SAAHO (Hindi) has recorded fantastic numbers over its first weekend with collections of 79 crore nett and the highest Sunday of the year with collections of over 29 crore nett. These figures have come with hardly any business from the South markets and no blockbuster picket prices and on a non holiday weekend. The weekend numbers are the second best of the year after BHARAT.

The trend of the film over the weekend is pretty strong as well. The film dropped a little on Saturday as the actions films open big on single screens and they always see a drop on day two but then showed solid growth on Sunday as these single screens recorded full houses on Sunday.

The film was expected to be a disaster by the trade in Mumbai but that it wont be even if collections crash out on Tuesday and the weekend trend does not suggest a crash like a ZERO or THUGS OF HINDOSTAN. If the film was to be a disaster it would have fallen over the weekend itself which has been seen with films before which have been totally rejected. This does not mean that the film is a HIT also as it remains to be seen what happens over the next 2-3 days.

The all India collections may hit the 200 crore nett mark for the first three days but the best performance is the Hindi markets. The standout is North India which is far above expectations. Gujarat/Saurashtra is by far the best of the Hindi circuits but that can always be expected with a South film while North is tougher market to crack for South Indian films. In Gujarat/Saurashtra the collections on Sunday were better than the first day Eid day collections of BHARAT.

The collections of SAAHO (Hindi) over the weekend are as follows.
Friday - 25,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 24,50,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 29,25,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 79,00,00,000 apprx
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SAAHO grossed a huge 190 crore nett apprx in the first three days though the collections from South are big but probably not as per expectations as the drops are there. The film has done better business in Odisha than Kerala, Bihar is more than Tamil Nadu and North has done more than Karnataka/Mysore which pretty much tells the story and the compared South circuits should have done more than the Hindi ones.

The comparative figures for 2.0 were 155 crore nett but the holds are not likely to be as strong as that film which held up well in Hindi Circiuts, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In the Hindi circuits it has beaten BHARAT in Mumbai, East Punjab and Odisha. In the Hindi belts of UP, MP, Rajasthan and Bihar it would have beaten BHARAT also but BHARAT had Eid holidays in those places so they remain strong for the first 3 days.

The all India collections of SAAHO for the weekend are as follows.
Friday - 88,00,00,000 apprx
Saturday - 51,00,00,000 apprx
Sunday - 51,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL - 1,90,00,00,000 apprx