Today's Big Release:  Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana And  Qarib Qarib Singlle
Box Office India Trade Network

QARIB QARIB SINGLLE grossed  1.65-1.75 crore nett apprx on day one which is a low collection but keeps the film in with a chance if it can show big growth on Saturday and Sunday. The collections are lower than recent Irrfan Khan films like Hindi Medium and Talwar which collected 2.50 crore nett while Madaari collected nearly 2 crore nett. The film has its best collections in Delhi NCR followed by Mumbai and Pune. Its another film which will only have chances in five cities and if these work it will be enough due to low costs but the question is can it even work in these five metros.

SHAADI MEIN ZAROOR AANA is a poor fare as it collected around 60-65 lakhs nett which makes it near impossible for the film. Basically it has to at least double up on Saturday to have just have a chance on the weekdays. The film is also best in Delhi NCR but whereas QARIB QARIB SINGLLE has some audience in a Mumbai and Pune here it is very minimal. Newton which had the same actor showed Saturday growth which was around 200% and that will do the job for this film as well but that came because of a well timed Oscar nomination and here there is no such thing.

The other releases this week MAHERUH, SAFE and THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR could not register at the box office at all.
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QARIB QARIB SINGLLE showed big growth on Saturday as collections were up 90% and this is a pretty good result for Saturday and puts the film in with a chance to sustain on the weekdays. The film picked up very well in both Mumbai and Delhi/NCR. The figures remain low as collections are yet to hit even 5 crore nett but there is a trend for the film. The first two day business for QARIB QARIB SINGLLE is as follows.
Friday - 1,70,00,000
Saturday - 3,00,00,000
TOTAL - 4,65,00,000

SHAADI MEIN ZAROOR AANA showed even bigger growth than QARIB QARIB SINGLLE as it more than doubled its collections but at a much lower level than QARIB QARIB SINGLLE. This gives SHAADI MEIN ZAROOR AANA some sort of respectable number on Saturday but really it had to this Saturday number on day one and then grow like this. The first two day business of SHAADI MEIN ZAROOR AANA is as follows.
Friday - 65,00,000
Saturday - 1,35,00,000
TOTAL - 2,00,00,000

The note of caution for both films is that all films playing doubled up or went close on Saturday including likes of Ittefaq and Secret Superstar so it is possible its just a Saturday thing but Monday will tell.