The Hollywood release BEAUTY AND THE BEAST easily beat the Hindi releases AA GAYA HERO, MACHINE and TRAPPED. The collections of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST were actually more than the three Hindi releases combined as the former got around 1.50 crore nett while the three Hindi films combined were at just 1 crore nett apprx. This is not to say that BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is good as occupancy is low and these type of films don't really have a market in India. The best growth is also likely for this film. The less said the better about the Hindi films. The approx business of the main new releases this week is as follows.
Beauty And The Beast 1,50,00,000
Machine - 55,00,000
Trapped - 25,00,000
Aa Gaya Hero - 20,00,000