PARI had a poor opening day of around 4 crore nett. The film started slowly but picked from the afternoon as Holi festivities got over. The 4 crore net opening would have been reasonable if it was a normal day but its a poor performance for a holiday.

It managed to beat the opening day numbers of PHILLAURI which grossed 3.86 crore nett but by a very small margin and it was a holiday so on real value the opening is lower.

The film is basically a psychological thriller which offers little entertainment for the audiences in India and on top it is devoid of music which is going to make it hard for the film going forward.

The film will be mainly for the five metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata and Bangalore but maybe you can take out Delhi from the equation as the genre tends to be very bad there unless supported by cast which is rare for these type of films.

The film has to show some solid growth coming off a holiday and that will be a big task for the film. It is an urban multiplex film so the above metros could grow but solid growth at an all India level is going to be hard to come by.

The other film VEEREY KI WEDDING is very poor and opened to around 75-80 lakhs nett on its opening day which is a similar collection to last weeks WELCOME TO NEW YORK but the costs are much lower than that film.
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PARI struggled on its second day as it showed growth of around 20% to collect 4.75 crore nett. The film needed to be really showing an upturn of at least 35-40% for it have a chance. It was a holiday for Holi on Friday so collections were boosted a little so if we take fair value of Friday then there is 50% growth but that is coming from a very low level.

The film has grossed 8.75 crore nett in two days which is a low total and on top there is no trend. The collections are a little better in Mumbai and Kolkatta but overall the performance is dull and the way places like Gujarat and Rajasthan are performing it will be a surprise if there is big Sunday growth. Also the film does not look to have much for families outside the metros.

The first two day collections of PARI are as follows
Friday - 4,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 4,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 8,50,00,000 apprx

VEEREY KI WEDDING is faring very similar to last weeks WELCOME TO NEW YORK and could not not grow on Saturday. The first two day collections of VEEREY KI WEDDING is as follows.
Friday - 70,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,45,00,000 apprx