help MARDAANI in its second week. The film has done well to come this far looking at the collections on the first morning which were very low.
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SINGHAM RETURNS has taken its two week business to 135 crore nett as it added around 23 crore nett in week two. MARDAANI in week one and SINGHAM RETURNS in week two had almost similar figures. The drop in week two for SINGHAM RETURNS is quite a lot - at nearly 80%. Mumbai circuit continued to be strong and the circuit has gone over 55 crore nett in two weeks.

The main difference between SINGHAM RETURNS and SINGHAM is that the former has fared better outside Mumbai be it Delhi/UP, East Punjab or West Bengal. This can be seen by the fact that SINGHAM RETURNS has a 40% contribution from Mumbai while SINGHAM was 48%.

SINGHAM RETURNS has now crossed the business of ROWDY RATHORE to become the tenth highest grossing film ever. The next on the list is DABANGG (2010) at around 141 crore nett and it remains to be seen if SINGHAM RETURNS can edge past DABANGG.