CHANDIGARH KARE AASHIQUI could not really pick up over the weekend as it had a 12 crore nett plus weekend. The film opened to low numbers but there was still hope as the second day would be crucial and a strong pick up would put the film back in the race but it did not happen.

The collections did improve on Saturday but not the way it should have and then on Sunday the growth was going to limited as the ratio of business coming from high growth areas like Gujarat, MP and UP is very low. It has been said over the last two weeks that the new Coronavirus variant Omicron has affected audience mentality and kept them away but that is not the case as SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME will see the audience back in huge numbers. This is not to say that Omicron will not affect as you never know how the pandemic plays out in time, but at the moment Omicron is not even an issue at the box office.

The problem facing CHANDIGARH KARE AASHIQUI was that it was that urban multiplex film which may have become an OTT film now post the pandemic. It cant be said with certainty yet but at the end of the daym a film in this zone should not be collecting less than the likes of ANTIM - THE FINAL TRUTH and TADAP over the weekend as those films will hardly have an audience at bigger multiplexes but because of mass support in certain parts of the country they managed to get better numbers. 

The multiplexes in NCR which drive these sort of films were better but just never went up on Saturday like they did before the pandemic. The film had a very Punjabi feel but even there Gurgaon and Chandigarh was like 45% of the East Punjab circuit while others did not collect well

A lot of the content coming from the industry pre pandemic was television content but with a normal market, it sometimes managed to score at the box office (read VICKY DONOR, NEERJA, KAHAANI, PINK, ANDHADHUN, etc) but the story seems to have changed now and many of these types of pending films could opt for digital premieres. Its bad timing as with the box office just starting again and most Hindi films in this zone they had to give the box office support as the big films are limited. 

The collections of CHANDIGARH KARE AASHIQUI till date are as follows.

 Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,75,00,000 apprx

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CHANDIGARH KARE AASHIQUI dropped a little over 40% on Monday which is better than normal trending but not for this type of film which depends on the business post the weekend and which opened with too low numbers on day one.

The first week of the film will close at 18 crore nett plus and it wont be going much further due to big films releasing over the next three weeks and all targeting the big city multiplex audience. The film will record the best post pandemic numbers after SOORYAVANSHI in Delhi city, Noida, Gurgaon and Chandigarh but these numbers are far lower than they should be. Delhi city is heading for a lifetime number of 4 crore nett on a best case scenario. This is the sort of number a film like this can cover over the weekend even if appreciation is not really there as its the target audience.

The collections of CHANDIGARH KARE AASHIQUI till date are as follows.

Friday - 3,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 4,25,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 4,75,00,000 apprx

Monday - 1,75,00,000 apprx