TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR was pretty much flat on its third day as it showed a major drop in Delhi/UP as it was the last day of the Holi period while a couple of more circuits where Holi lasts were also down though some others made minor gains. Gujarat, which dropped huge on Thursday, was still struggling with low collections on Friday.

The film collected around 8.75 crore nett which takes the three day total of the film to 31.75 crore nett. It is an okay collection for the first three days (as long as the weekend shows big growth) considering the box office scenario today though really with the Holi factor it should have been higher. But the test is now for the film as Saturday is the day for big city multiplexes and the film must show big growth to stay in the race and then consolidate on Sunday.

The target after the drop on day two was always the day one number on Saturday as if it got there on Sunday it would probably be too late. The target audience in the top five or ten big cities will be out in numbers and these cities will have to go higher than day one to cover the shortfall that will be in mass pockets compared to the Holi holiday

There was big fall in Delhi/UP circuit but Mumbai was up a little due to Maharashtra and this circuit is still the key as it needs to perform better as when mass circuits are at best going to do average business then it is impossible for a film to survive without Mumbai circuit having good collections. Delhi/UP is less of an issue as despite the drop on day three, the NCR area is generally doing well for the film.

The collections of TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR over the first three days are as follows.

Wednesday 14,00,00,000 apprx

Thursday - 9,00,00,000 apprx

Friday - 8,75,00,000 apprx

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TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR was better in Overseas on Friday as it collected over $500k taking its total to around $1.15 million. The film looks to be heading for a $2.25-2.50 million weekend which will be in that DRISHYAM 2, JUGJUGG JEEYO and BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2 range. The film really needs to jump on Saturday if it is go above this range.

The difference being that the numbers for those films came in three days while it will be five days for TU JHOOTHI MAIN MAKKAAR and this film is much bigger than those in terms of budget. The film is going to fare better in the metros in India so overseas should really be doing better.

The Wednesday release probably did not help in overseas but still collections should be higher. Gulf is a let down while US/Canada is likely to be come out the best circuit. The three day worldwide business of the film is around 47.50 crore which again is low but this is due to the Wednesday release. The target is probably a 100 crore GROSS five day weekend though it will really have to get its skates on for that.

India - 38,00,00,000 (31.75 cr nett)

Overseas - 9,50,00,000 ($1.15 million)