OK JAANU had a poor weekend as it collected just 11.75 crore nett over its first weekend as collections were hit on Sunday due to the cricket match. The writing was on the wall on day one itself when collections could not grow much on the first day. The collections are better than Shraddha Kapoor's last film ROCK ON 2 which collected 6.85 crore nett on its first weekend but in the same range as Aditya Roy Kapur's FITOOR which collected 11.78 crore nett (taking into account the match then OK JAANU is better) but that does not mean much as both films were disasters. This film has been better budgeted than those films and fetched a good satellite price of 12 crore. So recovery was never much of an issue but a poor box office performance means that that 12 crore paid will be a loss to the satellite channel. Eventually its about the box office and unless Monday surprises with a hold its heading for a flop. The collections of OK JAANU over the weekend are as follows.
Friday - 3,50,00,000
Saturday - 4,25,00,000
Sunday - 4,00,00,000
TOTAL - 11,75,00,000

The business was poor across the board in all circuits. There are some circuits where the film had no chance and some others like Mysore got affected by big South India releases. In fact the Bangalore city collections over the weekend were less than the first day numbers of KHAIDI NO 150 (Telugu), GAUTAMIPUTRA SATAKARNI (Telugu) and BAIRAVAA (Tamil). This left Mumbai and Pune to be the best performing centers. Delhi NCR and Punjab is hard anyway with a weak hero unless its a North based film with content they relate to.
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XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE had a low weekend but it was more because of a weird release decision to release with paid previews post 6pm on Friday. This meant that the film only had a two day weekend. If the film had a normal weekend it would have collected around 5 crore nett more and a 20 crore nett is decent for a Hollywood release. The first full day of 7 crore nett is among the top five opening days for a Hollywood film. Actually with better decision making it could have better as although Nizam/Andhra circuit saw a release on paid previews it was the Hindi/English versions only and the Telugu version released on Sunday. The weekend collections of 15 crore nett are low and just because because it missed a day of the weekend it does not mean Monday will behave differently and make up the ground lost. It could hold better but that's about it. Sunday collections were hit by the cricket match which led to a lower Sunday than Saturday. The collections of XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE over the weekend are as follows.
Friday - 2,00,00,000 (Paid Previews)
Saturday - 7,00,00,000
Sunday - 6,25,00,000
TOTAL - 15,25,00,000

This was the first Hollywood film for Deepika Padukone but for that exercise its not really about the collections in India or any other place. Its all about the domestic collections as you have to work in the home market of the industry to have any success. The US/Canada release is next week on the 20th January.
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OK JAANU had a big fall on Monday of over 50% which pretty much seals its fate at the box office if it was not sealed over the weekend. The film has recoveries from satellite and music but its not really about that. If the film worked on television that is a different matter as it would at least mean it got an audience but looking at the box office figures its a huge task. The week is looking to close at around 16-16.50 crore nett and even with no major release this Friday, a 20 crore nett final total may be a stretch. The collections of OK JAANU over the first four days are as follows.
Friday - 3,50,00,000
Saturday - 4,25,00,000
Sunday - 4,00,00,000
Monday - 1,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 13,25,00,000

XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE has also flopped at the Indian box office as the collections fell badly on Monday. Obviously its not a huge fall from Friday as that was not a full day but collections are heavily down from the weekend. The release of the film was a total mess up and now looking at Monday it would hardly have made a difference to the outcome. The weekend would have been 20 crore nett plus but thats all. The film is looking to close the first week at around 23 crore nett with not much coming after. The only victory is that its beaten the main Hindi release OK JAANU comfortably and that too with just a two day weekend. The collections of XXX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE over the first four days are as follows.
Friday - 2,00,00,000
Saturday - 7,00,00,000
Sunday - 6,25,00,000
Monday - 2,50,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 17,75,00,000