AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER scored a superb first weekend as it collected 127.50 crore nett driven by huge business in South India and an extraordinary Nizam/Andhra. The collections in this circuit will be 30 crore nett plus in just three days and may well beat the lifetime record of AVENGERS: ENDGAME in just four days. The rest of South also seems to be heading for record numbers with good growth in Tamil Nadu on Sunday as well.

The business on Sunday was huge as mass belts in Hindi circuits jumped very well and there were very good gains in Nizam/Andhra and Tamil Nadu. The business on Sunday went up 15% which is very good for a Hollywood film especially with collections at these high levels. It is normally difficult for Hollywood films to make much gains on Sunday.

The business in Hindi circuits could have been better as the contribution looks to be coming under 50% for the weekend but the likes of Mumbai and Delhi/UP are likely to hold better in the long run. Due to the insane business in South India, the drop on Monday can be there as these markets are sure to drop which happens normally and here the collections are already at very high levels.

The film is a SUPER HIT which Monday should confirm and it may well become a BLOCKBUSTER depending on how it holds up on its second Friday.

The first weekend collections of Avatar - The Way of Water are as follows. 

Friday - 40,00,00,000 apprx

Saturday - 40,50,00,000 apprx

Sunday - 47,00,00,000 apprx