LAAL SINGH CHADDHA collected a poor 37.75 crore nett over its four day weekend and is likely to fall short of 50 crore nett over the its five day extended holiday period as the film got rejected across most circuits in India.

The film has done better in the cities of Punjab state like Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana among others especially the last mentioned. Here the numbers are the best post pandemic for original Hindi content and only behind KGF - CHAPTER 3 for the first weekend.

But even here other parts of circuits are not too good as a centre like Faridabad saw similar collections to RAKSHA BANDHAN and on day one it was lower than the Akshay Kumar-starrer. It shows the huge regional differences within a circuit. While the collections in this centre is similar to RAKSHA BANDHAN, there are others which are 5-6 times better. Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon have also seen better collections.

But outside these areas its an awful story with Gujarat being in the doldrums and it was doing around half of RAKSHA BANDHAN in CI on Friday and Sunday. South also has not come and Aamir Khan is normally strong here. There are excuses like a boycott being given for the failure but that is not the reason as that would have hardly affected it by a few crores. If the film was liked it would have at least picked up over the weekend and had some sort of trend be it at low collections.

The four day numbers for LAAL SINGH CHADDHA are as follows.

Thursday - 11,50,00,000 apprx

Friday - 7,25,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 8,75,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 10,25,00,000 apprx

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LAAL SINGH CHADDHA has done fair business overseas as it grossed a little over $4 million (approx Rs. 33 crore) over its extended weekend. The three day weekend of the film was third best post the pandemic after KGF - CHAPTER 2 and '83 while the four day weekend made it the best post the pandemic but that is comparing four days against three days of other films.

The film had high expectations in overseas and the weekend number is not up to the mark in that way. Aamir Khan along with Shah Rukh Khan are the biggest stars overseas. So, for an Aamir Khan film to get a weekend which is similar to SOORYAVANSHI or '83 like for like is not good. Moreover, in overseas, there was none of this boycott thing going which is being said to be the reason of the dull collections in India within the industry and media.

The film was expected to cruise past the $10 million barrier but that now that looks a dream and it could be that the film does not even do the business of the likes of SOORYAVANSHI and '83 of $8m plus. KGf - CHAPTER 2 is the only film to cross $9 million post the pandemic.

The approx box office figures for LAAL SINGH CHADDHA in overseas for the first four days are as follows.

US/Canada - $1,800,000

United Kingdom - $475,000

Gulf - $800,000

Australia $525,000

ROW - $500-600,000 apprx