HELLBOY was the best of the new releases though it collected poorly. The collections of the film were 75 lakhs nett which was less than the holdover Hollywood release SHAZAM but still more than all the new Hindi releases. HELLBOY will hardly survive at the box office with these sort of collections.

THE TASHKENT FILES was the best of the Hindi releases with collections of 35 lakhs nett. If the collections of HELLBOY were more than all the new Hindi releases combined then the collections of THE TASHKENT FILES were more than all the other new Hindi releases combined.

Films like ALBERT PINTO KO GUSSA KYUN AATA HAI, BLACKBOARD VS WHITEBOARD, EK HAQIQAT GANGA, GUN PE DONE and PAHARGANJ also released and it was the last named which had some 8-10 lakh nett collections while the others completely failed to register.

This meant that the order of the top five Hindi films this week was as follows.
1. Romeo Akbar Walter (2nd week)
2. Kesari (4th week)
3. The Tashkent Files (1st week)
4. Badla (6th week)
5. Paharganj (1st week).